Category: filmy
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A twitter handle I follow was discussing privilege today, a concept I spend a lot of time thinking about. So its apt to write about a film festival from a point of view of privilege. Its a privilege, that I live in a world where films are accessible to enthusiasts and I got to attend…
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Part 1 and Part 2 in case you are interested.‘Maybe that’s what hell is, the entire rest of eternity spent in fucking Bruges.’ – Stupid grumpy Ray from In Bruges (the movie).Of course, for me replace hell by a good idea of heaven, please! I am like the good old romantic Ken from the movie…
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Prachi and Pooja are from middle class families. Well educated families. Pooja’s father did not want a daughter hence her mother took a stand and raised her by herself. Prachi, daughter of a principled man with anger issues, thinks its her father’s right to physically punish her for the sole reason that he let her…
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I read/watch/experience stuff which evokes different feelings and turn to the blog to share them and somehow the day never arrives when I get a sense of having accomplished writing down my own thoughts. Today probably is that day.Anyway, I remember writing about rescuing oneself and agreeing to give up on the ‘steadfastness’ once the…
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I know there are lots of exciting and thrilling things happening in my life, but I watched cloud atlas last night.And I am wondering why do powerful emotions shown in movies move me so much. I think the reason behind getting moved by movies/books/nature/art is a void being filled by the creativity of the writer/director/actor/creator.No…
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Yesterday I was generally feeling sad and nostalgic after reading about Yash Chopra’s death. (Have watched most of movies directed by him except for Faasle, Parampara and Joshila). The thing is I have got watching movies in my genes from my father. He himself loves watching movies, Dev Anand, Amithabh Bachchan to be specific and…
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I *lurve* watching movies! From the amount of my life I have spent in watching movies, I now have pretty toned instincts about various movies (upcoming or the one’s that skipped my vision). By instincts which are toned, I mean I have become cautious with where I spend my anticipation and energy in. Well, that’s…
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(Important things first. I want everyone coming to this post to watch the trailer and not miss this gem of a movie. Of course with subtitles. The book by Jonathan Safran Foer is equally read-worthy. Of course, despite the experiments in narration. The characters in the book are so much more than they seem and so…
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meandering in the vastnesscourtesy – google The O’Brien’s have lost a son. We will never know which, how and when (somewhere in the 1960’s maybe). The gentle, forgiving, loving mother can’t seek the why. She knows life should go on. When you lose someone the whys are the toughest to get an answer for. Such…
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Day before I was watching rockstar (which I liked for its nuances despite overall it being an ok movie with the most beautiful dud for an heroine) and it got me thinking about conflicts. There are some people, emotions, definitions in life about whom/which I still feel really conflicted. In extremes. Sometimes. And I do…