Arun Kumar

An ardent cinephile, who truly believes in the transformative power and shared-dream experience of cinema. He blogs at ‘Passion for Movies.’

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15 Best Films Of The 2010 Decade, Ranked

The form and mode of storytelling has seen significant changes across decades — from the…

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Christmas In August (1998) Review: Meditative, Life-Affirming Drama

The posters for South Korean filmmaker Jin-ho Hur’s Christmas in August (1998) show a man and a…

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All 7 Bong Joon Ho Movies, Ranked: ‘Parasite’ To ‘Mother’

Bong Joon Ho’s feature film Parasite dominated this year’s Oscars, becoming the first non-English film to…

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Anurag Kashyap Movies Ranked From Worst To Best

Anurag Kashyap may have started at the periphery in Bollywood but in a decade-and-a-half, he…

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15 Best TV Shows Of 2018, Ranked

From Sacred Games to Homecoming, these are the best web series/shows of 2018 across streaming…

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15 Best Horror Movies Of 2018: ‘Revenge’ To ‘A Quiet Place’

Horror is one of the most pliant and broadest film genres. Every year we witness…

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10 Best Animated Movies 2018, Ranked

The animation genre is no longer dominated by few studios and, as you know, isn’t…

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10 Best Tamil Films Of 2018 Ranked: ‘Kaala’ To ’96’

(Updated: May 16, 2019) Tamil film industry is in dire straits. Producers’ council infighting, theatre…

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Killing Of A Sacred Deer (2017) Review: Chilly, Unsettling Horror

Yorgos Lanthimos’ intensely orchestrated psychological horror The Killing of a Sacred Deer opens with the…

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Scary Movies: These 150 Horror Films Should Be On Your Watchlist

Here’s an exhaustive compilation of all the scary movies — old and new, indie and mainstream,…

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The Endless (2018): Remarkably Eerie Exploration Of The Unknowns

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s horror thriller The Endless opens with a H.P. Lovecraft quote:…

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Ghost Stories (2018): Smartly-Staged Horror With Campy Value

The portmanteau (anthology) horror films of the 60s and 70s from Britain-based Amicus and Hammer…

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50 Best Horror Movies Of All Time

From The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) to The Devil’s Backbone (2001), these are the 50 best…

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10 Best Jodie Foster Movies, Ranked

Alicia Christian ‘Jodie’ Foster made her first TV appearance at the age of 3. By…

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My Friend Dahmer (2017): Subtle, Engrossing Portrait of a Budding Sociopath

Jeffrey Dahmer in Marc Meyers’ My Friend Dahmer (2017) is a mid 1970s teenager, going…