Swapnil

Swapnil

Manic pixie dreamboi. Absolutely fuck movies. Here for my daily dose of being pretentious. ✨

Favorite films

  • Pulp Fiction
  • Maqbool
  • Man with a Movie Camera
  • Masaan

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  • Merry Christmas

    ★★★

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

  • La La Land

    ★★★

  • Interstellar

    ★★½

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  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    ★★★★

    When I first came to know Nolan was directing Oppenheimer, I had resigned myself to the idea that it would be a whitewashed pro white boy film. 

    It is anything BUT that. 

    This is probably his best film. The story’s conflict has depth and layers that stay with you long after the movie is over. I sat still not getting up for a full five minutes after the film was over. 

    Cillian Murphy absolutely nails it. He carries the film…

  • Barbie

    Barbie

    ★★½

    This is not your run off the mill complacent movie powered by a giant corporate interest. But this is your run off the mill intellectually complacent movie powered by a giant corporate interest in that it waters itself down (and the idea of gender parity) to reach the lowest common denomination of being palatable to everyone.

    The result: it is a lot of fun but has virtually no emotional or intellectual depth except in a few scenes (some very laboriously…

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  • Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Everything Everywhere All at Once

    ★★★★

    “One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” Except ofc Sisyphus is a Chinese immigrant family beset by family woes, financial worries, the IRS and a multiversal threat that intends to wipe out all of existence forever. Witty, funny, reductionist, and superbly written and acted, EEAAO is a bit long for my taste. But I like the idea of the movie, I like the poeticism of the film- it’s penile sense of humour, it’s hilarious action and the gentle humaneness of its central…

  • Pathaan

    Pathaan

    ★½

    Okay when I say this is the worst YRF film ever please remember I also watched Tararumpum in theatres. 
    The bar is very low. Or high. I don’t know. I can’t think because my brain is still reeling from the trauma that is the film.
    Not going to spend too much time reviewing this. Here’s a CliffsNotes version:

    1. Point of making the film (giving SRK one chance as lead actor before he starts doing Dad roles)- bad
    2. Story…

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