Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali (1955), the first film in the Apu Trilogy, is a landmark in world cinema and a deep exploration of life’s fragility and endurance. Set in a rural Bengal village, it tells the story of a poor family struggling to survive amidst grinding poverty. Through the eyes of young Apu and his […]

Pedro Almodóvar’s first full-length English-language film, The Room Next Door, is a poignant meditation on mortality, friendship, and the ways in which we confront life’s inevitable tragedies. Anchored by stunning performances from Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, the film gracefully examines the complexities of human relationships against the backdrop of death. The story revolves around […]

Rarely does a movie so fully embrace its gothic essence, a genre Hollywood seemed to have abandoned. Eggers resurrects that long-lost tradition, pulling us into a nightmare drenched in shadow, decay, and existential dread. This is no mere homage —it is a reimagining, as if the genre itself had been lying dormant, waiting for a […]

Religion is a sovereign, ruling state entity in parallel to national political systems. The institutional apparatus of Catholicism, formed over the centuries, remains the most powerful of such formations, due to the global position of the absolute monarch of the Vatican – the Pope.  In the country I come from, the word “pope” does not […]

In your twenties, you are told by society to live your best, single life. Yet, there is this unspoken pressure to also prove you are able to have a committed relationship with someone. The stakes seem higher in every aspect; from political views to the desire for marriage and/or children, and not to mention looks […]