A Tamil Trio: Views on the Cinema of Tamil Nadu in the 21st Century
Three new texts on Tamil cinema Continue reading A Tamil Trio: Views on the Cinema of Tamil Nadu in the 21st Century
Tag: Srikanth Srinivasan
Squeal Like a Pig—Custodial Violence in Tamil Cinema
“The subject of this essay is custodial violence in Tamil cinema, films produced in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where over a hundred custodial deaths were recorded in the past two decades without a single conviction.” Continue reading Squeal Like a Pig—Custodial Violence in Tamil Cinema
Compilation: Women’s Day 2021
Happy International Women’s Day Continue reading Compilation: Women’s Day 2021
Book of Judith
One of my most memorable experiences during lockdown was reading Deadline at Dawn, British critic Judith Williamson’s sparkling collection of essays from the eighties. Continue reading Book of Judith
Who’s Afraid of Ideology? – on ‘The Year Before the War’ (2021, dir. Dāvis Sīmanis)
Dāvis Sīmanis’ The Year Before the War, which premiered in the Big Screen Competition section of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in February, has all the potential to be one of the great festival hits of the year. Continue reading Who’s Afraid of Ideology? – on ‘The Year Before the War’ (2021, dir. Dāvis Sīmanis)