12/10/2018

Today’s movie is “Rajma Chawal” (2018), the Netflix Original Indian dramedy directed by Leena Yadav and written for the screen in collaboration with Vivek Anchalia and Manu Rishi Chadha. The film follows Raj (Rishi Kapoor), a technology-ignorant father attempting to repair his relationship via social media with his millennial son Kabir (Anirudh Tanwar), after moving back to Old Delhi from their more affluent neighborhood. However, after his initial friend request was rejected, he creates a

12/09/2018

Today’s movie is “Happy as Lazzaro” (2018), the Netflix Original Italian drama written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher. The film follows Lazzaro (Adriano Tardioli), a peasant boy in the village of Inviolata, who is cajoled by the local nobleman Tancredi (Tommaso Rango), to aid in his own kidnapping. During the false kidnapping, his fellow village dwellers are taken away, and Lazzaro makes a bizarre journey to reunite with them. The film won best screenplay at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

12/08/2018

Today’s movie is “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2017), the Oscar winning dramedy written and directed by Martin McDonagh. The film follows Mildred (Frances McDormand), whose daughter was murdered without any leads on a culprit. She constructs three billboards to publicly shame Chief of Police William Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), and draws the ire of his second-in-command, Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell). The film was nominated for seven Oscars and won two for Best Actress for Frances