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 June 26, 2015. Once again, it’s time for the Classic Movie History Project Blogathon, hosted by Movies Silently, Silver Screenings and Once Upon a Screen and sponsored by Flicker Alley! I will be sharing my thoughts on the newly restored Apu Trilogy, by director Satyajit Ray. I could tell…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on September 10, 2015. After breaking up with his American girlfriend, Audrey (who his parents know nothing about), Ravi Patel goes on a trip to India with his family, and decides to allow his parents to arrange his marriage. It sounds like a…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on November 18, 2015. When we first see Charulata (Madhabi Mukherjee), she’s the embodiment of the good Bengali wife, embroidering a B (for her husband, Bhupati) on a handkerchief, her workbasket next to her, making sure the servant serves tea on time. But…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on December 4, 2015. This is Raj: Like any typical Canadian kid, Raj (Vinay Virmani) dreams of playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs — not only playing for them, but leading them to victory, to a Stanley Cup win for a team that…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on December 7, 2015. I couldn’t resist choosing Junglee to be part of the Try It,You’ll Like It! Blogathon. The purpose of the blogathon is to offer up classic films in order to encourage those who’ve never experienced them to do so. Normally, I struggle with…
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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 May 25, 2016. Pari (Hetal Gada), 10, and her younger brother, Chotu (Krrish Chhabria), 8, live with their aunt and uncle after their parents were killed in an accident. Chotu is blind – though we discover as the film unpeels itself that…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on July 26, 2016. If I were asked about the one sound in the world I love, hands down the answer would be the whirring of a film projector. In this day and age, when digital is king, I still remember the joys…
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