I scoured the net for reviews of this movie and didn’t come up with a single one. Seems a pity that such a great movie should have its first independent review on the net written by one such as I. The film is about two struggling photographers, blah…
A sweetly sentimental story of the unlikely friendship between two Irish immigrant girls in New York with a black artist dying of aids while their poverty stricken parents lose another baby. Utter rubbish. When are we going to see something from the Irish that doesn’t involve terrorism or…
I managed to get my hands on an old Films Division documentary about Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. I have to admit, I knew next to nothing about his life and work before I saw the film and I was amazed by it. What a guy! Okay, now since I don’…
Update: Apparently the ending is more or less as it is in the book. The author, Daniel Wallace, makes a cameo as the economics professer at Auburn. ———————————————————————…
I’d always been a little wary of RK Narayan. While I, like many others, had thoroughly enjoyed the television series Malgudi days and I suppose, like many others, I too had based my estimation of RK Narayan on them. I don’t know now whether it was…
So I figure that Nusrat was truly a God, because Abida - who is clearly the second most famous sufi singer alive today - doesn’t even manage to come close. Having said that, let me also say that I probably entered the concert with certain misconceptions abour what…
The Station Agent: A mostly pointless film which has little to say but says it well. The character of Finn is quite stereotypical but well protrayed. The other two characters are awful and a little bit unimaginative, so much so that one is thankful when they aren’t around…
Himalaya is a breathtakingly beautiful film, and that’s just the start of it. The cinematography is exquisite and some of the shots are truly stunning. How ever did they film some of those shots? I suppose with such breathtaking scenery, it would be pretty hard to make an…
This movie can be proud of itself as it has just displaced Joggers Park as the worst movie ever made. Tip to Vinta Nanda - when your characters discuss mediocrity, make it sound like an aspiration rather than a disparaging remark.…
Just finished reading Yuganta by Irawati Karve. The book is basically an exploration of the major characters and events in the Mahabharata, so some familiarity with the story is essential for reading this, although it will probably suffice even to have just the cursory knowledge gained from grandmothers and half…