S.K. Chishty
The Father (2021)
The film effectively plumbs down the depth of a mind losing its grip on reality. French playwright and novelist Florian Zeller makes his...
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S.K. Chishty
- May 13, 2021
- 1 min
Film Review: Witness to Murder (1954)
The unrealized subtext is more powerful than the film. Just like My Name is Julia Ross squanders its potential for commenting on class...
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S.K. Chishty
- May 12, 2021
- 2 min
Film Reviews: My Name is Julia Ross (1945)
An underseen & intriguing attempt at a Gothic thriller misses its mark. A down-on-her-luck Julia Ross (Nina Foch) recovering from an...
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S.K. Chishty
- Apr 3, 2021
- 3 min
Film Review: A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
A heady mix of trashy exploitation and undeniable artistry. Body horror fans expecting any gross out transformation scenes are bound to...
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S.K. Chishty
- Apr 1, 2021
- 1 min
Mini-Review: Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Handsome soap-opera! Two sisters, Marriane and Marguirette (Lana Turner and Donna Reed, respectively) compete for the attention of the...
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S.K. Chishty
- Apr 1, 2021
- 3 min
Film Review: Ucho (The Ear) (1970)
Chilling satire of state's invasion into the personal. In the late '60s, Czechoslovakia enjoyed a brief period of Liberalisation, known...
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S.K. Chishty
- Mar 1, 2021
- 4 min
Film Review: Shin Godzilla (2016)
The Japanese still know how to do this right. Shin Godzilla is Toho Studio's 30th incarnation of Godzilla, making it the longest-running...
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S.K. Chishty
- Feb 28, 2021
- 3 min
Film Review: Kajillionaire (2020)
Miranda July's movement towards more expansive pastures parallel her protagonist's. It is wonderfully bracing to see women directors...
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S.K. Chishty
- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
Kindred (2020)
Suspenseful as a thriller, but weak as a comment on racism, falls below potential. Taking its cues from Rosemary's Baby and, more...
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S.K. Chishty
- Feb 2, 2021
- 4 min
An Officer and a Spy (J'accuse) (2019)
Polanski's formalism is perfect for this sobering account. The title of Polanski's last film "Based On a True Story" can very well be a...
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S.K. Chishty
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Short Film Review: Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris
Baldwin's words sting, even in the face of incompetence. If someone were screening Lost in La Mancha and American Movie as a part of...
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S.K. Chishty
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Film Review: Palmer (2021)
Palmer struggles against two sets of clichés - of its story and of its location. In the trailer review of Palmer, that Abha Dhyani wrote...
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S.K. Chishty
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
Film Review: Kris (Crisis, 1946)
The great Ingmar Bergman's debut is an uninteresting melodrama. Part of Early Bergman, #1 of Criterion Collection's Eclipse Series, a...
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S.K. Chishty
- Jan 26, 2021
- 4 min
Film Review: PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020)
A powerful, stylish takedown of toxic masculinity. Set to throbbing all-women, pop soundtrack, Promising Young Woman is a powerful and...
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Aabha Dhyaani
- Jan 9, 2021
- 4 min
Trailers Reviews: The Marksman, News of the World and Palmer
Suddenly white Hollywood leading men are saddled with saving children of other ethnicities and sexual orientation. It could be the...
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S.K. Chishty
- Dec 30, 2020
- 3 min
Film Review: Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
A rare courtroom drama that puts the audience into the position of a jury. What do you think when you think of courtroom dramas? Blazing...
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S.K. Chishty
- Dec 6, 2020
- 4 min
Film Review: The Devils (1971)
Ken Russell's one-of-a-kind attack on conformity still has the power to shock. In "De Palma", a documentary on Brian DePalma, the...
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S.K. Chishty
- Dec 2, 2020
- 1 min
Trailer Review: Iron Mask (2020)
Even at slightly above 2 minutes mark, this trailer overstays its welcome. "I have been waiting for this a loooong time", intones Arnold...
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S.K. Chishty
- Nov 30, 2020
- 4 min
La Vérité (The Truth) (France, 1960)
Criterion's blu-ray does justice with late-career Clouzot triumph starring a great Brigette Bardot. Sometimes while watching a film the...
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S.K. Chishty
- Nov 19, 2020
- 2 min
Film Review: The Dark and the Wicked (2020),
Bleak and atmospheric, Bertino knows what he's aiming for. The family has been an important component of horror cinema. Most horror...
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