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I meant to write about this soon after it happened, but got sidetracked: On 20 May 2010, the museum reported the overnight theft of five paintings from its collection. The paintings taken were Le pigeon aux petits pois (The Pigeon with the Peas) by Pablo Picasso, La Pastorale by Henri Matisse, L’Olivier Près de l’Estaque
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Beware! Here be spoilers! Ignore, if you can for a few moments, the fact that Rajneeti borrows liberally from the Mahabharata and The Godfather. Ignore also the minor irritation brought on by the fact that the promos are all about Katrina Kaif doing a Sonia Gandhi, something that isn’t anywhere as significant in the grand
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During the many fight sequences in Singam, a common move employed by the hero is to leap up several feet and almost pounce on the hapless goon in question. While doing that, he brings his fist down with considerable force (Mass of fist * 9.8m/sec^2 * Aggro factor) on said goon, thereby reducing the latter
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Had we but world enough, and time… Sometimes, a poet will start off with such a fantastic line that the safest strategy would be to stop there and not try to live up to it. Better to end with a great line and hope that the reader will have the patience to stay the course.
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I was watching Revolutionary Road on TV and just realized something: the film is a few scenes too long. Consider the absolutely wrenching sequence the day after the major blow-out between the Wheelers. The blow-out itself is the culmination of a lot of pent-up frustration, catalyzed in part by some ruthless truth-telling by their supposedly
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Now, the answers to Trivia Challenge #1: 1. The connection I was looking for is Joseph Conrad. Apocalypse Now was based on Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (Coppola’s wife made a documentary on the making of the film, titled Hearts of Darkness). Amitabh’s character in Kala Paththar was indeed based on the protagonist in Conrad’s Lord
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I am, or at least used to be, an avid quizzer with a special interest in movie trivia. (To the point where my wife used to turn to me during a screening of, say, Jodhaa Akbar, to ask me if I knew the name of the second elephant from the right in the battle scene
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The American President is among the most entertaining rom-coms I’ve ever seen. A big part of it is the fact that the rom works (Michael Douglas and Annette Bening simply click), and the com is fantastic. Michael Douglas has practically created a sub-genre of movies where he starts off suave and ends up disheveled with
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Okay, so here’s my excuse: I was so engrossed in what was happening on screen (Karthik making his first movie in Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya) that I didn’t even notice that Aaromaley was playing in the background. This weekend, I finally listened to this song. Really listened. To the gentle plucking of guitar strings right at
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Ever had a meal where you had so much to eat that the flavours just piled up on your tongue, one on top of the other, so you couldn’t really recall what the heck it was that you ate? The cinematic equivalent of that experience is called Iron Man 2. Let’s see: You’ve got Tony
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