Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Farewell My Concubine 1993

  Watched 17 Mar 2025 2

  Quite a fun fact, but I was first exposed to Chinese cinema as a kid. My parents had a Zhang Yimou-Gong Li boxset and I have watched them all since then. Chinese cinema, including wuxia never seemed far from me. The standard of Chinese art including literature, films and theaters influenced me and they mean so much to me. Whenever I get a chance I always mention Gong Li because she is truly the most talented woman I know. Her…

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  12th Fail 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  Between this, All We Imagine As Light and Laapata Ladies, Indian contemporary independent cinema just got better, and probably more liked by public. Hope they keep that up well. Vikrant Massey has been consistently good in every film, gave an outstanding performance here. Medha Shankr is a revelation.

Popular reviews

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★½ Watched 06 Mar 2025 6

  A true overembellished sci-fi gimmick that was way bumpier than it looked. The first 30 minutes of the film was where it reached its peak, and after that everything fell apart with repetitive, overstretched and oversimplified cartoonish political satire (Trump satire) and commentary on class discrimination that didn’t even stay faithful to its own spirit of the narrative. Robert Pattinson with his best Steve Buscemi impression, the voice work I appreciated but got frustrated after 2 whole hours. He was…

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  Parthenope 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 30 Sep 2024 8

  Most beautiful photography exhibition.

  Paolo Sorrentino, to quote my review, 

  Women, they have minds and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they’ve got ambitions and they’ve got talent as well as just beauty. I’m so sick of people saying that love is just a woman is fit for. I’m so sick of it.