This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on May 16, 2015. This post is part of the My Favorite Classic Movie Blogathon in celebration of National Classic Movie Day (May 16th). Click here to view the schedule listing all the great posts in this blogathon. There is a moment in Kamal’s 2013 film Celluloid when the noted film…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on June 10, 2015. I had a feeling watching the trailer for Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal (Swordfishes of Big Tides) that it would be my cup of tea. Starting with the cinematography by Abinandhan Ramanujam – I fell in love with his work in Lijo Jose…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on June 19, 2015. I was kind of tickled to be tagged by Movies Silently for the “4 shots from 4 films” meme over on Twitter, and although I posted these images there, I really wanted to put them in one place for future reference,…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on January 4, 2016. The review references the 100 Movie Pact, a challenge I participated in at the time, but I’ve chosen not to carry that into the new blog. I couldn’t help thinking, as I watched Martin Prakkat’s latest directorial venture, that…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on August 1, 2016. Award-winning Malayalam director Jayaraj turned to an Anton Chekov short story, “Vanka”, to find the inspiration for his most recent film Ottaal (“The Trap”), proof that some themes transcend place and time. Eight-year-old Kuttappai (Ashanth K. Sha), orphaned after the…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on October 30, 2017. ’ll admit that I am often on the fence when it comes to Lal Jose’s films: on the one hand, there are films like Spanish Masala, which I only tolerated for the presence of Casa Totally Filmi fave actor Biju…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on November 4, 2017. Ustad Hotel is the story of Faizal (Dulquer Salmaan), affectionately known as “Faizi”, and his desire to become a chef despite the objections of his father Abdul Razaq (Siddique), who wants him to become the manager of a five-star hotel.…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on November 5, 2017. One of the things the film Ustad Hotel introduced me to was Sulaimani chai, which is mentioned many times in the film, and which has an important role in one scene in particular. It’s also known as Malabar spiced tea —…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on November 17, 2017. This post is part of the It Takes a Thief blogathon organized by Moon in Gemini (and fair warning, it’s also a bit spoilery). Be sure to check out all the entries! Marti (Chemban Vinod Jose) arrives at a church in…
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