The poetic translation of Lijo Jose Pellissery’s latest work, “Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam," is “Like An Afternoon Dream.” And there could not have been a more fitting title than this, for this Mammootty-starrer channels the lackadaisical and inexplicable longing for the unknown that we often experience through afternoon dreams. The longing that makes us wonder about life in a nameless place. The places we see passing us on a bus or a train journey.
The metaphysical aspect of the film would…
“Boiling Point” (2021), directed by Philip Barantini, is a superbly acted pulsating thriller that shows how much goes behind every signature dish of a fine-dining restaurant. The film was a classic example of filmmaking that does storytelling via perpetual increase of tension till it reaches the titular ‘boiling point.’
Strictly in terms of films, Talvar is an excellent thriller where a whodunnit story is retold from various outlooks. It grips you from the first frame and does not relinquish even after the film finishes.
Being an Indian, I can note what this films also tries to illustrate the gaping holes our country's crime solving techniques, where a Criminal is found first and then motif and modus operandi are thought of. Based on the infamous Noida double murder case, this films strictly follows the events and shows how politician, police and media all played parts in it.
A film that needs to be seen
The best anti-war statement one can make is depicting the war as it is. As closely, as detailed as possible. That is what Erich Maria Remarque, a German war veteran of World War I, did with his landmark novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” in 1929. Almost a century has passed, there has been another monstrous World War, and a European war is raging on while I am typing this. This latest adaptation of Remarque’s novel by Edward Berger…
