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Aranam

Journey through the supernatural with this highly anticipated Tamil film, Aranam. Directed by Piriyan and starring Piriyan himself, Laguparan, Varsha, and Keerthana among others; it is set against the enchanting backdrop of Aranthangi village where it tells an exciting story interlaced with enigma and otherworldly happenings. In the village of Aranthangi resides a Zamindar who […]

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Panchavalsara padhathi

In this satirical story created for a reason, Siju Wilson acts as Sanoj. Right from the beginning, “Panchavalsara Padhathi” highlights the main character’s uncorrupted fight against kickbacks. The film is directed by P G Premlal and it relies heavily on the hero to drive its punch through performance agility. Unfortunately, Siju’s sluggish mannerisms and physical

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Kamthaan

The police theft at his home? Yes, that’s Kamthaan for you. A situational comedy where a small time thief commits the biggest heist of his life in the house of an inspector who had just been promoted. What follows is mayhem; The town goes into chaos as the criminal and his leader try to secrete

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The Catskills

Ah, Catskills the area just north of New York City where hundreds of resorts were built around the lakes nestled between those mountains how I miss you. This was the ultimate escape for people trapped in airless city buildings before air conditioning or most other modern conveniences had been invented. Part relationship-building feeding ground, part

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Ari’s Theme

Ari Kinarthy is a man with an unwavering commitment to his music. This is a powerful portrayal of someone on a mission, which serves two purposes: one is to share what it’s like living with spinal muscular atrophy type 2 and another is to show how a person who can’t use their legs, has hardly

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Oversteer

Oversteer is not the right name for this local indie feature; it should be titled Overhaul. To put it in a nutshell, the story is fragmented and the visuals are unattractive. It’s labelled as “Singapore’s first car-racing movie” but part of it was shot in Malaysia and needs to be stripped down, junked and built

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Echo 8

I have been writing about Maria Tran for as long as I can remember myself being a writer. Her 2013 action comedy short with Adrian Castro, Hit Girls, was a great find at the time and it showed me what kind of an artist and performer she is, but even more so than that all

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Welcome to Yiddishland

WELCOME TO YIDDISHLAND is an introduction to the Art and practices of a group made up of diverse, international, innovative and radical artists who are creating new works around today’s most important issues in the endangered Yiddish language . Why do they create in Yiddish? What does it mean for them personally or professionally? And

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