Best Supporting Role: Musicality in Motion
What sets motion pictures apart from other forms of art is that it serves as an intoxicating combination of sensory experiences.Be it words through...
Corruption, Vodka and Jesus: Russia’s Leviathan
Leviathan (2014) is a Russian movie directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, who is known for movies that showcase the tragedies of life. His movies, like...
Things you didn’t know you could do on the Internet!
Have you got tired with your routine of checking Facebook and Twitter feeds. Do you also slog for hours scrolling the news feed and...
Don’t Mean It Mean
Reading The Catcher in the Rye has been a cathartic process for me because it leaves you feeling liberated after you’re finished with it....
5 Must Read Man Booker Prize Shortlisted Novels
There comes a stage in every person’s life when they becomes conscious of their surroundings and are able to frame their opinions about the...
The Great Indian Code of ‘Morality’
With the release of Fifty Shades of Grey worldwide (on Valentine’s Day), the movie is being received well throughout. The flick, based on the...
10 Childhood Books You Never Grow Out Of
Once upon a time, I met a boy. He seemed perfect. He was funny and smart and cute and considerate. I made myself believe...
Alternative Rock- Lesson 101
My last article http://edtimes.in/2015/01/stairway-heaven-rock-101.html was an introduction to the world of rock. I also mentioned that I would be dealing with the subgenres of...
Zindagi TV: Breaking Stereotypes Everywhere
Hearing the word “Pakistan” in a conversation, you assume it to be about the political tension, the latest absurd announcement rolled out by Taliban...
The Significance of Deepa Mehta’s Elements Trilogy
“Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out”
-Martin Scorsese (founder, World Cinema Foundation)
For many years, Parallel Cinema has played an...
Books vs Films: The Eternal Debate Continues
As the screen version of Fifty Shades of Grey hit movie screens around the world to much excitement and apprehension, the reviews have all...
Better Call Saul: Creators Ready to Break Bad Again
If there are two things I am truly passionate about, they are photography and television. Some might even call me an addict. God. That...
The Looming Tower- Al Qaeda’s Path to 9/11
The essayist E.B White in 1948, once observed, “New York, for the first time in its history is destructible. A single flight of planes,...
Five Old Hindi Films Today’s Young Adults Should Watch
A few years back, on a bright and lazy Sunday afternoon, finally bored of all that was on the TV, I asked my father...
Guilt, Shame and Forgiveness: A Disenchanted Poland and Ida
To say that Ida is a delicately crafted movie of an orphaned nun (Ida Lebenstein) and her aunt (Wanda Gruz), in the 1960s in...
Breaking Bad Over? ‘S All Good Man
After five seasons of TV entertainment at its prime since heavyweights of the crime drama genre such as The Wire and The Sopranos graced...
Flume: The Heartbeat of Australian Electronic Scene
Harley Streten’s career in music production started with a box of Nutri-Grain cereal. Aged 13, he came across the cereal box at a local...
Broootally Honest: Foxcatcher Review; Much Hopelessness, Such Self Destruct
I don’t remember ever leaving a theatre with a strong feeling of “what the fuck was that?” Honestly, I don’t remember the last time...
12 Monkeys: Is Time Travel Just Monkey Business?
Interstellar. Men in Black. X-Men: Days of Future Past. Hot Tub Time Machine. In Time. Back to the Future. Terminator. Star Trek. 12 Monkeys....
Anti-heroes: Immoral but Socially Relevant?
The trend of the anti-heroes has been prevalent throughout history, for example – Achilles, Don Quixote, Karna, Krishna or Odysseus to name a few...
How Bollywood Decodes The Anatomy Of Women
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwegkC3Z3V8&app=desktop
The recent video released by Indiatimes titled ‘This Girl Perfectly Explains Why Rape Has Become A Joke In India. She Literally Celebrated Rape-Public Day...
Go Set A Watchman: The Return Of The Mockingbird
I don’t remember the first time I read To Kill a Mockingbird or the second. But I remember the third time. Somewhere in the...
No Country For Funny Men: AIB Kicks Where it Hurts
Now anyone who is even a tad bit active on social media must be aware of the fiasco surrounding the recent AIB roast. The...
Bollywood Weekends: Hole in YOUR Pockets
Sooo I went for this movie called Happy New Year. And while I was sitting there in my seat impatiently, waiting for the new...
Laxman’s Caricatures and Indian Economy: Connecting the Dots
"I drew objects that caught my eye outside the window of my room--- the dry twigs, leaves and lizard like creatures crawling about, the...
