Rom-com

A short story by Sithuraj Ponraj, in which he gently satirizes an obsession with K-pop, while riffing on romcom and…

6 years ago

About the Fourth Issue

We have essays, interviews, a comic panel and a photo story. Read on to find out more!

7 years ago

In conversation with Mirjam Unger and Sandra Bohle

Filmmaker Mirjam Unger and screenwriter Sandra Bohle from Vienna talk to Ram about their work, creative process, cinema in Austria,…

7 years ago

Interview with John Tung, art curator and cinephile

John Tung talks to us about Cinerama, the moving image exhibition he curated, his interests and influences.

7 years ago

Getting to know Ming Wong, artist and performer

Ming Wong talks to us about art, inspirations, his love for old cinema halls, and Making Chinatown.

7 years ago

Photostory: In and out of theatres

Vishwanathan shares with us memories and pictures of theatres in Nagercoil and Chennai. Allow him to take you places!

7 years ago

நிழற்படக்கதை: அரங்குகளின் அகமும் புறமும்

நாகர்கோவில் மற்றும் சென்னையில் உள்ள திரையரங்குகளின் புகைப்படங்களையும் தனது நினைவுகளையும் பகிர்வதன் மூலமாக, நம்மை அவ்விடங்களுக்கு அழைத்துச் செல்கிறார் விஸ்வநாதன்.

7 years ago

Action!

Mooondk created a comic panel for us, about film and gender roles.

7 years ago

액션!

A comic panel in Korean about film and gender roles, by Mooondk.

7 years ago

Movie magazines, Hollywood celebrities and spoilers galore

Letícia Magalhães writes about the history of film and film magazines, and how our perception of both has evolved in…

7 years ago

Revistas de cinema, celebridades de Hollywood e uma dose de spoilers

Letícia Magalhães escreve sobre a história das revistas de cinema e cinema e como nossa percepção de ambas evoluiu no…

7 years ago

Subverting the Western Genre: Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country

Sara Cousins writes about Sweet Country, a movie set in the Australian outback.

7 years ago

Pari: Rethinking Horror

Jiya writes about her fascination for Horror stories, and why the movie Pari brings some freshness to this genre.

7 years ago

Snapshots from an Italian Film Festival: Easy

Anusha Srinivasan writes about the Italian film Easy, and her experience of watching it.

7 years ago

Revelations – A new aesthetic in Tamil cinema

Nilavazhagan writes in great detail about the artistic choices that make the Tamil independent film Revelations stand out.

7 years ago

ரெவலேஷன்ஸ் – தமிழ் சினிமாவில் புதிய அழகியல்

சுயாதீன தமிழ்ப் படமான ரெவலேஷன்ஸ் தனித்தன்மை பெற்றிருப்பதற்குக் காரணமான கலைநயத் தெரிவுகளை விவரிக்கிறார் நிலவழகன்.

7 years ago

Adoor and Kasaravalli

Ramchander shares with us his notes from the Singapore South Asian International Film Festival 2017.

7 years ago

About the Third Issue

The third issue of The World of Apu is here!

7 years ago

High, Low, and Everything in Between

Michael Clancy looks at how space has been used in Akira Kurosawa's High and Low.

7 years ago

Reel, Real

Anusha Srinivasan writes about Anand Pandian's Reel World, which is an anthropologist's examination of Tamil cinema.

7 years ago

The (imaginary) dream girl

Anusha Srinivasan writes about how the movie Ruby Sparks almost subverts the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope.

7 years ago

கரைந்த நிழல்கள்: எளியவர்கள் மீதான கரிசனம்

திரைத்துறையின் விளிம்பில் வாழும் மனிதர்களின் வாழ்வைச் சித்தரிக்கும் அசோகமித்திரனின் கரைந்த நிழல்கள் நாவல் பற்றி அதியனின் பார்வை.

7 years ago

The Shadow People

Athiyan writes about Ashokamitran's novel Karaindha Nizhalgal, which looks at the lives of those on the peripheries of the Tamil…

7 years ago

Tarantino Unchained

Deepak sketches some memorable characters from Quentin Tarantino's films.

7 years ago

Captain’s Log StarDate 201801.6

Ajay explores how the TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation explores the ideas of virtual and augmented reality through…

7 years ago

Nargis on your Wall

A short story by Sithuraj Ponraj, featuring the beloved Nargis Dutt, one of the doyens of Hindi cinema.

7 years ago

十五岁的识时务 — 看陈子谦15

Tan Chee Lay writes a poem in Chinese inspired by Royston Tan's movie 15 (2003).

7 years ago

Poet in Translation: Tan Chee Lay

Tan Chee Lay and Tan Inn Shin transcreate a Chinese poem inspired by Royston Tan's coming-of-age movie 15 (2003).

7 years ago