There is a certain eerie uneasiness that Cure plants in your head. As the film grows on you, it leads you to an uncomfortable self-introspection about who you really are, a vertigo-like quagmire that tries to pull you in and explore the dark, untapped side of your mind that you haven't bothered enough to look.
There are no easy answers, as Detective Takabe finds out, just uncomfortable truths that make us wish that we didn't have the power to remember…
Thallumaala is zany. The best thing about it is it doesn't take itself too seriously. What Khalid Rahman does is take every type of stunt we have seen and adds a stylish tinge to it. He borrows not just from Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie but from the self-aware Gen Z social media influencers to pull off a film that's so bizarre and uberkewl. When have you ever seen the leads having an exchange over a rap song? The story…
Rishab Shetty is clearly influenced by # Lijo Jose Pellissery films and Mari Selvaraj's Karnan. I could not help but also think of that brilliant music video of Navarasam by Thaikkudam Bridge that released five years ago - even Ajaneesh Lokanath's 'Varaaha roopam daiva va rishtam' appears to be its twin. Not to mention how the dance Theyyam in the former and the Panjurli dance at the Bhoota Kola festival in the movie are essentially related in their cultural history.…
"At one place, Sameera reminds Sibi of Paulo Coelho’s best-selling novel, The Alchemist. The novel, fable-like in structure, tells the story of a young shepherd in pursuit of gold. He goes all around the world only to find that the gold was in the very place where he had recurrent dreams of finding gold. Venu’s Carbon, in that way, takes the same journey as the novel. He makes us question whether the weight of the struggle and the worth of…
