DocumentaryLanguage: Mandarin/EnglishCountry: ChinaReleased in 2019 Amazon Original It was a lazy Friday afternoon, I had just finished a great series and was not in the mood to start another, Instead I wanted to browse for some light hearted documentaries or movies. The name One Child Nation caught my eye (in…
MINNAMINUNGU - Review
Written by Padmini Satyanarayanan
Language: MalayalamCountry: IndiaReleased in 2017Directed by Anil Thomas Minnaminungu is a movie about a single mother struggling to educate her daughter; her trials and tribulations; the final tragedy and her stoic positivity in the face of adversity. Sounds like a standard soap opera story and it also makes you shed…
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FIREBRAND - Review
Written by Padmini Satyanarayanan
Language: MarathiCountry: IndiaReleased in 2019Directed by Aruna RajeA Netflix original To call it a feminist movie would be clichéd. Though Sunanda, the lawyer, expert in divorce cases, champion of suffering women would make it seem like one. The main focus is on Sunanda’s personal life juxtaposed to her highly successful…
FINGERTIP - Review
Written by ISR Cinema
FINGERTIPLanguage TamilCountry IndiaOriginally aired in 2019One season 5 episodesAvailable in ZEE5 Fingertip is a series about the effects of social media. I was warned that after having seen Black Mirror I shouldn’t risk watching this but I was hooked well into the first episode itself. For one Black Mirror is…
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FRONTERA VERDE/ GREEN FRONTIERLanguage: Spanish/ Brazilian Portugese/Native languages of the indigenous tribesCountry: ColumbiaOriginally aired in 2019One season 8 episodesAvailable in Netflix Green Frontier is touted as a mystery thriller, it begins with Helena Poveda (Juana Del Rio) coming to investigate homicides of four nuns but soon becomes a spiritual and…
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BITTER DAISIES/OSABOR DAS MARGARIDASLanguage: GalicianCountry: SpainOriginally aired in 2018One season 6 episodesAvailable in Netflix Rosa Vargas, a civil guardian, comes to a remote place to investigate the disappearance of a girl called Martha. This simple case soon escalates into a serial murder case and also entwines Rosa’s personal life.This is…
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