Asian films

Narrating violence with victims at the centre

Nandita Das
“ If the story of ‘Firaaq’ seems ‘one-sided’ to some, that is because the reality of what happened in Gujarat in 2002 is itself skewed”. 
 ‘Firaaq’ is an Urdu word which means both separation and quest. I chose to call my film on the aftermath of the Gujarat riots that, because it reminds us that we […]

Latin American films



Refreshing reels

 Ivan T.
OUTSTATANDING CINEMA Film buffs got to see meaningful movies.
You’ve probably seen him on a T-shirt. Maybe you even know his name and have idly thought about the number of bad puns he’d have faced in Bangalore. But if you want to know what Ernesto “Che” Guevara was really about, Walter Salles’ The Motorcycle Diaries […]