Sebastian Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman depicts the plight of a transwoman, who has just lost her lover, against societal adversities. It is hard to believe that a transwoman is not given her due respect even in the twenty-first century. Bidding adieu to a loved one for the final time is a basic human right. It …
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan sketches the bitter reality in modern Russia wherein an established state system conspires against an individual and makes him or her a victim who loses everything. Even though the story is set in Russia, it can very well be placed in any corner of the world. The essence of the story crosses boundaries …
Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida does not really leave us even long after we finish watching this. This is surely a multi-layered film. Even though Ida apparently looks like a simple polish film set in the wintry weather of rural Poland, it has multiple historical references underneath. It is set in the 1962’s Poland but not restricted …
Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Great Beauty” has all the elements of a great film. This philosophical, meditative, satirical, and magnificent film engages viewers till the end. Each scene in the film has significance and something extraordinary to offer. It not only showcases the shallow urban life in modern Rome but also tries to find out the …
Michael Haneke adds a touch of sensuous love to the lives in the evening through his deeply impactful film Amour. The film shows love knows no end, even in utterly adverse conditions. The most horrific experience in life is seeing the excruciating pain and suffering of somebody whom we love deeply. Prolonged illnesses of near …
Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation is filled with multiple aspects of life not only in Iran but across the world from different perspectives. Even if the film is a drama, it takes the form of a psychological thriller. The film shows how people behave as per their current situations and surroundings. Everyone has justifications for their behaviors. There …
Hirokazu Kore-eda once again establishes himself as an auteur of modern Japanese cinema through his recent film Shoplifters. The film is not based on a conventional story of mundane Japanese lives, rather it depends on an asymmetrical storyline. The plot and the characters are not bound by any cinematic rule. The filmmaker captures the other …
Nadine Labaki’s heartwarming film Capernaum, which means chaos, points out the sufferings and agonies of destitute and refugee children in the present day’s Lebanon. The injustice to the children is happening not only in Lebanon but all over the world. Their parents bring them to this world but without shouldering any responsibility. Their lives do …
Alfonso Cuarón pays a heart-warming tribute to his childhood nanny Libo Rodriguez through his intensely personal masterly woven black and white film Roma. It is set at the backdrop of Colonia Roma in Mexico City in 1970-1971 and portrays a part of Cuarón’s childhood. Roma is built on the shared memories of both Cuarón and …
Ciro Guerra’s Birds of Passage brilliantly captures Colombia’s Wayuu people and their culture. Guerra mesmerized viewers with his previous film Embrace of the Serpent. This time too he mesmerizes the viewers with his well-researched and contemplated film Birds of Passage. He along with co-director and his ex-wife Cristina Gallego entered the arena of Wayuu people …