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    The films of Andrei Zvyagintsev
    Intuitively, Russian filmmaker Andrei Zvyagintsev’s films are escapist. For one who has directed only two films till date, drawing such a conclusion is jumping the gun but then you watch both his movies and find yourself being introduced to a singular and staid cinematic language. One that defines its elements distinctly using them in recurrently in both the movies with...
    by Arthi V at September 29th, 2009 at 02:09 pm
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    Chan-wook Park’s Tales of Morality
    Revenge is a desire that everyone has but no one can realize. So says CwP and then goes on to make three movies based on the premise that revenge intended is always of the nastily violent kind. The trilogy wasn’t intended but after the overindulgence of the second installment Park deliberately chose to close with one more subdued but effectual in asking after revenge...
    by Arthi V at September 13th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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    Nolan’s Inception: Teaser trailer
    Seems to be one just for the visuals…for what this sci-fi actioner is all about, guess got to wait for the complete promo. The score (Hans Zimmer again) seems to have familiar tone though. Here goes…(has quite a few known faces in the movie…)
    by Arthi V at August 25th, 2009 at 04:08 am
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    Adoor’s world of crime
    Adoor Gopalakrishan’s cinema is not one of convenience. Neither will it willingly invite you nor will it consume you with an immediate euphoria and, just as soon you tire of it, put you gently down as time goes by. His cinema is incisive. Without any deliberate overt intention but smoothly, weaving relevant themes into the plots, allowing the viewer to discern the...
    by Arthi V at August 21st, 2009 at 07:08 am
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    New York, I Love You: Trailer
    2006, Paris revealed itself through the eyes of 20 filmmakers who dug stories of love in The City of Love. Even though it seemed pretty uneven, come October ‘09, its New York that beckons to discover its nuggets. In the city that’s said never to sleep, here is New York, I Love You…(btw, Irrfan Khan back with Mira Nair in her episode starring Natalie Portman...
    by Arthi V at August 12th, 2009 at 05:08 am
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    House of Sand and Fog
    Even loss can bring about a sense of quiet and clarity. When emotions of characters destabilized rule the plot all sense of control is also seen skewed through this prism. This is a story where sentiment does all the talking and the exploits are derived hence. Reasoning and getting assistance is an afterthought or an action that follows hence. There is no respite from...
    by Arthi V at August 11th, 2009 at 10:08 am
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    Wake Up Sid: Trailer
    The first promo trailer for Wake Up Sid is out…Konkana and Ranbir do seem to hit it off pretty well and its always a delight to watch Supriya Pathak onscreen….Take a look…
    by Arthi V at August 10th, 2009 at 05:08 am
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    Alice in Wonderland: Trailer
    It seems more like Tim Burton’s adventures in Wonderland. Here is the trailer of his latest 3D fantasy ‘Alice in Wonderland’….and a teeny weeny snippet from the director himself here…
    by Arthi V at July 29th, 2009 at 02:07 pm
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    ..yaar Sivam..Nee naan Sivam..Anbe Sivam
    This, is the title track of the Tamil movie Anbe Sivam. Playing along a few times during the film, it seems like this song is just lain there and the characters, their experiences are gently and fittingly sprinkled all over the stanzas. The words blend with the narrative and beautifully encapsulate its theme.(The complete lyrics are here…) Yaar yaar Sivam…Nee naan...
    by Arthi V at July 16th, 2009 at 09:07 am
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    Divided We Fall: Stands Tall
    The celluloid has never been devoid of war films. Time and again there has been one or more of those, generously dipped into the period of the Holocaust and discovering stories hence. I have never had a natural pull towards these epics but have not been completely alienated either. The intention is quite there, to give me, a slice of the past, more oft focusing distinctively...
    by Arthi V at July 8th, 2009 at 06:07 pm
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    Deadgirl: Trailer
    Teen horror movie. Premise goes beyond that. Redefines perversity at a new low. Nearly dead girl becomes a sex toy for two high school guys. With critics at film fests going gaga over the originality, doesn’t seem it’ll take, say, the Eden Lake route Trailer gives away a bit too much…
    by Arthi V at July 3rd, 2009 at 08:07 am
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    Smothering the self
    I am a mess in my life, at times so much so that I feel that all I am doing is walking in a dark tunnel, walking and walking, hoping for the “light at the end of it”, but always killing this hope with the thought that whatever brightness I see is and will always be a mirage. In all probability, I may be wrong, but I will never ever question this. Instead I...
    by Arthi V at June 24th, 2009 at 08:06 am
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    Sherlock Holmes is back….
