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The Wolf of Wall Street (2014)
Dir.:Martin Scorsese With this film Martin Scorsese proves himself to be a rockstar, and that too at a ripe young age of 71.When you are able to deliver a 3 hour-long film and make it feel breezy for a...
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Chingay Parade, Singapore 2014
Chingay Parade is surely one of the best experiences I have had in Singapore.It is a street parade with spectacular costumes, dancers, music, pyrotechnics and cultural performances.You can literally...
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300: Rise of an Empire
Dir.:Noam Murro Now this was a real guilty pleasure.The poster does not lie, the film is a tsunami of blood.But thats not why I walked into it.I have come to regard CGI heavy sandals and swords sagas...
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Mandela: Long walk to freedom (2013)
Dir.:Justin Chadwick I met Ben Kingsley once at a film festival in Vlissingen, Holland where he was being honoured with a lifetime achievement award.I asked him which aspect of Gandhi’s life would he...
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Funny Games(1997)
Dir.: Micheal Haneke Funny Games is the most horrifying film I have seen.There is nothing funny about it.When it was made it angered a lot of people.Some thought it was a cheap gimmick , others took it...
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Rosetta(1999)
Dir.:Jean Luc and Pierre Dardenne It’s not for nothing that “Dardenneseque” has entered the lexicon of the modern cinephile.The Dardenne brothers from Belgium, who have been making riveting social...
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Coming Home (2014)
Dir.:Zhang Yimou Mandarin with English Subtitles, currently in theatres in Singapore. Zhang Yimou is one of the greatest filmmakers of our times and the tallest figure of Chinese cinema.On the surface...
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Boyhood( 2014)
Dir.: Richard Linklater Richard Linklaters new film is alive with the energy and confusion of its characters as they grow up in front of our eyes.Much has been said and written about the film being...
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Miss Lovely( 2012)
Dir.:Ashim Ahluwalia I have read Ashim Ahluwalias interviews with great interest and enjoyment.Here is a man unabashedly against much that Bollywood does and I find myself agreeing with most of his...
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Ankhon Dekhi(2014)
Dir.:Rajat Kapoor This film made me grin from ear to ear while my fingers were busy wiping away stubborn teardrops from the corners of my eyes. Ankhon Dekhi is a film with a big heart and a generous...
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