I hadn’t heard of Lover until today evening. I have a habit of reading The Hindu’s movie review section every Friday. Today, it featured an article called “Breakout talents of Tamil cinema in 2024.” I was intrigued. I hadn’t heard of any of the actors’ names, except one, but I had watched many of the...

I have always been attracted to Japanese animations. Not the dark, weird manga movies (sorry manga fans!) where teenagers are Soul Reapers, search for ways to bring their dead mother back to life or gains powers to kill people if he knows their faces or names. I love the Studio Ghibli type of movies where...

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...

I watched the Chinese movie “Mountains May Depart” (山河故人) as part of the ADIFF 2016. Jia Zhangke’s sweeping drama is set in China and Australia and takes place in three parts. It begins in 1999 with a group of people dancing to “Go West” by the Pet Shop Boys, a song that resurfaces more than...