Cinema

Au Hasard Balthazar

Au Hasard Balthazar is only the first of four times where Bresson borrows from Russia. Though one finds moments of saintliness – as when Balthazar

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L’ Argent

At Cannes, Bresson was quite rankled about the organizers playing an extremely well-made film, albeit tonally different film before his L’Argent. No chef would serve a

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A Man Escaped

Narrow angles. Un – or rather – under spoken tensions. Laborious in its most sincere moments with a palpable detest for the sensational. A Man Escaped is

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Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies is a very unlikely marriage. Death, both physical and emotional, is a subject that is too literal-minded for the soft innuendos of

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Charulata

When pressed for an answer by his interviewers, Ray was never hesitant. He’d say “Charulata” to the question that wishes to establish his favourite amongst

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