5 min movie guide
After Parkland: how a community comes to terms with tragedy
This is probably the most sobering documentary we have watched for a very long time. The details of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that left 17 dead and another 17 injured two years ago were covered in depth by the media at the time, but that still doesn’t…
Blinded By The Light: or how Bruce Springstein saved my LIfe.
The brilliant filmmaker Gurinder Chadha , a British filmmaker of Indian descent, has over the past 25 years so succinctly captured the real essence of second generation of Asians who made the UK their home. With them having feet in both extremely different cultures, Chadra’s narratives reflect the whole generational aspect of racial bigotry…
A Skin So Soft ….. on men so hard
There is something uncomfortably riveting about French/Canadian filmmaker Denis Côté documentary that really brings out the voyeur in you. In this almost silent look at half a dozen bodybuilders he invites us to observe their complete obsession with their bodies which dominates their lives complete. Each gram of food is weighed meticulously, every daily…
Marriage Story : a tale about getting divorced
It’s been 15 years since filmmaker Noah Baumbach made his breakthrough movie ‘The Squid and The Whale‘ which netted him an Academy Award Nomination for Original Screenplay. In the years since he has helmed several intriguing and enjoyable movies such as Margot At The Wedding, Greenberg and Francis Ha, yet none of them captured…
