Category Archives: 2020 Films

Review: Songbird (2020)

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Preamble Since I was made aware of its existence, Songbird is a film I’ve been curious to see. Despite its subject matter, I think films like this are important for helping us deal with our stark times. And I was … Continue reading →

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My Top Five Films of 2020

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Intro In many ways, 2020 has been a strange year. With cinemas closing, subsequently re-opening in a limited window and the genuine safety concerns of returning to them: watching newer movies has been a frustrating experience. This is even without … Continue reading →

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Review: Tenet (2020)

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Depending on who you ask, Tenet’s release in 2020 became symbolic for something larger about the medium. At worst, it represented a trend for art to trump all adversity (even amidst a pandemic) or at best: the film that will … Continue reading →

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Brief Thoughts on a Trailer: Dune (2020)

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

If there ever was a trailer that was going to make me drop everything and immediately watch (with the mad crazed energy of a chihuahua on a sugar high) then it’s the one for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. In a year … Continue reading →

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Review: Mulan (2020)

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Out of all the animated features that graced the 90s Disney renaissance, Mulan was the most intriguing. The film proved to be an interesting inversion of the Disney formula: justifying the existence of its central sidekick (Mushu) by paralleling his … Continue reading →

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Personal Post: Why I’m Not Seeing Tenet when it hits UK Cinemas

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

It’s never easy being the man who sits at the back of auditorium with their arms firmly crossed and their head shaking when the rest of the room is in general agreement over a course of action. But alas, I … Continue reading →

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Editorial: COVID-19 and My Future Blog Posts

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

This week has seen a complete closure of cinemas, gyms, pubs, coffee shops and many other public places. It hardly needs reminding that COVID-19 has changed the fabric of our lives and way we do things. With the closure of … Continue reading →

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Review: The Invisible Man (2020)

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

HG Wells’s The Invisible Man has always been a story with limitless potential. The novel mixes a bemused comedic spirit (courtesy of some of the people who encounter the title character) and a palpable fear of its central scientist whose … Continue reading →

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Review: The Lighthouse (2020)

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

In 2016, Robert Eggers impressed the world with The Witch: a meticulous period film, mixing Christian import and feverish paranoia in its telling of a New England family, succumbing to the follies of their puritanical existence. The film remains one … Continue reading →

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Review: 1917 (2020)

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Cinema is no stranger to one take shots. Orson Welles and Stanley Kubrick created indelible sequences that made Touch of Evil and Paths of Glory part of our cinematic dreamscape. Alfred Hitchcock impressively tried to make his one location murder … Continue reading →

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