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10th May, 2013
Weekly Classics: Grave of the Fireflies
The film opens with death. No one is ever ready to face death, whether in reality or beyond. The immediate sorrow grips you anyhow.
The film opens with death. No one is ever ready to face death, whether in reality or beyond. The immediate sorrow grips you anyhow.
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26th April, 2013
Friday Classics: Pan’s Labyrinth
Pan’s Labyrinth is a rare film that combines the world of fantasy and reality to show how the two worlds can co-exist with the conflicts of each world spilling into the other.
Pan’s Labyrinth is a rare film that combines the world of fantasy and reality to show how the two worlds can co-exist with the conflicts of each world spilling into the other.
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19th April, 2013
Weekly Classics: Umrao Jaan
Rekha has probably never been more beautiful or more powerful as she is in the title role, and has the other characters revolving around her.
Rekha has probably never been more beautiful or more powerful as she is in the title role, and has the other characters revolving around her.
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12th April, 2013
Weekly Classics: Dog Day Afternoon
“Attica! Attica!” is the indelible quote which when paired with Pacino’s restless pacing outside the bank, becomes a legendary chant of upheaval.
“Attica! Attica!” is the indelible quote which when paired with Pacino’s restless pacing outside the bank, becomes a legendary chant of upheaval.
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5th April, 2013
Weekly Classics: Man Bites Dog
There are plenty of violent movies in distribution in cinema's modern age, but few tread so carefully and heavily over such trodden ground simultaneously.
There are plenty of violent movies in distribution in cinema's modern age, but few tread so carefully and heavily over such trodden ground simultaneously.
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29th March, 2013
Weekly Classics: Anonymous
One ends up believing every single thing the film says about Edward de Vere being the real writer of Shakespeare’s plays.
One ends up believing every single thing the film says about Edward de Vere being the real writer of Shakespeare’s plays.
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22nd March, 2013
Weekly Classics: The purple rose of Cairo
Woody Allen has regarded this film as one of his favourite works, and one which came closest to his original conception.
Woody Allen has regarded this film as one of his favourite works, and one which came closest to his original conception.
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15th March, 2013
Weekly Classics: The battle of Algiers
Immediately after its release, the film faced severe criticism, with some arguing that it justifies the use of terrorism and makes a shameless apology for it.
Immediately after its release, the film faced severe criticism, with some arguing that it justifies the use of terrorism and makes a shameless apology for it.
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8th March, 2013
Weekly Classics: Withnail and I
Here is a piece of work that is named Britain’s best comedy and that took Bruce Robinson seven years to write into a book and then change into a screenplay.
Here is a piece of work that is named Britain’s best comedy and that took Bruce Robinson seven years to write into a book and then change into a screenplay.
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1st March, 2013
Weekly Classics: Chungking Express
Wong Kar-wai, who chaired the 2013 Berlinale's jury panel recently, had his real international breakthrough in 1994 with this classic Wongian romance - “Chungking Express”.
Wong Kar-wai, who chaired the 2013 Berlinale's jury panel recently, had his real international breakthrough in 1994 with this classic Wongian romance - “Chungking Express”.
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22nd February, 2013
Weekly Classics: Baran
The remarkable bit about Majidi’s work is that his films focus on moments we would normally overlook as we go through our daily, hectic lives.
The remarkable bit about Majidi’s work is that his films focus on moments we would normally overlook as we go through our daily, hectic lives.
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15th February, 2013
Weekly Classics: The Warriors
This is definitely a ‘guy’ film. It admittedly makes you curious about what it would be like to get into a fight.
This is definitely a ‘guy’ film. It admittedly makes you curious about what it would be like to get into a fight.
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8th February, 2013
Weekly Classics: Shatranj ke Khilari
Set a year before the 1857 uprising, this film is a window into a bygone era that is shifting, which the protagonists of the film refuse to accept.
Set a year before the 1857 uprising, this film is a window into a bygone era that is shifting, which the protagonists of the film refuse to accept.
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1st February, 2013
Weekly Classics: The Seventh Seal
This film shows us how belief or lack thereof, can blind a person, making him unsympathetic.
This film shows us how belief or lack thereof, can blind a person, making him unsympathetic.
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25th January, 2013
Weekly Classics: Chinatown
Jack Nicholson cemented his status as a Hollywood leading man in the early 1970s with this great film noir.
Jack Nicholson cemented his status as a Hollywood leading man in the early 1970s with this great film noir.
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18th January, 2013
Weekly Classics: Persepolis
This Marjane Satrapi film is a story about herself, as a young girl in Iran and an adolescent in Vienna.
This Marjane Satrapi film is a story about herself, as a young girl in Iran and an adolescent in Vienna.
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4th January, 2013
Weekly Classics: Mirch Masala
The aesthetically pleasing, albeit slow-paced film will keep you riveted by the way the story unfolds and more specifically the questions it asks the viewer.
The aesthetically pleasing, albeit slow-paced film will keep you riveted by the way the story unfolds and more specifically the questions it asks the viewer.
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28th December, 2012
Weekly Classics: The Color of Paradise (Rang-e-Khoda)
A simple yet powerful story of a blind young boy, this film is a prime example of how advanced Iranian cinema really is.
A simple yet powerful story of a blind young boy, this film is a prime example of how advanced Iranian cinema really is.
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22nd December, 2012
Weekly Classics: Donnie Darko
If film making is an art form, then this bizarre film is a young prodigy’s magnum opus.
If film making is an art form, then this bizarre film is a young prodigy’s magnum opus.
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14th December, 2012
Weekly Classics: Brazil
The things you can look for in this film and possibly find; sentient technology, Greek mythology and the most well thought-out reverse deus ex machina your eyes will ever see.
The things you can look for in this film and possibly find; sentient technology, Greek mythology and the most well thought-out reverse deus ex machina your eyes will ever see.
