Archive for February 2025
The Hill (1965) – Brutally Stunning
Director: Sidny Lumet Cast: Sean Connery. Harry Andrews. Ian Bannen. Ossie Davis. Platform: Internet Archive (free) War films usually talk about the glory of dying for the flag and country. Very few talk about what happens when someone questions the system or the superiors. In every Armed Force , infractions or indiscipline is…
Read MoreBlack Warrant – 2025. Stunning and Gritty
Clickable links in red Genre: Crime drama (based on a true story). Writer Director: Vikramaditya Motwane. Cast: Zahan Kapoor. Rahul Bhat. Paramvir Cheema. Anurag Thakur. Platform: Netflix – 7 episodes. Duration: 7 episodes x 45 minutes each. Often, I have heard arguments or discussions about “why can’t we make a realistic crime thriller…
Read MoreThe Russians are Coming. The Russians are Coming – 1966 – Excellent satire
Genre – Cold War Satire Time: 1 Hour 50 minutes Platform: Amazon Prime (Rent) Director: Norman Jewison Cast: Carl Reiner. Eva Marie Saint. Alan Arkin. Brian Keith. Satires either work. Or they don’t. Nothing in between. It must have taken a lot of courage on the film maker’s part to make a Cold…
Read MoreThe Tuskegee Airmen – Two different films
All clickable links in red Lest people think that only we Desis screw up war movies by adding all sorts of unnecessary masala, think twice. Hollywood is equally if not more guilty of the same fact. The two different films on the real-life story of The Tuskegee Airmen prove this. One, a TV movie…
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