BY: Shreya Ghosh “Period. End of Sentence.” is a documentary based on an important yet sidelined part of the lives of all women, especially rural women- menstruation. Why is it that most of us still feel the need to hide sanitary napkins and whisper when it comes to this topic, like it’s some shameful secret?…
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Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
BY: Aalokitaa Basu Smart, witty, charming, a former social worker and a political campaign activist – not quite the set of words you would use to describe a serial killer, isn’t it? But for any of you who have even for a bit read into true crime or watched some documentaries on serial killers and…
Elite
BY: Vanessa Ross Netflix has a wide range of international shows and this one happens to be one of those. Elite is a Spanish thriller and is definitely worth your while! This Netflix original premiered in 2018 and has one season as of now. It follows the lives of 3 “non-elite” kids- Samuel, Christian and…
Velvet Buzzsaw
BY: Vidushi Kumar Velvet Buzzsaw is the kind of movie that changes the definition of cinematic horror. It incorporates a new theme, creative visualisation and a wild concept. Trust Dan Gilroy to make such a film after his genius work in The Nightcrawler. Jake Gyllenhaal gives yet another riveting performance as the icy and feared…
Orange is the New Black
BY: Shraddha Kumar Orange is the New Black was one of Netflix’s breakout original series, and even now, on the brink of its seventh and final season, remains iconic. The first season is loosely based on Piper Kerman’s book of the same name, where she talks about her experiences of spending a year and a…
The Kominsky Method
BY: Sumedha Batra The Golden Globe 2019 winner for the Best television Series- music or comedy, The Kominsky Method, is a series based on the two friends- Sandy Kominsky and Norman Newlander. It revolves around their ways of tackling with life at their later years of life. The odd couple of Kominsky and Norman is…
Bohemian Rhapsody
BY: Sanya Gupta “Bohemian Rhapsody” was one of my most anticipated films to be released last year. As you might assume based on the title, Bohemian Rhapsody is the story of Queen and Freddie Mercury. Freddie is portrayed as kind of a tortured soul and is mostly kind, and humble even in his larger than…
Homecoming
BY: Garima Agarwal PSA: Contains Spoilers! Homecoming revolves around a counsellor Heidi Bergman, who starts the first job of her life at The Homecoming- a centre where soldiers are being helped back into their civilian lives. Heidi tries to do everything as demanded by her coordinator, even if it goes against what she thinks is…
A Quiet Place
BY: Taralika Singh People who have watched A Quiet Place can immediately find a strong connection between this film and the recent Netflix Original, Birdbox, not only in terms of the thriller/horror genre but both of them also have characters that focus on surviving in particularly horrifying conditions. A Quiet Place talks about a family…
Parched
BY: Taralika Singh The meaning of the word ‘Parched’ is the feeling of being very thirsty. Leena Yadav’s film Parched is set in a desert village of Rajasthan, where the women suffer the atrocities of a sexually repressed Patriarchal and abusive Society. Their status is low and they thirst in more ways than one. The…
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