The sci-fi genre has always been about expanding ideas. Fritz Lang’s 1927 Metropolis was groundbreaking for its time. Stanley Kubrick continued that tradition with 1968’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Like Metropolis, Odyssey was another landmark of sci-fi. The film had it all. From deeper thoughts of existence to eye-popping visual effects. Kubrick, along with sci-fi ...
The sci-fi genre has always been about expanding ideas. Fritz Lang’s 1927 Metropolis was groundbreaking ...
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Currently showing on Netflix India, you can either love or hate this film. But you can’t ignore it. And it has been on my must-watch list, I think, just about forever. Though I can’t figure out why I never got around to watching it, before. Eyes Wide Shut was director Stanley Kubrick’s last film and possibly ...
Currently showing on Netflix India, you can either love or hate this film. But you ...
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Yorgos Lanthimos’ intensely orchestrated psychological horror The Killing of a Sacred Deer opens with the close-up shot of chest cavity. The open heart throbs in tandem with sombre orchestral music while the camera slowly zooms out. The visible undulating heartbeat may be an early indication of the constant dread that throbs throughout the narrative. Lanthimos, ...
Yorgos Lanthimos’ intensely orchestrated psychological horror The Killing of a Sacred Deer opens with the ...
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Dipankar Sarkar
