Ridley Scott for me, mostly has been a hit or miss, but it doesn't take away from the efficiency with which he makes a film, and convincingly so. The film's main core ans heart is set around Napoleon's relationship with his first wife Josephine, played brilliantly by Venessa Kirby. That relationship mostly forms the character, but I couldn't help but be disappointed with how condensed the film felt. Every scene (and at times a shot) felt like it needed to…
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Kaathal – The Core 2023
There's this certain idealism with which the subject matter was dealt. I was surprised with how Jeo Baby went about telling the story, because it constantly moved in a different direction and didn't make a big deal out of it. There's this certain envelope of energy brought in by how the characters were framed with Jesus, which effectively plays into how it builds arcs for characters. The two musical Interludes where effectively all major characters are conflicted by choices and…
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Sardar Udham 2021
A good hindi film is a rare commodity. Commodity simply because, that is what films in hindi cinema have been brought down to. They're objects, products some that don't even justify their existence as that. There's also celebration of mediocrity, which are sold to you as simple, uncomplicated, non complex tales of valour and then there's Sardar Udham by Shoojit Sircar. This is nuts and bolts filmmaking, this is the kind where flesh, blood and bones can be felt. The…
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