
Tag: movie
The White Tiger – Film Review

I really enjoyed this adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s darkly satirical Booker-winning novel, one of the better book-to-screen transitions from the recent times.
The Farewell – Film Review

Beautifully observed and bittersweet drama about the conflict between family ties and cultural values, with an impressive dramatic turn from Awkwafina.
The Station Agent – Film Review

A sweet and quirky comedy-drama about an unlikely trio of lonely souls coming together in a small town… and trains.
Moneyball – Film Review

A film involving baseball is extremely unlikely to make it on my watch list, but this intelligent and strangely melancholy movie, with Brad Pitt in one of his finest performances, was very much worth suspending a prejudice against baseball movies.
Big Eyes – Film Review

Tim Burton dials down the gothic and the weird for this surprisingly straightforward drama based on a real-life art fraud story.
Two Hands – Film Review

Back in 1999, I actually did mean to watch this quirky and energetic Australian thriller-slash-black comedy with Heath Ledger and Rose Byrne, and now I finally have.
The Birds – Film Review

You know the lockdown has warped your brain when, after watching Hitchcock’s classic horror-thriller about the flocks of killer birds terrorising a small seaside town, you’re still thinking wistfully of a coastal weekend getaway.
Rope – Film Review


