Nishanth Raman

King of the silent pictures, hiding out till the talkies blow over. Film noirs and world cinema, mostly. My profile on Letterboxd -

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

Echo (2023)
The Conquest of Everest (1953)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
Lonesome (1928)
Walkabout (1971)
Roger & Me (1989)

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

Favourite First Watches of May '26

[jayaprakashbr @jayaprakashbr]

Back with @nishansolo & @KeshavAthreya2 to host the @kqaquizzes April Open General (Ruckus) Quiz tomorrow at 2 PM!

No team needed. Show up, get sorted, and raise a ruckus.

Prelims + finals, open to all. Venue: Ujjivan HQ, Koramangala.

Come quiz!

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

Not many films can claim to keep you hooked for 197 odd minutes. One of the best of this decade, so far.

[dankest thomas @DankestThomas]

This incredible film is still criminally slept on

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

Coconut Head Generation (2023)
The Music Box (1932)
The Story of Asya Klyachina, Who Loved, But Did Not Marry (1966)
Pompeii: Below The Clouds (2025)

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

Favourite First Watches of March:

[⊱ Lazz 🍉 ࿐ @staryyaoi]

Favorite first watches of March:

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

Park Chan-wook's NO OTHER CHOICE, which I saw at #BIFFes 2026

[santy @santodrives]

last ★★★★★ film you watched

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

Anne Bancroft lording around in khaki Jodhpurs is all you need to know about this movie, apart from being John Ford's swansong.

[DJ @grindingthefilm]

7 Women (John Ford, 1965)

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

The Informer (1935) and The Hurricane (1937) would be good places to start off with, followed by The Lost Patrol (1934) and The Long Voyage Home (1940).

[𝒮𝒶𝓈𝒽𝒶 @Sasha_Screens]

where would one start with john ford? i've seen the grapes of wrath and how green was my valley, but that was back in high school.

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

@sujays The closest I've come to doing that. Pic from the roof of the Southern Railway HQ.

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

One of the best films of 2025 tackles exactly what we are seeing in Venezuela today. A new chapter whose previous pages include Vietnam, Chile and Iraq. COVER-UP still streaming on Netflix.

[WW2 The Eastern Front @ShoahUkraine]

US soldiers set fire to a random family home in Vietnam.

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

When you try to tick off movies from Ozu, Kurosawa and Ford's filmography in 2025, and @letterboxd 's Year in Film acknowledged it.

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

Full list of my favourite first watches of 2025 here;

https://t.co/cwtReZX3et

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

My favourite movies of 2025, in no particular order
#YearEnder2025

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

LOST LAND
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SIRĀT
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
RIVERSTONE
A POET
SABAR BONDA
MAGELLAN
TWO PROSECUTORS

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

Ended my 2025 film viewing stint with how I started it, in post-WW2 Tokyo with master Ozu.

[Nishanth Raman @nishansolo]

@samar11 Hello! The one that was refused screening was the 2000 Indonesian movie A POET: UNCONCEALED POETRY. The Colombian movie A POET (2025) played at IFFK with no issues.

https://t.co/nNNYfosdTK