“If all I ever gave you was a hammer…Everything’s a nail…” I believe that a well-made movie takes inspiration from one core idea and then carefully weaves a story around it. There’s intent, a message, and its rest falls in place. The quote mentioned above is from the Arrival movie,…
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Bombay Rose – the new milestone in Indian animation
Our fairy tales have always been about love. A beautiful princess, a handsome prince on a white horse, and the happily-ever-afters. On the eastern side of the world, Salim faced death for loving Anarkali – a non-noble royal courtesan who was entombed alive for reciprocating. The love between a prince…
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“Sitara”- A feminist flight from Pakistan
While the story of Tokri made me wonder about the streets and slums of Mumbai, India, Sitara took me straight to the streets and terraces of Lahore, Pakistan. Sitara: Let Girls Dream is a 15-minute silent animation movie from Karachi-based Waadi Animations in collaboration with VICE studios. Set in 1970,…
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The humanity restoration project of movie 9
“We had such potential, such promise. But we squandered our gifts, our intelligence. Our blind pursuit of technology only sped us quicker to our doom. Our world is ending. But life must go on.” On September 9th, 2009, Focus Features released the animated movie, named after the number – 9,…
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Rilakkuma and Kaoru: Series Review
Blooming of flowers is symbolic in many ways, from the literal depiction of spring to blooming of a person into someone more mature. That is how the story of a fictional girl unfurls in Netflix’s original – Rilakkuma and Kaoru. Kaoru is an ordinary and independent working girl in Japan…