Category: Movies
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For philosopher Gilles Deleuze, « the affection-image is the close-up shot and the close-up shot is the face ». Indeed, close-up is not only a…
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When I saw Raavanan a few years ago, this image of Raagini (Aishwarya Rai), fallen on a tree, immediately reminded me of this iconic opening…
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« Thenpandi cheemayile » is the seed from which Nayagan’s story grows. When Ilaiyaaraja’s voice breaks the silence in the film’s opening credits, we understand…
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Kathir (Vijay Sethupathy) is a semi-looser rowdy who dreams about owning a bar. Yazhini (Madonna Sebastian) is a graduated engineer searching for a job. At…
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In both “Madras” and “Kaala”, the heroes may be Kaali (Karthi) and Kaala (Rajinikanth) for the movies credits. But I tend to think that the…
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I love Anjali for many cinephile and personal reasons. One of them is the way Mani Ratnam depicts the life of a upper middle class…
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In her young career, Aishwarya Rajesh has boldly played an interesting range of characters, often depicted on the screen with frames within frames. This visual…
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Trees are important characters in Merku Thodarchi Malai. Firstly, they are used as benchmarks in the vast landscape to express the mountain people identities, to…
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Here is a panorama of tamil cinema in 2018, not exhaustive, but only made as a tribute to my favorite films, without any will of…
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Film : Thillana Mohanambal (1968) Director : AP Nagarajan Cinematography : KS Prasad Cast : Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini Film : Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) Director :…
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