Hollywood Archives

Godzilla: King of the Monsters Review: The Big Beast Reminds You to Save the Planet

Godzilla has always embodied humankind’s worst fears about the end of the world. This was true for the Japanese classic released in 1954, and it is just as true for its latest instalment, Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

Dushyant Shekhawat July 23, 2016

Pop Culture

Ocean’s 8: What a Way to Cap the Year of the Woman

The utter coolness of Ocean 8’s trailer is especially heightened because it comes in a year where the prevailing climate is being dictated by women.

Arré Bench July 21, 2016

Pop Culture

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Review: An Affectionate Portrait of ’60s Hollywood

Most movies look to use nostalgia as a tool, but Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s ninth feature, seems to have cracked the code on using it as a weapon. It’s a detailed time-machine leading to the Hollywood backlots of the ’60s, only reimagined in Tarantino’s own flamboyant image.

Poulomi Das July 20, 2016

Pop Culture

Shape of Water and Our Fascination with Monster Romance

Greek mythology is full of lusty satyrs and centaurs that sleep with goddesses. Hokusai's “The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife” is considered an early progenitor of tentacle porn. And The Shape of Water is a story, lush with adult desires, about outsiders. Why are we so fascinated by beasts and monsters?

Karanjeet Kaur July 15, 2016

Gender

Why Bollywood Will Never Have Its #MeToo Moment

Unlike Hollywood, the workings of Bollywood rely heavily on intricate filmi family and friends route. To be an actress in Bollywood, and to speak out against one of its own, is to risk one’s career. For every allegation against Jeetendra and Nana Patekar, there are thousands that we hear nothing about.

Poulomi Das July 9, 2016

Pop Culture

Why Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther Will Always Be More than Just Another Superhero Film

Black Panther transcends the stereotype of being “just” a superhero blockbuster, which is becoming an art Marvel films have started to perfect. It’s a post-colonial sci-fi saga with something important to say.

Kahini Iyer July 9, 2016

Love and Sex

Why We Should Not Be Sleeping with Our Friends

Friends with benefits is an amazing concept – in theory. Everyone loves sex with no strings attached, but in reality, it rarely works without leaving its scars on your emotional psyche. By the end, you’re left with way too many harrowing questions and no one left to answer them.

Nihal Bambulkar July 6, 2016

Pop Culture

Spider-Man: Far from Home is a Superhero Film for the Fake News Era

Spider-Man: Far from Home is proof that the MCU still has fresh stories to tell, even as the curtain comes down on its most successful period to date. In the first film of Marvel’s Phase Two, Spider-Man might be far from home, but he’s closer to reality than ever before.

Dushyant Shekhawat June 25, 2016

Pop Culture

Why Are Quantico-Loving Indians Suddenly Mad with Priyanka Chopra?

A recent episode of Quantico has irked Indians because it dared to imply Hindus are terrorists. Except that, their anger rests less with the show and more with Priyanka Chopra, for not representing India.

Arré Bench June 24, 2016

Pop Culture

Netflix’s “Unbelievable” Sets a Template for How to Sensitively Deal with True Stories of Rape

Netflix's Unbelievable, that comprises a record of both, how an investigation can go utterly wrong and how one carried out with the highest diligence can afford justice, feels like a defining show of our times. Based on real-life rape cases, the show is as much a reminder of the lapses of law and order as it is a plea that any system is as good as the people enforcing it.

Poulomi Das June 23, 2016