Film Reviews

June 1, 2025

Films/Interviews

We make war a spectacle, glorify it

P.K. Surendran is a noted film critic from Kerala, India, and a prominent voice in South Asian film discourse. A recipient of the Kerala State Award for the best book on cinema,

Rich Flu — A Scalding Allegory for the Pervasive Poison of Wealth

by Eric Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s Rich Flu (2024), an audacious meditation on wealth’s terminal decay, emerges as a glistening, if occasionally hollow, critique of contemporary society’s slavish devotion to affluence. There is a kind of insidious charm in its premise: a

March 19, 2025

Film Review: Megalopolis — People Can’t Live on Dreams

by Luxman Aravind In Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola doesn’t just create a film; he constructs a towering narrative that forces viewers to confront the

We make war a spectacle, glorify it

June 1, 2025

Films/Interviews

P.K. Surendran is a noted film critic from Kerala, India, and a prominent voice in South Asian film discourse. A recipient of the Kerala State Award for the best book on cinema,

Rich Flu — A Scalding Allegory for the Pervasive Poison of Wealth

March 19, 2025

by Eric Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s Rich Flu (2024), an audacious meditation on wealth’s terminal decay, emerges as a glistening, if occasionally hollow, critique of contemporary society’s slavish devotion to affluence. There is a

Film Review: Megalopolis — People Can’t Live on Dreams

November 16, 2024

by Luxman Aravind In Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola doesn’t just create a film; he constructs a towering narrative that forces viewers to confront the fragility of human dreams, the collapse of idealism,

Balochistan: The Female Face of Insurgency

On 22 September 2026, the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) –

India’s Vote Under Suspicion

In May 2026, three United Nations Special Rapporteurs issued a

Land-mining Sri Lanka in Vadunnagala

The article examines the controversy surrounding the planting of a

The Mountain Men Who Humiliated the Mighty

What began as a conflict involving a relatively small Yemeni

Has India’s Election Commissioner Sinned?

The Special Intensive Revision has exposed deep political divisions over

After Kohat: Why Pakistan’s Strikes on Taliban Were Needed

In March 2008, Colombian jets crossed into Ecuadorian airspace and

Politics Limits Arms Deliveries to Taiwan

The recent visit of President Xi to Washington highlights Washington’s

Donald Trump and the Age of Evil

We must fight back while we can. But to do

Kashmir’s UN Ghost Returns

The Kashmir dispute has once again found its way onto

Munir’s Ascendancy

There are moments in the life of a nation when

Can Mark Carney build a new middle power alliance?

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney went to France over the

Can The UN Still Deliver?

World leaders gathering in New York for the 81st United

Greed and Conflicts – Are Humans Unwise?

The article questions whether humanity’s endless pursuit of power, wealth,

Women of the Latin American Left: Leaders in Power or Power-Hungry Women?

Three powerful Latin American women — Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez, Nicaragua’s

Different times, shared hearts: What brings China and the US together

This column looks beyond government tensions to explore the human