I watched this after seeing The Queen of My Dreams (2023), another Pakistani Canadian film, but while that film was filled with diaspora nostalgia, In Flames is rooted more in its place in Pakistan even though the writer-director Zarrar Kahn is Pakistani Canadian. It was even Pakistan’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at … Continue reading In Flames (2023) – Bleak Spectre of the Patriarchy
Category: 2020s
Hamnet (2025) – For Grief is Crowned With Consolation
After a long time I went to the cinema, seated myself in a chair, and from a seat far back I watched this film. I was not able to see all the acting details, since I was not as near seated as I wished, but I still saw this film in a movie theatre, with … Continue reading Hamnet (2025) – For Grief is Crowned With Consolation
Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar by Anahita Karthik
I have been following this book’s release for a long time, and finally I got a physical copy of it and read it so fast! I know I usually do film reviews, but this is a book which deserves a review of its own. I do hope people read it, because it is so good … Continue reading Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar by Anahita Karthik
Dhurandhar (2025) – Brutal, Bloody, High Class Propaganda
There are some films which you have seen and heard so much about you just have to watch them for the sake of watching them if nothing else. This is the case for me with this film, a kind of film I would never watch on the big screen, and who I know I am … Continue reading Dhurandhar (2025) – Brutal, Bloody, High Class Propaganda
Haq (2025) – An Understated Drama of Relationships and Law
I was in the mood to watch a Muslim Social, and attempted to watch a few old films, but I ended up landing on seeing this one, which had come to Netflix not so long ago. And it is a very good movie, a return to form in a positive way, and something of an … Continue reading Haq (2025) – An Understated Drama of Relationships and Law
Love Hostel (2022) – A Honeymoon of Horrors in the Rural Country
Love is a privilege, depending on whom you love. Be it from a different caste, class, religion, country, community or are of the same sex. Laws have been made to protect these couples, yet things such as honor killings are still a real thing depending where you are living in the world. Spoilers for the … Continue reading Love Hostel (2022) – A Honeymoon of Horrors in the Rural Country
Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari (2025) – Much Fun, Yet Not Much Sense
I am literally starved for good rom coms and this film is all fun and games, until one watches till the end and realises that it is merely OK. Synopsis: Sunny Sanskari proposed to his girlfriend Ananya Bhatia, only to be rejected. He learns that she is planning to marry Vikram Singh, a man whom … Continue reading Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari (2025) – Much Fun, Yet Not Much Sense
Homebound (2025) – A Beautiful Moving Portrait of A Friendship and Interwoven Systems of Oppressions
I was finally able to watch this film, and oh boy it was an experience I will not soon forget! Synopsis: Two friends from a North Indian village, Mohammed Shoaib Ali, a Muslim, and Chandan Kumar, a Dalit, pursue police jobs seeking dignity, but their friendship strains as desperation grows in their quest to fulfil … Continue reading Homebound (2025) – A Beautiful Moving Portrait of A Friendship and Interwoven Systems of Oppressions
Bison Kaalamaadan (2025) – Between Middling Battles A Star Rises
Another Selvaraj film has come and of course I had to see it! Synopsis: In rural Tamil Nadu in the 1990s two men are at war to control the area; Pandiaraj and Kandasamy. Amidst their battles, "Vanathi" Kittan becomes a rising Kabaddi star as he aims for the national team at the Asian Games. Spoilers … Continue reading Bison Kaalamaadan (2025) – Between Middling Battles A Star Rises
Janhvi Kapoor: The Relatable Glamour Girl
This is an analysis/essay on Star Personas. I do not know these people personally, I have not been asked or paid for doing this kind of writing. These are just my own opinions which are not meant to offend. If I am using a source it is cited in the text with the link. If … Continue reading Janhvi Kapoor: The Relatable Glamour Girl
The Little Corner 