Aryan Tauqeer reviews Geetika Narang Abbasi’s Urf, a documentary following the lives of three Bollywood-star look-alikes. In 2016, the project that director Maneesh Sharma had …
LIFF 2022: ‘Urf’ Review
LIFF 2022: ‘Once Upon a Time in Calcutta’ Review
Aryan Tauqeer reviews Once Upon a Time in Calcutta, Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s cinematic letter to the city of Kolkata. Earlier last year, the incumbent Bharatiya …
‘Better Call Saul’ : Final Season Review
Aadesh Gupta reviews the final season of the crime and legal drama television series Better Call Saul and its bond to its predecessor Breaking Bad. …
LIFF 2022: ‘Do Baaraa’ Review
Aryan Tauqeer reviews LIFF’s opening night film Do Baaraa, an Anurag Kashyap mystery drama. “Gangs of Wasseypur has been my greatest undoing” This was Anurag …
FOMI 2022: ‘Sudden Light’ Review
Aryan Tauqeer reviews director and UCL alumni Sophie Littman’s Cannes-contending experimental short. In Andrei Tarkovsky’s seminal text Sculpting in Time, there is a deliberation upon …
Notes on Modern Posters
I was recently commuting on the London Underground and occupying myself, as I usually do, by listening to music. My music taste is broad but …
Slamdance ’22 : Our Favourite Shorts
Slamdance is one of the most exciting independent film festivals in the US now reaching its 28th edition. Here are our editor’s, Alexia Mihaila, favorite …
‘The Northman’ (2022) – Review
Alexia Mihaila reviews Robert Eggers’ long-awaited third feature, a viking revenge saga starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, and Anya Taylor-Joy. The Northman isn’t Eggers’ first …
BFI Flare 2022: ‘Fragrance of the First Flower’ (2021) (第一次遇見花香的那刻）Review
BFI’s Flare is back in town! The FilmSoc Blog is back for the 36th edition of the city’s largest LGBTQIA+ film festival, delivering a look …
Podcast: Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations (2022)
The co-editors-in-chief, Lydia De Matos and Alexia Mihaila, discuss the Oscar nominations ahead of tonight’s Academy Awards ceremony, thinking of their favourites to win and …