Category Archives: Indie Cinema

Editorial: My Top Five Tarantino Scenes

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Sartaj Govind Singh

5) A Wanted Man and Old Man Hatch A Deal Honestly, I could have put this whole chapter. It’s an exercise in Tarantino filtering Sergio Leone esque buildup through his unique and idiosyncratic ascetic; boiling tension caused by mundane actions … Continue reading →

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Review: Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019)

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood is a majestic and mature work. It’s the sort of film that feels like an intimate confession is being delivered on a grand stage. Taking place over the course of several months in 1969: the … Continue reading →

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Review: Us (2019)

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Sartaj Govind Singh

In 2017, Jordan Peele set the film world ablaze with his social thriller, Get Out. With a premise that insidiously plucked on the familiar notes of Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner: the film impressed with its measured direction and blistering commentary, that … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019, 2019 Films, Indie Cinema, Reviews | Tagged Doppelganger, Elizabeth Moss, Evan Alex, Get Out, Jordan Peele, Lupita Nyong’o, Madison Curry, Micheal Ables, Shahadi Wright Joesph, The Tethered, Us, Winston Duke | Leave a comment

Review: If Beale Street Could Talk (2019)

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Director Barry Jenkins creates social fables that resonate and speak to a particular time and place with vivid authenticity. His breakout feature, Moonlight, depicted coming of age in 1980s Miami with such sincerity that one could feel the emotions pouring … Continue reading →

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Initial Impression: Last Flag Flying (2017)

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Richard Linklater’s preoccupation with time reaches its most poignant heights in Last Flag Flying. The film is about Vietnam veteran, Larry “Doc” Shepherd (Steve Carrel) who reunites with his former war buddies, Sal Nealon (Bryan Cranston) and Richard Mueller (Lawrence … Continue reading →

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Review: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (BFI London Film Festival)

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Sartaj Govind Singh

By all that is sane and fair, Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited adaptation of Cervantes’s monumental comic novel- Don Quixote, is finally here. While the film’s sheer existence is a cause for celebration, keeping the long and arduous journey to the screen … Continue reading →

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Brief Consideration: Lady Bird (2018)

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Sartaj Govind Singh

At their worst, coming of age movies are fraught with the over-egging of bludgeoning teenage antics that make their journeys seem severely unremarkable, as maddening hysterics are favoured over sobering personal growth. Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut, Lady Bird, commendably bridges … Continue reading →

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Brief Consideration: Only Lovers Left Alive (2014)

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Jim Jarmusch’s 2014 film- Only Lovers Left Alive reimagines the vampire tale of accursed eternal life into a meditation on the effect of art on society. Adam (Tom Hiddleston) is a creature of the night who has been a source … Continue reading →

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Review: Django Unchained (2013)

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Django Unchained is Quentin Tarantino’s most persistently fascinating film. His examination of the self-appointed persona in this picture is particularly potent and powerful because of the implications of the characters and the commentary it has on the portrayal of slavery … Continue reading →

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Discussion: Under the Skin Ending (2014)

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Sartaj Govind Singh

In my original review of Under the Skin, I briefly touched on the ending of the picture, remarking that the alien reveal looked more like a cyber infused Edmund Munch painting, as opposed to the usual Hollywood reveal, particularly thinking … Continue reading →

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