Justin McGuire reviews Michael Clayton, a film that has been nominated for 7 Oscars this year
Michael Clayton“Michael Clayton” is a movie of three lawyers who lack any connections to the world outside their jobs, and in four days, each are forced to make the familiar choice of wealth or soul.
Arthur Eden, played by Tom Wilkinson, […]

“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” is absolute gorgeous. There are few other words for it. Emotionally, I cannot call it heartbreaking, because it is about a man who achieves what he sets out to achieve, and there is nothing tragic in that. Jean-Do’s immobile life is a stunning success, and although it ended early, it ended on a note of deserved beatitude.

The whole film is an unvarying social commentary, upon the times we live in, upon the way rich and society-conscious people live, and upon the simple ways that give you pleasure in life and that never change with time, not just an uncontrolled slapstick comedy, says Ankur Agarwal about this 1958 Academy Award winner for […]

The Departed is one of the most astounding movies I’ve seen that indicts America for its exhibition of insensitivity and xenophobia, writes Abhishek Bandekar
The DepartedMartin Scorsese’s The Departed is one of the most beautifully layered pieces of modern cinema that deftly and effortlessly sieves together the best of literature & cinema, pop culture & politics, […]

Elephant is a work of an auteur. It’s so original in its style that people used to conventional storytelling could feel uneasy, writes Bikas Mishra on Gus Van San’t 2003 film.
ElephantA low angle shot, camera looking up at the blue sky as the clouds float by. A lamp post and electric wires create […]

[ November 30, 1999; 12:00 am; ] What happens when the life of a Stasi spy meets with the life of a contemplative writer artist during the communist East Germany in 1984? The answer, the spy becomes a sensitive “good man” and the artist perfects the art of being discreet.

If you’re having a tough time in life, you would love this movie. It is inspirational. It’s the celluloid version of the Nine Steps to Success, the unpublished book that Richard writes in the Little Miss Sunshine. The only difference, it’s inspired from real life
The Pursuit of Happyness is a sweet film. As we know […]

Little Miss Sunshine is a movie about losers…and what sets this movie apart from all others is that all the losers in the movie remain losers through the end..none of the characters are able to achieve what they set out to. But then why should you watch a movie about losers????
The academy awards jury got […]