June, 2015

• 29 June

  Movies with Spiritual Undertones: Part-1

  

  Movies are one of the most influential mediums through which people all over the world are trying to put across messages and hints that point towards the truth; the unspoken paradigm which exists around us and within us, which we are the creators of. In layman terms (lot of “laymen” …
• 29 June

  Coraline says we’ve all been programmed!

  

  Coraline (2009) 100 min  |  Animation, Fantasy   IMDb: 7.7, Rotten Tomatoes: 90% “Not just a children’s movie, Coraline goes beyond to subtly raise important questions for adults as well. Let us analyze it in an offbeat context of how everyone is being constantly programmed & how setting free is yet another …
• 29 June

  The Understated Brilliance of Hugo Weaving

  

  You might not know him by name, but you definitely know this fine actor. Here’s a clue: More nerdy enthusiasts might immediately recall his portrayal of ‘Lord Elrond’ as well, in the ‘The Lord of the ‘Rings’ franchise: Or you might even have spotted him as the ‘Red Skull’ in …
• 27 June

  Script to Screen – I

  

  “Every Oreo was once a grain of wheat”- Madhur Oza You might see this when you google (or preferably DuckDuckGo) idioms and maxims someday. Well maybe not, cause it is garbage! This was just an attempt to open this article with a beautiful line, say ‘Life is like a box …
• 26 June

  Exploring World Cinema #1: Themroc

  

  Themroc (1973) | France IMDb: 7.2 Director: Claude Faraldo 100 min  |  Comedy “A roller coaster ride in to examining human sexism, sexuality, modernism, exploitation, abuse of power, banal rat-race & other cultural/societal limitations which restrict our experiences.”   Themroc is an unbelievable film. Firstly, it has no language, and secondly, …
• 26 June

  Digging Cinema Fossils #1: A Page of Madness

  

  A Page of Madness (1926) Kurutta Ippêji IMDb: 7.7 Teinosuke Kinugasa 70 min  |  Drama, Horror  |  Japan   “A film that must have been an excellent, visionary one in its entirety, but in its incomplete and wordless mystery, it becomes a challenging enigma.”   To begin with, this is …
• 25 June

  Dissecting Experimental Cinema #1: Run Lola Run

  

  Run Lola Run (1998), Rotten Tomatoes – 93%; IMDb – 7.8/10 Director: Tom Tykwer Chapter 1: Background Run Lola Run is a German movie released in 1998. The movie is essentially a 20-minute sequence in the life of the protagonist ‘Lola’. Lola receives a call from his boyfriend Manni who …
• 22 June

  My Tool Trip: Reflections

  

  Read the following interpretation as you slowly build up with the song, aligning the words with the rhythm and the echoes of the masterpiece that is “Reflection” by the band “Tool”. This was written in the form of the visualizations and thoughts that poured out through my pen while the …
• 21 June

  JAMS Volume 1

  

  JAMS Volume 1 is the result of the new wing of THC Labs: Sound Tripping or simply Sounds of THC. It is a collection of four tracks where a set of experimental musicians came together to experiment with sounds.     Recording Partner: House Of Rock Contributing Artists: Ashwin Ramesh | Nisarg …
• 21 June

  My Karnivool Trip- “We Are”

  

  Please start reading this with the song, aligning the words with the notes and rhythm of the song as it progresses. The basic gist of this article is the visualizations that were induced in my head due to this song and the various revelations that came to me as Karnivool …