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The Batman Re-imagines the Caped Crusader to Stirring Effect

Robert Pattinson’s Batman, if it were even possible, is darker and grimmer but the franchise and film is all better for it. This is a new vision and maybe a new legacy for the superhero we thought couldn’t be imagined any other way.

Samarth Mahajan April 30, 2016

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Game of Thrones: Are We Ready to Let Go of Jaime Lannister?

When Game of Thrones began, nobody could have predicted that the person to best embody why second chances matter would be Jaime Lannister. If Jaime is to fall in the next episode’s battle, he will be the most sociopathic, twisted, and occasionally inhuman character for whose death I’ll shed a tear.

Dushyant Shekhawat April 30, 2016

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Ghoul Review: Humans Are the Real Monsters in Netflix’s Horror Mini Series

Like Get Out and Pari, the Radhika Apte-starrer Ghoul underlines horror with context and uses it as a device to drive home a point about prejudice and gross injustice. In all three, humans are the hunters – not the hunted.

Poulomi Das April 30, 2016

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Love in the Time of Name-Dropping Márquez

Before reading Gabriel García Márquez, I had no idea that one was allowed to write like that. I have lived a different life because I’ve read his books.

Nimisha Misra April 30, 2016

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Let’s Talk About Sex, Mummy

Shubh Mangal Saavdhan gives the relationship between sex and Indian parents a modern update. It’s a clarion call to parents to have the fucking conversation with their children.

Poulomi Das April 29, 2016

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Jojo Rabbit Review: Taika Waititi’s Sublime Comedy is An Anti-Hate Call to Action

By making the audience stare right at a system that keeps enabling fascism right from birth, through the deception of comedy, Taika Waititi crafts Jojo Rabbit as a call-to-action against hate.

Poulomi Das April 29, 2016

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Farewell, Patriot Act. We’ll Miss Hasan Minhaj Playing the Indian-American Community Nephew

Hasan Minhaj’s evolution into a brown cultural icon, who goes beyond the milieu of American comedians, came through the now-cancelled Patriot Act. For most Indian-Americans, Minhaj played the role of a kind of community nephew, up for proprietary censure and praise in equal measure.

Kahini Iyer April 29, 2016

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Kaun Shabana?

Taapsee Pannu is the unwitting leader in a new genre taking over Bollywood, called “How To Let A Leading Actor Steal Your Thunder”.

Poulomi Das April 29, 2016

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Decoding One Indian Girl

The shitpile of gender stereotypes is higher than Antilia and stinkier than Dharavi. I have a sneaking suspicion that Chetan Bhagat’s book will add to its height and fragrance.

Sonakshi April 29, 2016

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20 Years after Dil To Pagal Hai, Checking on Rahul and Pooja

After hugging lustfully in front of the audience in 1997, Rahul and Pooja got hitched. But it’s not easy to live with a man who uses Coke as mouthwash and a woman who records all her feelings on audio cassettes.

Jackie Thakkar April 29, 2016