Raj Ajay PandyaWes Anderson and India: A Symmetrical TriumphDrawing inspiration from Satyajit Ray, Anderson embraced India as more than just a scenic backdrop or a tourist attraction.Aug 8Aug 8
Raj Ajay PandyaJean-Luc Godard: Critic as Artist and Vice VersaGodard’s metatextual film reflects his own cinephilia and completes the full circle of theory to practice. In fact, Breathless peaks in…Mar 12, 2023Mar 12, 2023
Raj Ajay PandyaWhat Makes Us Cling?Be it a tight hug from a friend, finding answers in history or a reassurance of our existence, we are designed to hang on.Nov 9, 2022Nov 9, 2022
Raj Ajay PandyaDear Just Stop Oil, Just Stop Ambushing ArtworksVan Gogh, had he been alive, living in the moral complexities of the 21st century, would have found himself in an incoherent spiral of…Oct 30, 2022Oct 30, 2022
Raj Ajay PandyaRishi Sunak Will Not Solve The Race ProblemIt is a compelling case about why just representation doesn’t solve the problem of racism or discrimination against ethnic minorities…Aug 6, 2022Aug 6, 2022
Raj Ajay PandyaFree The Bird! (Seriously)Elon Musk once sold us dreams that we weren't capable of dreaming. Now he is unable to tell the difference between free speech and hate…May 29, 2022May 29, 2022
Raj Ajay PandyaWhen Munawar Faruqui Met Franz KafkaJust how Joseph K, without having done anything wrong, was arrested by the court in Franz Kafka’s The Trial, Munawar Faruqui is regularly…Dec 23, 2021Dec 23, 2021
Raj Ajay PandyaWill Smith Is Relentless In King Richard — BFI Film ReviewSomewhere in the 1990’s, Richard Williams, an unconventional father who was often unbearable to be around, announced to the world that his…Oct 28, 2021Oct 28, 2021
Raj Ajay PandyaThe Meditative Contrast In Nomadland’s Anti-dollar EconomyContrasts are beautiful, in photographs, in cloudy sky, in the green-themed burger chain, and in this year’s best picture winner at the…May 14, 2021May 14, 2021
Raj Ajay PandyaDeaths Are Becoming Data While Narendra Modi Continues To Dismantle IndiaIndia is gasping for oxygen, but the power-hungry narcissist is probably more worried about his monuments, the US$2.8 billion Central Vista…Apr 29, 2021Apr 29, 2021
