Cinemascope

My movie viewing journal since May 2008

Saturday, 14 June 2008

Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali [1955], Aparajito [1956], Apur Sansar [1959]

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Pather Panchali ( Song of the Little Road ), Aparajito ( The Unvanquished ) and Apur Sansar ( The World of Apu ), the three mesmerizing,...
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Friday, 13 June 2008

Breathless (A Bout De Souffle) [1960]

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One of the greatest movies ever made, Breathless , upon its release, revolutionized motion pictures forever, and established itself as a ci...
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Thursday, 12 June 2008

True Romance [1993]

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Perhaps the best film that Tarantino never made, True Romance is one hell of a roller coaster ride that must be undertaken to appreciate its...
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Ameros Perros [2000]

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Love and dogs play literal, as well as, figurative roles (aptly titled, Ameres Perros means “Love’s a Bitch”), in the extremely talented Me...
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In A Lonely Place [1950]

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Renowned American filmmaker Nicholas Ray’s best movie, and one of the most definitive films in the distinctly American genre of film noir, t...
Tuesday, 10 June 2008

The Taste of Cherry [1997]

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Directed by the renowned Iranian New Wave auteur Abbas Kiarostami, Taste of Cherry is a deeply philosophical treatise which dispassionate...
Sunday, 8 June 2008

Chalo, Lets Go [2008]

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The latest offering from songwriter-turned-director Anjan Dutt is a clear indication of his fast growing maturity behind the camera. Though ...
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Saturday, 7 June 2008

The Tracey Fragments [2007]

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This one has got to be right up there with the most disturbing, obsessive, phantasmagorical and deeply unsettling movies that I have seen. A...
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The Lives of Others (Das Leben Der Anderen) [2006]

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The fact that this German film managed to defeat the mind-blowing Mexican movie Pan’s Labyrinth to the Best Foreign Film statuette at the ...
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Friday, 6 June 2008

A History of Violelnce [2005]

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David Cronenberg has attained cult following among “artistic” B-film lovers for his gore-filled slasher movies. But a movie like A History o...
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Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Nayak (The Hero) [1966]

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One of the very few movies to accurately and incisively bring forth the part of a movie superstar that remains in the dark vis-à-vis the vi...
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Pulp Fiction [1994]

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Quentin Tarantino entered the pantheon of master directors – the Ivy League – with this wild, quirky, whacky, outrageously violent and epic ...
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Tuesday, 3 June 2008

Goodbye, Lenin! [2003]

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Goodbye, Lenin! is a poignant fable on the timeless and universal themes of values, love, hope and dreams. Made by the German director Wol...
Monday, 2 June 2008

The Gold Rush [1925]

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Gold Rush was the movie that Charlie Chaplin wanted to be remembered by. And, considering that Chaplin was perhaps the greatest filmmaker t...
Sunday, 1 June 2008

Fight Club [1999]

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A dark, visceral, hyperkinetic and violent psychological drama/thriller about the duality of human nature and the seedy underbelly lurking b...
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Sunset Boulevard [1950]

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Sunset Blvd. wasn’t just the greatest creation of the majestic quintessential American director Billy Wilder; it is also arguably the best ...
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Stranger than Paradise [1984]

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Directed by Jim Jarmusch, instantly recognizable thanks to his wild white hairdo, Stranger than Paradise is an offbeat low-budget indie cla...

Rounders [1998]

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An engrossing and highly entertaining film, Rounders takes a close look at high stakes underground poker games. What director John Dahl bri...

Chungking Express [1994]

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Chungking Express is the most celebrated movie made by the master New Wave Hong Kong director Wong-Kar-Wai. The stylized, visceral, eccent...
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Chinatown [1974]

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Chinatown wa sn’t just the finest work of the iconoclastic Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski, it has also established itself as one of the be...
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