Blink, by debutant director Srinidhi Bengaluru, I venture to propose, is neither science nor fiction. It is more of a fatuous film that tries to put science and fiction into a poorly made, mediocre film, whose director, has failed to understand or appreciate the concept of sci-fi. Merely mouthing the words sci-fi or time travel […]
At the perspective pith of Photo is an evocative parable of humanism and human foibles. It is a touching tale of a young school going boy in the distant Maski hamlet of Raichur town simply wanting to take an up, close and personal view of the State’s seat of power – the magnificent and monumental […]
The first edition of the Cinevesture International Film Festival closes on a high note Jaggi’ directed by Anmol Sidhu won the Walkers People’s Choice Award for Best Indian Film, ‘Seven Winters in Tehran’ directed by Steffi Niederzoll won the Cinevesture People’s Choice Award for Best International Film, and ‘Yellow’ directed by Elham Ehsas won the Westside People’s Choice […]
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced the extension of the submission dates of projects for the first-ever Doc Film Bazaar which is being organised alongside the 18th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF). The deadline, which was earlier March 31, 2024, has been extended to April 10, 2024 for the ease of submission of […]
Cinema makes absence presence. What is absent is made present in cinema. A director’s mind creates it and actor’s mind believes it. It is in this vacuum of complexity between the creator’s mind and the collective viewership psyche that cinema features.” Psychoanalytic Film Criticism – Overview & Prospects – Ujaan Ganguly Mithya, the Kannada film, […]
