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Continue reading →: The Innocents (1961) – Ambiguities of a Mind That Screws Into the Supernatural
A horror classic which is still a classic all these years later, straddling the shock and thunder of Hammer Horror, yet done in such a classic style that one could easily call this “elevated horror” before the term was even coined. Spoilers for the film below! We lay my love…
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Continue reading →: Utsab (2000) – During Durga Puja Inner Demons Raise Tensions
As the Durga Puja festivities of 2026 continue on I thought it would be fun to see this film, since it is set during the festivities, and it definitely left an impression. Spoilers for the film below! In an old ancestral home in West Bengal, the Durga Puja preparations are…
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Continue reading →: Twilight (2008) – Glitter and Gloom in this Teen Paranormal Romance That Keeps On Being Resurrected
This is a re-review, because I wanted to see these films again, but now with a more mature outlook. Not to mention because this film is something special to me, and I want to write more about that. Spoilers for the film below! Emerging us in the fog-dowsed world of…
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Continue reading →: Don (2006) – A Remixed Remake of the International King of Crime
This is a re-review since the original I made was a short one, and was not at all detailed when it came to analysis etc. Just wanted to redo this one especially, because I had not then seen the original 1978 film, and now that I have I have a…
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Continue reading →: The Little Mermaid (1976) – Dreamlike Sadness of the Seas
A film which I’ve been meaning to see for a long time, and was happy to do so now, though I think I’ve grown more attached to the other version of this fairy tale that released the same year to fully love this one. Spoilers for the film below! There…
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Continue reading →: Peddi (2026) – A Bloated Multi-Sport Film That Needed Scissors More Than Spectacle
A film which I chose to see, but honestly would not have missed anything if I hadn’t. Spoilers for the film below! I will say straight-on that this film has a scripting personality problem. A sports drama with commentary of oppressed caste labourers in the 1990s the story has a…
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Continue reading →: Chinna Chinna Aasai (2026) – A Mature Love Story on the Banks of the Ganges in Varanasi
This is a film which I’ve wanted to see for a long time, and finally it came to streaming, so I had to watch it. There is such a melancholic love within this film that just speaks to me, and its mature love story will be a welcome for anyone…
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Continue reading →: Best of the Best (2026) – South Asian American Sisterhood in Collegiate Bollywood Fusion Dance
I was eagerly awaiting this film to release, and when I finally saw it I thought it was cute, but when I rewatched it I liked it more than the first time. Spoilers for the film below! Two young women; Maya and Anjali, have been dancing together since they were…
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Continue reading →: Awaara (1951) – The Debut Film That Swept Half of the World Under its Thrall
This is a film which I felt needed a re-review, not only because of my new more analytical take on these film reviews, but also just because it is a classic and deserves an in-depth look at it. Hope you enjoy this one! Always happy to do these re-reviews, since…
