Tag Archives: lists
The Best Hindi Films of 2011
In which I tell you what I liked. It’s been a sloppy year. The Hindi cinema of 2011 has been markedly short of ambition. Most of our brightest filmmaking talents were missing in action, and the majority of this year’s … Continue reading →
The 2010 Groanie Awards
Formerly called The Golden Bananas, the Groanies celebrate the worst in Hindi cinema. Rewarded to the most painful work, the Groanies single out those exemplary underachievers who have stunned us with their mediocrity. And this is only sifting through the … Continue reading →
My Republic
The Ideal State as dreamed up by the film critic I went down yesterday to the local theatre and watched an incandescent, energetic new film, packed with the visceral sort of entertainment that justifies our existence: by which here … Continue reading →
The Big Filmmaker Fight: Choose your destiny
Makers I’d Like to Follow: or, as is easier and catchier, #MILF. Welcome to the funnest fantasy league in showbizland. The game: Simple. 3 dream teams made of some of the industry’s finest directors — with some inexplicable choices thrown … Continue reading →
Sen City Awards: Best Cinematographer
Award season is upon us, and as we see the usual overrated suspects picking up trophies and deserving candidates left out in the cold, most of us are exasperated. I know I am. So here’s the drill. I’m picking five … Continue reading →
The best films of the Eighties
Welcome to Part 3 of a 5-part, decade-wise exploration of the finest English language cinema. So far, we’ve done the 60′s and the 70′s. This, and the following lists, look not just at the most acclaimed films of the decade, … Continue reading →
Nine songs
In which I dig up 09′s finest 9, and apologise profusely for the sloppy English translations. ~ 9. Dil Gira Dafatan Samundar lehron ki, lehron ki chadar odh ke so raha hai, Par main jaagu, ek khumaari, ek nasha sa, … Continue reading →
The best films of the seventies
Welcome to Part 2 of a 5-part, decade-wise exploration of the finest English language cinema. Last time, we did the 60′s. This, and the following lists, look not just at the most acclaimed films of the decade, but the ones … Continue reading →
The best films of the Sixties
Note: A ludicrously and inevitably difficult assignment. Fun nevertheless. We fanboys are masochists. ~ Welcome to Part 1 of a 5-part, decade-wise exploration of the finest English language cinema from the 60s to today. This, and the following lists, look … Continue reading →
The First Annual Golden Bananas
The First Annual Golden Bananas For films released between January 2008 and February 2009 The hardest thing about writing an introduction to these new awards — awards that celebrate the worst of Hindi-language cinema — is avoiding a first-sentence pun … Continue reading →
