by Sonal Sher | Nov 7, 2013
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...
by Sonal Sher | Sep 8, 2012
There are many reasons that I love ‘Groundhog Day’, including its high repeat value. And while for many years I saw it just as a comedy with Bill Murray, during a recent viewing I realised that the film has more to it than just that. The film’s story revolves around a...
by Sonal Sher | Aug 9, 2012
In the year 2005 while I knew I loved films, no one else did. And today as I watched ‘Batman Begins’ again, the only film in the Batman franchise that I have seen multiple times, I asked myself the question – “Isn’t it time for a review?”. Especially since the series...
by Sonal Sher | Jun 29, 2012
Marc Webb had earlier directed the indie rom-com ‘500 Days of Summer’ and with ‘The Amazing’ he is obviously in completely different terrain. But despite the stark differences in the themes what remains the same is the quirkiness and the quality. The question here is...
by Sonal Sher | Jun 9, 2012
If you are planning to leave your brain behind, I would suggest you don’t enter the movie hall at all. ‘Shanghai’ is not an ‘Oye Lucky Lucky Oye’ or even ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla’. And while Banerjee’s ‘Love Sex aur Dhoka’ was serious, with this film he has truly gone in a...
by Sonal Sher | Mar 28, 2012
When Martin Scorsese comes out with a movie it goes without saying that one wants to watch it. But when Scorsese comes out with a movie without gangsters that is when you really need to see what he is upto. With ‘Hugo’ the master director invites into a world which he...
