Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Vidaamuyarchi: A Male Silappathikaram
Like Kannagi, who walks through the ashes of her past to reclaim justice, Arjun sprints through the fire of danger to reclaim love. Silappathikaram unfolds like a slow-burning lamp, revealing fate’s cruelty, while Vidaamuyarchi is a storm that refuses to be tamed. Kovalan’s misstep leads him to a false accusation and death; Kayal’s betrayal pushes Arjun into a warzone of survival.
Kannagi’s fiery wrath consumes Madurai, proving her husband’s innocence. Arjun, like a wounded lion, claws…
In a nutshell the plot of Thangalaan is a group of people lead by Thangalaan, go to mine gold despite several challenges, did they succeed or not, if they did at what cost?
The same could be said about the movie, it is as ambitious as the task of mining gold. Thangalaan aims to be so many things and you can see it shining bright in many areas.
As always, Pa. Ranjith is politically accurate. The empathy he has for…
Manjummel Boys was so good. Everyone knows on the surface what is going to happen, but that's where the layered writing comes in. In a seemingly emotion filled second half, my theatre could burst into moments of laughter without losing the essence of the emotion and the moment.
The spiritual transformation of Subhash through the themes of light and darkness, the excellent depiction of PTSD without trivilaising or oversensitizing it. The layered depiction of police brutality without villainising them. The…
Lots of laughs, clever messaging. Took away so many themes to think about. Each could be an essay on itself. But the trade-off was that most of the story ended up being predictable. Alan could have had more space in the movie and the perils of patriarchy could have been more hard hitting.