Amruta
The curious case of the missing blue and the story of colour
While languages carve up the colour spectrum differently, they do so within certain universal constraints.
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A tagline by any other name? The Barbie case study
"Elle peut tout faire. Lui, c'est juste Ken." "She's everything. He's just Ken." By now we can all agree that the Barbie movie was great...
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Hot take: Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar
The first thing that strikes you in Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar ('You're a Liar, I'm a Cheater' - 2023) is not its misogyny played for...
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Hot take: Sardar Udham
'Sardar Udham' (2021) is a befuddling film. It sets up grand expectations with stunning production design, a stellar leading performance...
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Can we speak of police brutality?
In the wake of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, a large protest was held in Paris, with thousands defying a ban against public gathering...
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Hot take: Gulabo Sitabo
'Gulabo Sitabo' (2020) is, on the surface, a slow-paced and somewhat meandering story about the spiteful, penny-pinching landlord of a...
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Hot take: Shubh Mangal Zyaada Savdhaan
'Shubh Mangal Zyaada Savdhaan' (2020), written and directed by Hitesh Kewalya, is like a unicorn: I spent most of the film open-mouthed...
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Hot take: Jawaani Jaaneman
'Jawaani Jaaneman' (2020) is a slight caper about a 40-something man-child being suddenly faced with the prospect of having a 21-year old...
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Hot take: 1917
'1917', director Sam Mendes' latest war drama is above all a technical and technological feat. The storyline is slim—two low-ranking...
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Hot take: A Kid like Jake
'A Kid like Jake' opens with sunlit, close-up shots of an ordinary upper middle class New York family. The mother Alex (Claire Danes) is...
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Hot take: Marriage Story
'Marriage Story' is the story of a couple whose marriage has fallen apart, and a slow look at how their relationship progresses and...
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Hot take: Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha
'Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha' (2019) is a short documentary about two women in the golden years of their life. Director Tanuja Chandra takes...
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Hot take: Queen of Hearts
‘Queen of Hearts’ ('Dronningen') opens with a swirling shot of the Nordic woods—the camera spins dizzily before finally straightening up...
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Hot take: Pain and Glory
'Pain and Glory' ('Dolor y Gloria') is the much-anticipated semi-autobiographical feature of celebrated director Pedro Almodovar. Antonio...
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Hot take: Judy and Punch
'Judy and Punch' is a dark fairy tale, taking the cultural convention of the Punch and Judy puppets and revealing their latent misogyny....
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Hot take: By the Grace of God
'By the Grace of God' ('Grâce à Dieu') recounts the real-life news story of a cardinal of the Catholic church accused of carrying out a...
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Hot take: Babyteeth
‘Babyteeth’ is a tragicomedy about a young cancer-stricken girl who develops an attraction for an older drug-dealer. Fortunately, though,...
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Hot take: Axone
'Axone' (2020) is a dramedy about a group of Northeasterners trying to sneakily cook a Naga specialty for their friend’s wedding in...
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Hot take: Little Joe
‘Little Joe’ is an unlikely horror film about a group of bio-engineering scientists that creates a plant designed to release a heavenly...
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Hot take: Honey Boy
The kinetic opening sequence of ‘Honey Boy’ is an adrenaline rush and an undeniable hook into the remembered life of a child actor for...
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