Yorgos Lanthimo's film The Killing of a Sacred Deer poses questions to which no satisfactory answers exist, trapping us in a bizarre situation with no hope of a happy ending. It's a vengeful tale that's been adapted from an ancient Greek play Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides.
The success of a film or any art form is in its ability to foster a discussion is a school of thought and Mari Selvaraj is an advocate of it. Mari delivers a strong statement against the oppression through #Karnan.
Nayattu(The Hunt) by Martin Prakkat is an object lesson on how to take a thriller template, subvert it, and leave the audience thinking that they have just watched a hard-hitting social drama. The film is about a heartless system that ruthlessly devours the people who sustain it.
Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life takes us on a journey from the beginning of the universe to an abstract tale of the world juxtaposed with the intimate narrative of one family. It challenges the viewers mind to dive into each frame, to explore the mystery of its own existence.
Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love is a gorgeous, quiet and painful exploration of what happens when the fantasy you create for yourself is a perverse one, when it only serves to keep you from confronting the pain, that it was created to avoid.
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Chungking Express by Wong Kar Wai evokes a warm fuzzy feeling of being lost in a daydream of a neon lit Hong Kong where melancholy is splattered in abundance, rather than passion. The film is all about one mood and leaves you wanting more.
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Chief Minister @vijayanpinarayi , the Left Democratic Front (LDF) rewrote history in Kerala on Sunday by winning a second term in a state that had not returned an incumbent government in four decades.
With such strong writing and artful filmmaking by Thiagarajan Kumararaja, #SuperDeluxe is a delicately insightful commentary on modern life. This is a trip you must not skip.
The film #BeforeSunrise by Richard Linklater is made up of so many unforgettable moments, but the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, as the saying goes. The audience is left to ask questions about destiny and the transitory existence of relationships.
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