Rahul Desai’s streaming diary (August)
Rahul Desai lists down the older streaming titles ("meal movies") he's revisited in August 2020.
Staircases in films
Pankaj Sachdeva writes about the various roles – villain, hero, romantic device – that staircases have assumed in films over the years.
2019: The horror of fascist systems
An essay on the movies and shows that have eerily captured the "invisible horrors" of fascist systems in 2019.
Of Grieving fathers in “Manchester By The Sea” and “Talaash”
Pankaj Sachdeva writes about grief and fatherhood in two disparate but evocative films that explore this theme.
The story behind India’s first “Math Fiction” short film
Indie filmmaker and ex-engineer AB Chakravorty writes about the fascinating journey of his "math fiction" short film, 90 To Win. [Cricket nerds, this is for you]
Evaluating Nasir Husain’s Music, Masti & Modernity.
Literature: An exclusive excerpt from author Akshay Manwani's latest book deconstructing the cinema of yesteryear filmmaker, Nasir Husain.
REEL to REAL
A new contributor to iiF writes about a recent "real" Bollywood trend, and how we need more of it.
