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Charlie Chaplin: Endless Artistry

CULT CRITIC - March 15, 20210

An article by Biplab Das Charlie Chaplin was born in 1889, in London. His childhood was marred with poverty and misery. His mother was a...

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Rituparno Ghosh : Of Torment and Turmoil

CULT CRITIC - April 10, 20200

An article by Monali Majhi Celebrated as a queer filmmaker, Rituparno Ghosh was a non-conformist. And I mention queer because by using this very term...

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ABBAS KIAROSTAMI : Of Ordinary Men and Extraordinary Stories

CULT CRITIC - July 23, 20190

An article by Monali Majhi A Traffic-guard turned Graphic Designer turned Film Director Abbas Kiarostami was not a cinephile when he made his first feature....

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Mrinal Sen – Walking Down Alone

CULT CRITIC - March 17, 20190

Mrinal Sen - Walking Down Alone Interview by Triptayan Chatterjee Just that was the second half of the twentieth century. In the world of parallel cinema, a...

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Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock

CULT CRITIC - August 14, 20180

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock Written by Ananya Jana Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, a truly divine miracle, was born on August 13, 1899 on the outskirts of...

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Stanley Kubrick & The Birth of Visual Poetry

CULT CRITIC - May 6, 20180

Stanley Kubrick & The Birth of Visual Poetry Written by Shailik Bhaumik The power of imagination makes us infinite - John Muir Secretive, reclusive, strange, mysterious or...

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Federico Fellini 2

CULT CRITIC - October 6, 20170

FELLINI: THE MAGICIAN OF CINEMA WHO WAS MAKING POETRY By Miguel Angel Barroso García Image (ablove), Federico Fellini The filmmaker won his third Hollywood Oscar for Best Foreign...

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Federico Fellini 1

CULT CRITIC - September 8, 20170

FELLINI: THE MAGICIAN OF CINEMA WHO WAS MAKING POETRY By Miguel Angel Barroso García Image (ablove), Federico Fellini A film director is always the fruit of his life....

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Andrei Arsénievich Tarkovski

CULT CRITIC - July 8, 20170

ANDREI TARKOVSKI: THE ERRANT POET "Andrei Tarkovski never died because his work lives. And those whose abilities live beyond death, are the cinematic Art's chosen...

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PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: PART 4 By Miguel Ángel Barroso Image (above) from the Film Society of Lincoln Center: “Porcile” by Pier Paolo Pasolini Difficult situation Porcile (1969), in Pasolini's work; shot...