I can’t find peace in the surroundings When there is no room left for my mind To go beyond the limits of material excesses And float free in the cosmos of the divine How can we measure a man’s worth If he can’t be a hero without a cape How …
Read More »The ‘F’ Word… Fear
Of Loss… They said it’s an awful habit; an addiction. They said it’s wrong. And yet, as he stared down at the little stick burning between his fingers, he recognized its beauty. Such beauty. He took a puff, feeling the smoke swirl in his mouth, his lungs, and devoted all …
Read More »The “Art” in Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence maybe as simple as (or as complex and intricate as) passing along information to and through. If we strip it down to the basics, machines are made as vessels to store information, and make it accessible whenever required. Machines are also programmed in such a way so as …
Read More »Acting Reality
Thrown onto this stage, The seemingly endless play of life, Unknown to most of us. We are the ignorant cast. There are those who control, The invisible strings on our backs, The masters plotting our every move, Driving us back and forth like machines. Then there are those …
Read More »In Cinemas Now #1: Why ‘Inside Out’ should explode your head
Inside Out (2015) IMDB 8.8 Rotten Tomatoes 98% Metacritic 93% It all begins with, “Do you ever look at someone and wonder what is going on inside their head?” Well, after a PIXAR-short titled ‘LAVA’ that is, which by the way was wonderful – watch a preview here. Getting back …
Read More »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” …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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, …
Read More »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 …
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