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About the Fifth Issue

This time we have interviews, a personal essay, a short story, film analysis and art.

6 years ago

Life is a Cabaret: The divine decadence of Sally Bowles

Rafaella Britto takes us to the hedonistic Weimar era. She introduces us to Liza Minnelli, and the movie that made…

6 years ago

A freewheeling chat with Paavo Westerberg

Actor, writer, director Paavo Westerberg talks to Ramchander about film, art, emotionally honest storytelling; allowing us to get acquainted with…

6 years ago

An introduction to TJ Murphy and Reel Q

Anusha chats with TJ Murphy, Director of Programming at Reel Q, an organization that aims to showcase "media by and…

6 years ago

In conversation with R. Abilash

Athiyan interviews Tamil writer and film enthusiast R. Abilash. This conversation touches on politics, caste, love, and more; rooted in…

6 years ago

Interview with Sandra Bertalanffy

Martha interviewed Sandra Bertalanffy, creator of the web series Kynnstlah.

6 years ago

Sonny’s guide to the movies

Artist and graphic novelist Sonny Liew shares a few of his comic strips with us.

6 years ago

26 Days of Type

Upamanyu takes us along as he writes about 26 movies that have stayed with him, one for each letter of…

6 years ago

Fly Away Home: An interpretation

Priyadershini Deivakumar recreates scenes from the Austrian film Fly Away Home, and takes us through her process.

6 years ago

The AV Room

Mukesh Manjunath was once a boy who watched too many movies. He writes a personal essay about the cinema that…

6 years ago

The Chennai of Tamil Cinema

Ramchander wonders why we seem to be seeing the same few stories over and over, when there are several more…

6 years ago

LGBTQ+ stories at City of Asylum

Anusha Srinivasan writes about Sancharram and Trembling Before G-d, films that talk about oft-ignored stories.

6 years ago

Snapshots from die Seriale 2018

Martha reports from die Seriale, the oldest festival in Germany dedicated to independent web and digital series.

6 years ago

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

Action!

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

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

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

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