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Joaquin Phoenix: A Superhero Hiding In a Supervillain’s Role

While his rendition of a deranged Joker set off alarm bells at the FBI and in military headquarters, Joaquin Phoenix’s Oscar speech could not have been more virtuous if the Dalai Lama wrote it for him.

Arré Bench July 30, 2016

Pop Culture

Haraamkhor and Other Tales from Small-Town India

Haraamkhor is a small film with a short story told on a large canvas. It is part of a conversation started a decade and a half ago by Gulaal, by Haasil, by Khosla Ka Ghosla.

Ajay Sharma July 30, 2016

Pop Culture

Tamasha And The Celebration Of The Universal Story

Tamasha is the rare Bollywood film that accomplishes the feat of being “meta”, avoiding becoming a clichéd rehash of Imtiaz Ali’s earlier films.

Bhaskar Chawla July 30, 2016

Pop Culture

B-Town Wonder Women and their Wingmen

In 2016, we saw movies like Pink and Dangal that were premised on the struggles of female heroes – and the men who enabled them.

Karanjeet Kaur July 30, 2016

People

Pride and Pedicures

Beauty parlours in small-town India were a refuge for women, where they walked in and shed everything, from their clothes to centuries of inhibition. But the advent of big, branded salons has encroached upon that safe space.

Nimisha Misra July 30, 2016

Pop Culture

After Endgame, How Will Marvel Fans Adjust to a Life without the Avengers?

What the hell are we all going to do when we no longer have the Avengers in our lives? Now that there are no more trailers to slow down frame-by-frame, or post-credits scenes to sit in the theatre for, to whom will the devotees of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes turn?

Kahini Iyer July 30, 2016