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The Master (2012) - Paul Thomas Anderson
The Master is one such film that I’d love to deconstruct over and over again to watch it from different perspectives. The film reiterates...
Ayesha Dhurue
May 7, 20221 min read


The 400 Blows (1959) - Francois Truffaut
Watching Jean-Pierre Leaud as a young boy trapped between his defining moments with a friend and his duty as a son to detached and bleary...
Ayesha Dhurue
May 7, 20221 min read


Synecdoche, New York (2008) - Charlie Kaufman
Do not enter this film knowing that you know. But you can exit knowing that what you know is never known. Synecdoche, New York is a film...
Ayesha Dhurue
May 7, 20221 min read


Good Morning (1959) - Yasujiro Ozu
Cinema is good because cinema is true. What Good Morning does is it transcends a structure into a realm comprising of all too familiar...
Ayesha Dhurue
May 7, 20221 min read


Annie Hall (1977) - Woody Allen
An idiosyncratic and amusing film about the enigma that is love, Annie Hall is a revelation. It sort of feels like a fast-paced film - in...
Ayesha Dhurue
May 7, 20221 min read


Whiplash (2014) - Damien Chazelle
Whiplash is a powerful movie. Period. It’s the eye of the storm and the destruction that it causes. It’s the unmaking of a character and...
Ayesha Dhurue
May 7, 20221 min read


Adaptation. (2002) - Spike Jonze
You move through a movie and its landscapes as if you’re led to an unknown place in the dark. Meanwhile, all your senses are heightened...
Ayesha Dhurue
Apr 17, 20222 min read


A Woman Is A Woman (1961) - Jean-Luc Godard
The setting of a film as vivid, euphoric, and amusing as A Woman Is A Woman transcends normalcy. It’s not your “everyday” kind of film....
Ayesha Dhurue
Apr 17, 20221 min read
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