Being a movie aficionado, I can barely wait for a good movie when it hits the screen or appears on the OTT (as has been a practice of late since the advent of Covid). Candidly speaking, movies made in India these days…
I had been waiting for this day for the last few years, ever since I came to know that Mr. Stickler James Cameron was mulling over the idea of a sequel to his magnum opus Avatar. Every year followed had full of…
In a world where the Avengers rule, a true movie buff always pines for something earthly, something that transports him to a world where true feelings matter more than VFX driven heroism. ‘Carol’ directed by Todd Haynes is something that quenched my…
Review by Saptarshi Nag Of late, especially since the advent of Covid and the untimely demise of SSR, South Indian movies have forayed into the popular culture of the rest of India in a way never experienced before. While movies like Jai…
সপ্তর্ষি নাগ ৭৭৭ চার্লি ছবিটা ভালো জেনেও অনেকদিন মুখ ফিরিয়ে ছিলাম। কিছুদিন আগে নিজের পোষ্যকে নিজের কোলে হারানোর কষ্ট এখনো মনকে আতুর করে তোলে। তাই হয়তো বরফের মাঝে একজন মানুষ আর তার পোষ্য সারমেয়র অসাধারণ একটা মন ভালো করা পোস্টার দেখে ও…
If I am unplugged, I would say, ‘Yes, I loved Vir Das’. While the plug is connected, I would say, ‘Only if he could be more diplomatic’. The beauty of Kapil is that he takes care of both the states, plugged or…
I hope you have already read the previous two lists. Let’s start today’s discussion. Eye in the Sky (2015)- It surprised me quite a bit. Political war thrillers have been so overdone, but this one really managed to work by narrowing its…
Hope you have already the first part of this series. Let’s start discussing today’s list of five more movies. The Abyss (1989) – This beautiful yet less known movie is a gem from the master director James Cameron in his early days….
Very often I am asked by my followers to share with them the lists of movies I would recommend to the movie buffs. Having watched thousands of movies of different genres, it is not possible to recommend just one list of good…
‘Aranyak’ is a time-tested novel by the ace Bengali novelist Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay. Those non-Bengalis unfamiliar with the name should be given a tip about the magnitude of greatness of the man. He penned Pather Panchali, the illustrious novel later made into…