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Midnight in Paris: It’s not Fantasy, it’s Magic Realism

by TTS on Feb 11, 2012 • No Comments

This article was originally published in the January Issue of Eclectic Magazine Nostalgia: When I was a geeky school kid I used to read Homeric epics, again and again. I loved that era of classical antiquity, those brave warriors and those mythical femme fatales who mercilessly demonstrated the banality of...

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Of Epic Loners and Macabre Buccaneers

by TTS on Jan 15, 2012 • 2 Comments

This article was originally published in the December Issue of Eclectic Magazine. The writing commenced in October, anticipating the release of The Rum Diary, although the film was already released by the time it was published. Peter Llewelyn Davies: That sceptre’s made of wood. J.M. Barrie: Yes, well, we do...

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Agent Vinod: Interpretations and Reference spotting

by TTS on Mar 31, 2012 • 8 Comments

Spoiler Alert: This is not a review. This is just a bunch of jumbled thoughts. Sensitive young souls who are still planning to watch the film… read no further. Long wait for a film getting elongated by circumstances is not new to me. In 2009, I had to wait one week extra for Vishal Bharadwaj’s...

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Spielberg’s Tintin: Thoughts of a Tintin Fan

by TTS on Nov 12, 2011 • 2 Comments

As I start writing this piece, I realize that this is going to be the most difficult page and a half of my life. As a matter of fact, I can’t review this film in an unbiased manner considering my more than sacrosanct acquaintance with those 62 page scriptures. So I am just listing out...

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Spielberg’s Tintin: Ruminations and Anticipations from an Indian fan

by TTS on Nov 9, 2011 • No Comments

Image Courtesy: Toonbarn The Adventures of Tintin is about to release. Steven Spielberg is back with something that I always wanted to see, a Tintin film backed by Hollywood biggies, their wallet and their technology. If that is not enough, Spielberg also has Peter Jackson by his side. So, I take this opportunity to indulge...

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Rise, fall and rise of a nation: The 20th century as depicted by new German cinema

by TTS on Oct 13, 2011 • No Comments

It is not the first time I am expressing my fondness for modern German cinema. Over the last couple of decades they seem to have churned out films after films dealing with the darker periods of their recent history. While a lot of societies prefer to live in constant denial about certain tainted periods of...