Romance

Beautiful Wedding

Beautiful Wedding

Cinema has always been intrigued by the intricacies of romantic entanglements. Some films portray love through laughter and whimsy, while others contemplate on love’s darker crescendos. The films Beautiful Wedding and Fidelity represent polar opposites in the journeys they undertake towards the destination of human connection, trust, and the crucial pillar of commitment. Beautiful Wedding […]

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Art of Love

Art of Love

Art of Love is a movie that involves the audience at the confluence of emotional instability and artistic creativity. It describes a love story set in colorful galleries, muted museums, and eccentric studios which goes beyond love to examine deeper issues surrounding self-expression, identity, and the intricacies of interpersonal relationships. The film portrays romance in

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A Family Affair

A Family Affair

A Family Affair is a romance dramedy that is both touching and humorous in nature, focusing on the nature of love, age gaps, family dynamics, and life’s surprises. The film is accompanied by a charming cast that has an undeniable onscreen chemistry and offers a modern take on relationships while also analyzing what it means

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Trauma

Trauma

Few films are as intricate and controversial in horror cinema as Trauma, a Chilean film written and directed by Lucio A. Rojas in 2017. This is one movie that does not shy away from being uncomfortable. Trauma is not for the casual viewer. Using horror as a genre device is one thing, but Trauma makes

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You Get Me

You Get Me

Synopsis You Get Me is a 2017 American teen psychological thriller directed by Brent Bonacorso. The film is part of Netflix’s original contents catalog and offers a victim’s perspective on the themes of obsession, jealousy, and the aftermath of reckless decision making. The film follows Tyler (played by Taylor John Smith) who lives a moderately

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Decision to Leave

Decision to Leave

Synopsis Park Chan-wook has skilfully assembled a modern day neo noir love saga in ‘Decision to Leave,’ a South Korean film that is further layered by themes of intrigue and obsession. The film explores the life of Hae-jun, an empathetic and fastidious detective, who is tasked to solve the case of a mountain climber who

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Tropical Malady

Tropical Malady

Synopsis Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Tropical Malady is an enigmatic and meditative portrayal of love, identity, and the connections between humankind and nature. Split into two interconnected parts, the film fuses the allegorical with the romance of a wilderness-themed adventure. The first half focuses on the completely “unromantic” beginnings of a relationship between Keng, a soldier and

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You Hurt My Feelings

You Hurt My Feelings

Synopsis Directed by Nicole Holofcener, “You Hurt My Feelings” focuses on a dramedy which is both heartwarming and heart wrenching on the subject of relationships, their fragility, self perception, and the varying degrees of truth. Loosely set in New York, United States, the plot follows a self doubting accomplished writer, Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and her

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