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  • Magnolia

  • 45 Years

    ★★★½

  • I Care a Lot

    ★★★

  • Sir

    ★★★½

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  • Sir

    Sir

    ★★★½

    I don't buy it. Don't know why. Maybe it's just my unconscious bias, but I don't believe these class walls come tumbling down that easy. Maybe it's not the film's fault. The film's set realistically, it's shot with an unproblematic gaze, and had it been any other two characters, the events and circumstances created in the film would've been enough for me to believe in their love. But I don't. Don't know why.

    EDIT:
    Now I know! It is the…

  • Aavishkar

    Aavishkar

    ★★★★★

    Who wants a Raj? Please find me a Rajesh Khanna who has a gazillion life philosophies and wears a white kurta everywhere. To bed, to a date, to meet the girl's father... everywhere. What happened to men???? Why are they not wearing white kurtas anymore??

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  • Eeb Allay Ooo!

    Eeb Allay Ooo!

    ★★★★

    I don't think I have ever seen a film where a prominent character is introduced as a pregnant woman, and she doesn't undergo childbirth during the course of the film. I was like... good film and all but where is baby?

    This made me realise that we only explore pregnancy in films when it also yields a nice plot point in the form of Act 3 childbirth madness: water breaks during an intense moment; dramatic rushing to the hospital; car…

  • Hamilton

    Hamilton

    ★★★★

    I want to be in the room where this happens, this masterpiece is conceived and written.

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