It was really underwhelming to watch CODA win Best Picture today. It felt as if the Academy had slipped back … More
Category: Film Analysis
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE :: Dissecting a Scene
NO SPOILERS! This is kinda offbeat post on this blog, but it sure is interesting. You will need to watch … More
AK vs AK :: Clubbing Metacinema & Cinéma vérité
NO SPOILERS When I finished watching Vikramaditya Motwane’s AK vs AK, I was struck with how Motwane and his troupe … More
GULABO SITABO :: The Sin of Quantification
SPOILERS! (It is really important to watch the film before reading this.) One of the films that was forced to … More
PAWN SACRIFICE :: The Cost of Obsession
NO SPOILERS Everything I know right now, or everything that I will know, in the future, if my stars align … More
THE LION KING :: The Hero’s Journey
SPOILERS! Joseph Campbell, an American mythologist, found a recurring pattern in the mythologies of the world. He compiled all of … More
M.S. DHONI: THE UNTOLD STORY & MANTO :: Effective Casting Decisions
NO SPOILERS Casting is a difficult job. So much so that films have a separate casting department headed by the … More
JACKIE :: Use of Symmetrical Framing
NO SPOILERS I was watching director Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) the other day. I couldn’t help but … More
KHOSLA KA GHOSLA :: Creative Character Exposition
NO SPOILERS In order to have your audience root for your characters, you need to sometimes provide their backstories. Backstories … More
Unobjective 