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With Mowgli, Netflix Gives The Jungle Book A Much-Needed Update

The biggest threat that looms over the jungle and its denizens in Netflix’s Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, isn’t Shere Khan, but human encroachment. In today’s times, man’s rapaciousness is a graver danger to the balance of nature than a tiger.

Dushyant Shekhawat May 19, 2016

Pop Culture

CBFC’s Mission Impossible: Keeping Kashmir and Politics Away From Films

The Mission Impossible series always promises a thrilling break from reality, and addressing geopolitical issues has never been its selling point. Why, then, did the CBFC feel the need to completely cut out the scene with dialogues where the characters say Kashmir?

Dushyant Shekhawat May 19, 2016

Pop Culture

Avengers: Endgame and the Evolution of the Indian Fan

Along with the Avengers, the fandom has assembled. And today, as they finally find out what took place after the Infinity War, their true strength is revealed.

Runjhun Noopur May 15, 2016

Pop Culture

Why I Won’t Be Watching Goosebumps 2 in Theatres

I learned the lesson that it’s better not to tarnish the memories of the books I would read by torchlight after bedtime with a movie more goofy and ghastly. Written by RL Stine, the Goosebumps books were where younger readers were introduced to all of horror’s tropes as a genre.

Dushyant Shekhawat May 15, 2016

Pop Culture

In a Post-Marvel Age, M Night Shyamalan’s Superheroes and Villains are Irrelevant

Are people who think they’re superheroes crazy, or does it take a crazy person to become a superhero? In trying to find pat answers to such questions, M Night Shyamalan’s Glass fails.

Kahini Iyer May 15, 2016

Gender

Asia Argento, Tinder Date Rape, and What Makes a “Good” Sexual Assault Victim

The #MeToo movement has changed our perception of who a sexual abuser can be – but not our view of victims of sexual assault. Who exactly is the “perfect” victim? The Asia Argento case challenges that notion, letting us know that a victim of assault can also be a perpetrator.

Kahini Iyer May 9, 2016

Pop Culture

Twenty Years of Twist Endings with M Night Shyamalan

About 20 years ago, M Night Shyamalan’s feature film debut, The Sixth Sense, earned him serious Hollywood cred as an auteur – cred that he lost after the debacle of films like The Lady in the Water and The Last Airbender. But his critics forget that everyone from Alfred Hitchcock to Christopher Nolan have had slumps.

Damian D'souza May 8, 2016

Pop Culture

The Predictably Short Flight of Lady Bird

Greta Gerwig consistently understates the industry she inhabits, and remains herself, howsoever flawed or naïve. There must be a word that defines this lightness of being. Might we call her Lady Bird?

Manik Sharma May 7, 2016

Books

Book v/s Movie: Crazy Rich Asians is Just as Opulent On Screen As On Paper

Kevin Kwan’s opus, Crazy Rich Asians, is a combination of extravagant weddings, climate-controlled closets, centuries of elitism, and pick-me women. On the other hand, Jon Chu’s rendition to the screen simplifies the conflicts but makes the characters more likable. Finally, the movie does stand the test of being a well-executed rom-com and leaves much-awaited pomp for the upcoming sequels.

Apurva Talluri May 3, 2016

Pop Culture

Wonder Movie Review: The Kids are All Right

Wonder could have been a terribly one-sided triumph tale, pitting the helpless underdog against the insensitive bully. But, Stephen Chbosky’s inherent warmth makes it a much bigger lesson in kindness.

Poulomi Das April 27, 2016