How would you feel if you had the chance to observe your loved ones from a distance? Suburban life, so much is the same, week after week. Who hasn’t had the impulse to put their life on hold for a moment, just vanish completely?  Well, Howard Wakefield (Bryan Cranston) in the movie Wakefield, not just...

This week was all about the Audi Dublin International Film Festival (ADIFF), which is an annual event consisting of screenings of movies from all over the world. It’s usually a very difficult task to pick a few movies because all of them seem so good but I do restrict myself to two or three. This...

Five movies this week. I feel decadent. But the movies were all mostly good, and it was a good mix of English, Hindi, and Tamil. While Aruvi was unexpectedly disappointing, Qarib Qarib Singlle was unexpectedly good. Here’s a brief roundup. Coco (English) Coco was a surprise watch this week and I am glad I got to...

I am on a catch-up-on-Oscar-nominations spree! The last weekend I saw two of the movies from the Oscar nominations list. Here are my very brief thoughts on both. The Shape of Water The Shape of Water maybe tired storytelling in terms of its theme – boy/girl who falls in love with monster stands to meet...

What happens to you when you fight in a war? Yes, depression, PTSD, difficulty being a “normal” person. We have seen all of this portrayed in movies. But what happens to your family, and the life you had before you left? That’s what “The Best Years of Our Lives” shows us. Made in 1946, while...