Queen (2014) ****

Queen (2014) ****

I have already raved about the film a lot but i write this review only for one reason – To make sure that whoever reads this watches this film and for a change a great Hindi film makes money instead of the brainless, emotionless, unentertaining crap that usually...
Short Term 12 (2013) ****

Short Term 12 (2013) ****

One of the few things that i love about this time of the year is that i get to see some really good films. The last 10 days i have slowly but steadily been watching some of them but this is the first time i have felt like writing. For me, there are only two kinds of...
Don Jon (2013) ***1/2

Don Jon (2013) ***1/2

  I once, many weeks ago had a casual conversation with a friend, the central idea being if we are actually the best judge of what we find sexually attractive. How much of our desire is actually generated from the idea of desirable propagated from other people,...
Stories We Tell (2012) ****

Stories We Tell (2012) ****

  There are very very few films, mostly just one, in a year, that you can term as the one that profoundly effects you as a viewer. For me, these are films that remind me again as to why I am so passionate about cinema and the power that the medium holds. Sarah...
Captain Philips (2013) ***1/2

Captain Philips (2013) ***1/2

Many years ago, when I was not this cinephile that I am supposed to be now, I was watching ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ for the first time with my little brother on the DVD player. I did not know anything about the film except that it starred George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad...
Gravity (2013) ****

Gravity (2013) ****

After months of being disappointed, yesterday I found my love for films again. The occasion was the screening of Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity. For some unknown reason it was playing only in IMAX screens but for this particular film, I would suggest nothing else.   I don’t...