The movie Detachment (2012 English) starts with an Albert Camus quote “And never have I felt so deeply at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world”….. The movie is the a month in the life of a substitute teacher (Mr. Barthes) played by Adrien Brody who takes up an assignment at a high school…. His teaching goes … Continue reading Detachment – 2012 English Movie Review
Dhoom3 is a movie about a small man filling up a big screen…. The third instance of the much awaited Dhoom series follows the storyline, motorcycle chases and the ‘catch the thief’ attire… but the presence of Aamir the small man fills the big screen making everyone else look tiny….. The only person who was able to carve a small portion was Jackie shroff with … Continue reading Dhoom 3 – A small man filling a big screen
“It’s over, It’s over Roger… The Indonesians will come and they will take this land and no one will even know we existed…” These are the words of José Ramos-Horta (played by Oscar Issac) the secretary of foreign affairs in Timor as he lies gasping for breath after a fist fight with the Australian Journalist Roger East played by Anthony LaPaglia… The Year is 1975 … Continue reading Balibo – The Story People Should Know
Sometimes you see a movie, you discover a new actor that you desperately want to see more of… When I saw Tomer sisley in the French movie Largo Winch (Released 2008 in Belgium and 2011 in US) …. I browsed Netflix to see if there were more of Tomer.. and I saw Sleepless Nights (Nuit Blanche) another French movie released in 2011.. Apparently that was … Continue reading Two Movies and One Actor
When life changes the way you have never thought in your wildest dreams… what you know might not be all enough to get back your life…. Point Blank (À bout portant) is a french movie about a male nurse’s aide with a pregnant wife and how their life turns upside down and stretches sideways when he saves a person who the bad guys are after…. Running … Continue reading Point Blank (À bout portant)
Gomorrah is a 2008 italian film that I watched sometime back…..Directed by Matteo Garrone, based on the book by Roberto Saviano the movie takes you through five intertwined stories all connected and impacted by organized crime of the crime syndicate camorra… The stories unveil through some interesting characters.. I am not a great fan of crime movie but I like watching especially foreign language crime … Continue reading Gomorrah – life during the time of crime
You will get left out when you decide to go on the right path…. because some journeys are like that you need to travel alone…. Being an atheist for many is a journey of constant questioning that at times leaves oneself alone, left out by even their own well wishers whom they love… Taking a controversial theme like atheism and making a full fledged movie out of it was … Continue reading Prabhuvinte Makkal – The Film that did not Thank God
I love watching Prakash Jha movies for his large canvases that bring forth socio political issues and I have enjoyed watching his Gangajal, Apaharan, Aarakshan and Chakravyuh…. I did not like Rajneeti because its trailer had given me so much expectation that the movie failed to deliver…. With Satyagraha I did not have a lot of expectations… because after the debacle with Rajneeti I had … Continue reading What I liked and did not about Satyagraha
When someone stands up against Sausages the victory is that of Tofu, Baba ganoush, healthy veggie wraps and more… Add a poetry to it and it is more fun… An independent movie from 2010 it tells the story of a Graduate who majored in Poetry and starts a food stand… With no work and credit card debt the poet bill decides to start a food … Continue reading The Happy Poet – An all organic vegetarian comedy
There is controversy and as we all know controversy sells in films…. But when you touch anything that has two sides controversy comes to existence…. but if you look at the craft of movie making, it is a positive cinematic experience… When I go for a movie I don’t expect to be watching a documentary where you then start relaying in what is shown there… … Continue reading Madras Cafe – Memories of the times we grew up
Vinod Narayan 