She sacked the Queen!
(Also, among other things, can't not be unendingly in awe of the gorgeous chess set — the old Latvian model — reproduced in the finale for the Moscow Invitational!)
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Viduthalai: Part II 2024
Taken together, the duology is a towering work. Ambitious, in both scale and intent. Unhesitant and unvarnished in its commitment towards social realism.
Here, the director deploys the ideological journey of the protagonist as a vehicle to trace the trajectory of communist thought (and praxis) pertaining to the second half of the twentieth century. The nexus between state and capital, the systematic curation of popular narratives, the containment of dreams & aspirations, the curious sustainence of collective apathy - Vetrimaaran demands…
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The Disciple 2020
The Disciple delineates a poignant account of an artist's conflicted relationship with his craft, coupled with his confused yet compelling tendency to practice a conformity to what's conventional. The protagonist's existence is inseparable from and informed by his obedience to cultural orthodoxy and its apparent incorruptibility. Strikingly yet, he appears to be perplexed by his repulsion to what it preaches and seems peculiarly desirous of the valiance to reject its demands.
Chaitanya Tamhane masterfully exhibits this internal dissension, linking it to a multitude of themes that combine to produce a finespun commentary on the politics of art.
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