    A little late but nevertheless here it is. Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes:
    by Arthi V at May 31st, 2009 at 10:05 am
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    Interview
    B-grade wobbly actress. Loser journo. An interview that has to go wrong. The ‘how?’ makes for a good watch. IMDb
    by Arthi V at May 20th, 2009 at 04:05 am
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    99 and one viewing…a century
    What do I say. This film completely took me by surprise. After quite some time I watched a commercial B’wood film. I watched 99. Ohhkk, before I get a mild wallop, I didn’t mean it in the true sense of that phrase, but hey, with names like Boman Irani, Kunal Khemu and Mahesh Manjrekar, my mental slate already formed an imprint. Before I entered the theatre...
    by Arthi V at May 17th, 2009 at 02:05 am
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    4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile
    The eighties. Romania. Help friend procure an illegal abortion. It’s risky? It’s sickening. Film. IMDb.
    by Arthi V at May 9th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
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    Identity
    What you see isn’t what it is. Yet it is. Get hooked. IMDb
    by Arthi V at May 6th, 2009 at 12:05 am
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    Paris, Je T’aime
    Mais Paris, où êtes-vous? IMDb
    by Arthi V at May 1st, 2009 at 12:05 am
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    The Believer
    Nazism, history. Present, a self-loathing Jew. Hatred so strong, can love be bygone? Intense. IMDb
    by Arthi V at April 29th, 2009 at 07:04 am
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    Coffee House….That Hopefully Doesn’t Exist…
    Its the end of April and I just did a random check on the number of movies released this month. Hindi films, I mean. I did this because I just saw one today and what it set me off to do is find this list. I came across seven, of which I haven’t heard of two until now. I may get curious about these two, may be interested too but I don’t think Ill venture out...
    by Arthi V at April 28th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
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    Before The Rains
    Love. Loyalty. Betrayal. Integrity. Justice. All put to test. Santosh Sivan at the helm. IMDb
    by Arthi V at April 25th, 2009 at 09:04 pm
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    Say nothing, say it all…..
    At one level, it is very futile to comment about films. Write about films. Any film infact. I always have this feeling but it engulfs me when I watch a film that shuts me up by its brilliance. Who am I to comment? Do I have the right to? Whatever I want to say, does it matter much? I love the film. So what? Does it matter, singing paeans using a thousand words, wonderfully...
    by Arthi V at April 21st, 2009 at 12:04 pm
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    Mysterious Skin
    2 young boys. Sexually abused. Affects both in dramatic opposite ways. One lives in the blackhole of the past. The other in constant blackout. Meet years later. Redemption time? Can there be one? What about all those torturous living years? Graphic visuals, great acting, saddening story. IMDb
    by Arthi V at April 18th, 2009 at 06:04 am
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    Brick
    A pretty trite plotline re-dressed with apt narrative character mix-ups and sharp slang-ridden dialogue that keeps the story a step ahead of the viewer. Damn neat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt , the lead. IMDb Will def’ly be watching the director’s second film ‘The Brothers Bloom‘. IMDb
    by Arthi V at April 17th, 2009 at 05:04 am
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    Departures
    If it wasn’t for winning the Oscar (Best Foreign Language category) this year, I am not sure when I would have watched this film – Okuribito (Japanese). It’s been translated as Departures but I couldn’t find the exact meaning. At times the interpreted word doesn’t exactly convey the meaning of the original so I did check but with no luck....
    by Arthi V at April 15th, 2009 at 11:04 am
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    It’s In. The Right Movie Is In.
    I watch a scene and ask, how is this possible? How could he be living with her? Whats this story? There is another in the hospital and when it ends, that episode does too. Its not taken further beyond the first moments of absolute shock. Not in the conventional sense. It only remains as an intuition for one who follows it leading to something that the viewer understands...
    by Arthi V at April 13th, 2009 at 04:04 pm
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    Zui hao de shi guang (Three Times)
    Three period pieces. Set in 1966, 1911 and then 2005. Stories, three concentric circles; different yet it all pulls together. Defined pacing, minimal dialogue (one has none), background score to complement, topping off with a great chemistry from its attractive lead pair, you just sit back and enjoy. IMDb
    by Arthi V at April 11th, 2009 at 10:04 am
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    Chugyeogja (The Chaser)
    Ex-cop, now pimp. Missing girls. A psychotic hammer weilding killer. A killer who’s right in front of the cops and the pimp yet story’s a very brutal, tense, dark who-dun-it. Not one minute of respite. Not one. IMDb.
    by Arthi V at April 9th, 2009 at 10:04 am
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    Lost Highway
    You wanna decipher what’s happening, every clue thrown seems like you’re getting there. It’s just wishful thinking. David Lynch has decided to screw up the mind. He succeeds. IMDb
    by Arthi V at April 8th, 2009 at 06:04 am
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    The Paradine Case
    Alfred Hitchcock’s The Paradine Case At the outset itself I’d say that ‘The Paradine Case’ is a superb film. For me, atleast. It is Alfred Hitchcock’s 1947 movie that is quite unlike his usual suspense films and is quite shorn of his signature style that every other major film of his imprinted with. The Paradine Case is a murder mystery alright...
    by Arthi V at March 31st, 2009 at 09:03 pm
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