Greta Gerwig Archives

You Will End Up with the Wrong Partner. Here’s Why

The idea of a special someone is, in many ways, an impossible thing. It makes you pine for a love so perfect that it almost seems made up. This irrational, pampered idea of love is the nemesis of every steady relationship.

Poulomi Das July 23, 2016

Pop Culture

Isle of Dogs Review: A Biting Comment Against America’s Rabid Politics

Isle of Dogs is a testament to the urgent need for animated movies to address socio-political context. Just like last year’s Paddington 2, Wes Anderson also emphasises the power of kindness and the importance of embracing outsiders instead of expelling them.

Poulomi Das July 20, 2016

Modern Family

My Sister, the Lady Bird and the Everyday Drama with Mama

I watched Saoirse Ronan perfect the role of Christine aka Lady Bird in the movie by the same name and couldn’t help but feel a surge of warmth and stress through my veins. I know this story of the mama-daughter drama too well.

Runa Mukherjee July 12, 2016

Pop Culture

How Greta Gerwig’s Little Women Reclaims the Brilliance of Amy March

For the bevy of Amy fans, Greta Gerwig’s Little Women is a fantastic vindication of what we’ve known all along about our pet March sister. Amy’s brand of independent feminism takes on a fresh relevance in an era where the world can no longer afford to brush it aside.

Kahini Iyer May 19, 2016

Pop Culture

The Predictably Short Flight of Lady Bird

Greta Gerwig consistently understates the industry she inhabits, and remains herself, howsoever flawed or naïve. There must be a word that defines this lightness of being. Might we call her Lady Bird?

Manik Sharma May 7, 2016

POV

Two Steps Behind: Being a Runner-Up in a World Full of Winners

Being a runner-up in a world that places an unbending prestige on being the absolute best at everything is like being a dusty cassette in the time of Apple Music; an expiry-date-laden book shop in the age of the immortal Kindle; wholly redundant.

Poulomi Das May 6, 2016

Pop Culture

Arré Checklist: How to be Oscar-literate in Seven Steps

The Academy Awards are just around the corner and it is time to prep for Oscar film conversations at the bar and on the train. Here’s how you can get ready to reel off Call Me By Your Name and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri factoids in five minutes.

Poulomi Das March 21, 2016

Pop Culture

From Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Chic Suit to JLo’s Gift-Wrap-inspired Gown, the Best & Worst at Golden Globes

Awards season 2020 kicked off at last night’s Golden Globes, and with big-name celebrities, naturally, comes fashion. Forget saving their best outfits for the Oscars, the Golden Globes red carpet saw stars pulling out all the stops.

Kahini Iyer March 5, 2016