What began in 1937 by an English author and scholar, continues to dominate and intrigue the imagination of generations till date. After all these years, J. R. R. Tolkien’s mammoth work – Lord of the Rings, has led to the creation of movies, video games, fanfictions, board games, radio, theatre,…
Tag: Review
Reading between frames
The House from Netflix looks promising
Update: If you have already watched this movie, you may read – The House and analysis of modern terrors. Dark comedy is an extremely under-explored genre of animated films and more so with stop motion animation which demands each and every frame to be built by hand, shooting them on…
Reading between frames
Only a child is a powerful short film on climate crisis
Severn Cullis Suzuki was only 12 when she delivered a powerful speech at Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, her words still reverberating with the truth of the climate crisis. Only a child by Simone Giampaolo is inspired by a powerful interpretation of her speech which is meaningful,…
Arrival and an intelligent approach to aliens
“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,…
Reading between frames
“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,…