Shikhar Verma

Shikhar Verma

Favorite films

  • About Dry Grasses
  • The Zone of Interest
  • Challengers
  • La Chimera

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  • Novocaine

    ★★★

  • Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

    ★★★★

  • Babygirl

    ★★★

  • Breakup Season

    ★★★

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  • Novocaine

    Novocaine

    ★★★

    Such a fun film. Went in expecting nothing at all but was pleasantly surprised at how constantly funny and thrilling it is - sometimes even in the same breath.

  • Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

    ★★★★

    “Sympathy of Mr. Vengeance,” Park Chan-wook’s first film in the Vengeance Trilogy (followed up by Oldboy and, Lady Vengeance) has been often criticized for its visceral violence that “doesn’t serve a larger purpose.” While, to some extent the criticism is fair, it is also important to note that the film is eventually about the never-ending circle of violence that stems out of our need to have an ending. 

    Park Chan-wook greatly backs up that theme with the help of his…

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  • Control

    Control

    ★★★★½

    The colour scheme is fuckin' black & white, and they fuckin' speak as if there's a golden shite. The fuckin' movies are all overblown, the fuckin' powers and all those fuckin' guns. The fuckin' people are fuckin' stupid, they fuckin' talk as if they know it.

    The fuckin' music is fuckin' fucked, what sadness can give, not a fuckin' thing could. The fuckin' love is fuckin' unreal, with all the fuckin' dance and all them fuckin' seals.

    The fuckin' cigarette is…

  • Blue Jay

    Blue Jay

    ★★★★

    "There's nothing wrong with my life. I should be happy. But there's this sadness and I don't know where it comes from."

    A lovely, melancholic stroll down the love that coulda, shoulda, woulda. If you are on a strict - one romantic movie a year diet, make sure that this is the one.