Writing about films is like freezing time. Here are some of my attempts.

Notes on Film: Doubt 

Doubt (2008) is an intensely packed little drama between four deeply-flawed characters. It betrays its theatrical origins in its fondness for words, which usually happens in intimate spaces, and its proclivity for the unsaid…

Notes on Film: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Over the span of a summer in Barcelona, close friends Vicky and Cristina discover another dimension to love and themselves. It’s both a typical Woody Allen movie and yet it’s not…

Crossing over: The Lives of Others

The Winner of the 2007 Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film, the Lives of Others stands out as a film in many significant ways. At heart, it’s a deeply human story of one man who was transformed by the power of art…

When radio confessions rule: Rang de Basanti

A young British woman Sue comes to India following her dream of making a documentary about the freedom fighters. She is inspired by her grandfather’s diary-an old leathered book-which she embraces from time to time…

When lives depend on a bicycle: The Bicycle Thieves

And so it was that one fine Sunday, I was destined to watch one of the greatest films of all time 58 years after it was made in sunny dusty tropical Chennai so far away from anything that the director would have imagined…

“The script demands it!”- The parody as a parody of a parody: Sur Asur

Last Friday night* I saw the funniest Hindi movie of all time. Our TV has taken a break from showing anything that we would like to see…

A subjective review: The Skeleton Key

Since I hadn’t seen a movie in ages, I readily agreed when friends suggested that we try and catch a movie…