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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2014
This must be my 6th screening of this film. Fucking love it. It talks about ‘Othering’ so well. It could just be Hindu Muslim and india as a backdrop and each major beat in the story would land just as well and appropriately. Makes me cry each time.
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The Brutalist 2024
An actors’ director. Works so so intimately with actors. And what a unique cinematic language this filmmaker has. Guy Pearce was the best actor in this film for me. Hands down. Brody is classic Brody. But guy Pearce was the standout actor through and through. Menacing. Scary. Frightful. Terrifying and terrible.
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Angry Young Men 2024
Having been a screenwriter from FTII where Javed saahab had come multiple times during our course for guest lectures or panel discussions on various topics, and Anjum Rajabali sir was our head of department 24 years ago, this film obviously struck a deep note within me. We were the first batch of screenwriters and everything that was said about screenwriting was followed by one example : SALIM-JAVED. their valour, their irreverence, their courage were always celebrated.
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Lost Ladies 2023
To have lived as woman this long, and still make a film with a world view where men aren’t bad, and many men are doing good things, and still make a feminist film. Oh man! This is a tough job. as a male filmmaker it’s taken me 7 years to start to make films with good men in them. So this is commendable from Kiran Rao. It’s so easy to make a film from an enraged point of view. She’s…
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