Most Anurag Kashyap films derive their power through a distinct voice. Sometimes it’s literal: dialogue, songs, background score. Sometimes metaphorical: postmodernist whims, absurd humor, gore. His films are feverish and busy, always up for a trick or two. His latest release is Choked is now streaming on Netflix. The film is definitely an outlier. 1. […]
Unflinching and well-informed Ana DuVernay’s documentary charts the meteoric rise of criminals incarcerated in the US and links it to the end of slavery. It looks back at the historical 13th Amendment, which on paper abolished slavery but in-fact, turned it into a lucrative legal business. From the end of the Civil War to the […]
There are few musicians who can claim to stand on equal terms with Garth Brooks. The best-selling American solo artist of all time has built quite a career for himself through hard work and more than a little luck, and now he’s telling his story in the latest Biography documentary, Garth Brooks: The Road I’m […]
Ryan Murphy brings together a cast of fresh faces and actors he has previously worked with to paint a City of Dreams that Hollywood neither was nor is. The aspiring actors and filmmakers are willing to do anything to make their dreams come true. But apart from having to ‘pimp’ themselves out for the established […]
This documentary from Netflix is a real heart-soother. Directed with tremendous sensitivity and intimacy by Chris Bolan, it is a love story about two women now in their 90s. A Secret Love tells the stories of two women, Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel, who have been together since the 1940s. 1. Quick Review For decades, […]
Fire Force season two, will soon be released and the anime company is keeping fans boosted with bits and pieces of info about every now and then. The anime’s theme song and performer have already been announced, and a new PV and visual have been released. So what’s the latest update on the second season? […]
The Trial or Il Processo has all the necessary ingredients to churn out a well-cooked courtroom drama. It starts with a promising premise with a teenage murder at its center. It offers us an impartial glimpse inside the Italian Judicial System. But the second half of the series loses the realistic grim atmosphere it had […]
A bold and young independent woman falls prey to a rich, feisty, powerful man who gives her 365 days (365 dni) to fall in love with him. To be followed by a string of thrilling adventures, spersed with both pain and pleasure. Ring any bells? Well, it’s not Fifty Shades of Grey, and the guy […]
With its fantasy adaptation The Witcher, Netflix once again claimed its top spot in the streaming business from HBO and the legendary Game Of Thrones. While the second season of The Witcher announced long before the first was even out, the ongoing pandemic and production shutdown have delayed the release of the season. Not to […]
If a story in which a villain is the main protagonist is a one which interests you, then “Youjo Senki” or “The Saga of Tanya the Evil” will make you fall in love with itself, and you will immediately crave for the second season. The anime series follows a 9-year-old evil blonde fighting on a battlefield, and […]
Everybody’s got secrets. We keep them hidden away in the deepest corners of our hearts, always cautious that they don’t come to light. The Stranger is a gripping thriller that focuses on the aftermath of secrets coming out and the effects of lies. With multiple story lines that take too long to converge and some […]
Among the cancellations by Netflix, the fashion competition Next In Fashion was the most recent. Show’s co-host Tan France broke the news to the publication Variety, this week. The fashion guru, of the Queer Eye fame, headlined the show alongside style icon Alexa Chung. The show, which dropped earlier this year in January, featured 18 […]
