With the celebrations of Christmas slowly coming to a close, I thought it was time to return to watching Indian cinema now that I have a little more time to spare while on holiday. Though there are never specific holiday themed films in India, except for maybe the Hindi-Tamil film Merry Christmas (2024) which I … Continue reading Band Baaja Baaraat (2010) – Mixing Business With Pleasure
Month: December 2025
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) – A Wintry Feminist Fairy Tale
With a tale with as many variants as Cinderella, there are bound to be different tones, and themes to be taken out of each one. Here, in Europe, in select countries like Slovakia, Norway, Germany, and the Czech Republic this is the ultimate Christmas film which is shown on television each year with the same … Continue reading Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) – A Wintry Feminist Fairy Tale
Anastasia (1997) – Yearning for a Fairy Tale Past
This is a re-review. This film was one of the first animated films I reviewed a long, long time ago, which you can read HERE. I just wanted an excuse to review the movie once more, this time with more maturity, and better wring skills, because the old one is just full of pictures and … Continue reading Anastasia (1997) – Yearning for a Fairy Tale Past
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) – Beautifully Hollow Orientalist Mess
When I was young I had a tendency to have a lot of nose bleeds as children apparently often do. I remember one particular bad morning when I was preparing to go to school when I started bleeding from my nose in the bathroom, and it would not stop. The rest is kind of a … Continue reading Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) – Beautifully Hollow Orientalist Mess