In my post about all the new movies hitting streaming, I picked this one out as one that was always planned for Netflix. And now I’ve seen it, and it really really feels like a movie that was always planned for Netflix.
Continue readingOh boy, I get to explain someone else’s religion/culture! That’s, like, the worst possible thing a person can do. Why am I doing it? I don’t know, I have this need to spread knowledge even when it is outside of my own culture. Forgive me, ignore me because I am white if you want, but the data I am sharing is the best most reliable information I can find.
Continue readingHappy Saturday! I am back at my place for the weekend, this afternoon I get to go have a doggie play date with a friend (and their dog), and the rest of the time I am going to hang out at my place and eat and read my book in my big sunny living room.
Continue readingYou know how you find someone you like, and then you are inspired/obsessed with watching every film they have ever been in? Share your stories! Who was it, when was it, why did you get tired and stop?
Continue readingYaaaaay, Kabhi Kabhie! Shashi Kapoor being AWESOME, Raakhee being pretty good, everyone else being shades of terrible culminating in truly terrible Amitabh. The snark should be strong in us.
Continue readingThis is a repost, because I am feeling lazy today. But it’s a really good repost, and a really old one, so hopefully you will all enjoy it!
Continue readingKabhi Kabhi! Yaaaaaaaay! SUCH A GREAT MOVIE! And so fun to watch with other people.
Continue readingI decided to ruthlessly use my friends to make myself watch this. The pickier people in my weekly movie night group canceled this week, so I forced myself and the less-picky people to finally watch Drive. It’s a nice solid movie in almost all ways, but I did finally spot the problem that explains why Karan had to make the business decision to delay it, and finally release on Netflix.
Continue readingHappy Internet stuff! Mostly because Angie sent me a link from twitter of THE BEST store. Is this what happens when you do twitter? You find out about cool fan stores?
Continue readingMy goodness, I think it’s been about 5 months! Anyway, things have changed, folks are going back to “school” and some of you have shifting work and family and stuff responsibilities, plus we’ve gotten a little used to “the new normal”. With all of that in mind, I wanted to take the DCIB temperature on if we need to update our routine.
Continue readingI can’t think of any! So many cute shoulder length cuts, so many lovely long natural hair looks, but what about actual above the ears short hair on women? Is there anything good?
Continue readingI just have so much to say about internet dialogue! And the Gunjan Saxena debate that I am listening to second hand thanks to y’all has given me a new thing to think about. Also, once again, NO POLITICS. We have been doing fabulously with productive conversations about communication and internet culture without political specifics, let’s keep that up!
Continue readingI have spent the past 25 years being special and weird and strange because I was homeschooled, and now every kid in the world is gonna be the same as me! Not fair! I kind of liked being special and weird! UPDATE: I’m gonna go ahead and stick this to the top of the blog until after Labor Day, so you can all vent/discuss the rocky start to your school years. We have at least two teachers here, and 4 parents, and multiple students from high school up. Share your experiences and resources and complain about your stresses!
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! Today I go to the doctor again, and I am trying not to get my hopes up, but I still really really hate the surgical boot. Fingers crossed there is some small change!
Continue readingQuite the grab bag of options I have come up with this week! I’m not wedded to any of them, feel free to make suggestions. This is a movie for Deepti Naval’s birthday, a movie for Raakhee, and a movie for Saif.
Continue readingGulzar! He has been a lyricist since, like, forever. Plus writes scripts, plus sometimes directs. I cannot possibly list out everything awesome he has done, so instead I’m just gonna list the awesome songs from him that I most like.
Continue readingWARNING! This is a freakishly long review!!!! It’s a combination of the no spoiler and spoiler reviews I originally posted, and also I got very excited about the spoiler review and it was already super long even before I combined the two. So if you loved loved loved this movie, enjoy! And if you just love over-analysis, enjoy! And if neither of those things are true, skip! Oh, and also, you should really really watch this movie. It’s beautiful and over the top and melodramatic and everything good.
Continue readingDaler Mehndi! He has a very specific sound to him, which can be extremely powerful when used in a limited fashion. Probably why he never quite broke through in Hindi film, he’s really only good for one song per soundtrack.
Continue readingFirst, NO POLITICS!!!! Which is going to be hard, because basically all social media campaigns in India are supported by paid political agents. That’s not me being paranoid, that is a fact, and it is why no intelligent person should treat social media opinions on Indian issues seriously. Make up your own mind without regard to what social media is saying. But I am going to frame this discussion in a more general way, which allows for a bigger debate beyond politics. Mostly. (oh, and thank you Courtney for the idea!)
Continue readingShankar! Totally bonkers visuals, very reductive view of relationships. Makes for movies that don’t really work for me as a whole, but very fun little mini movie song sequences. Especially since he usually partners with AR Rahman.
Continue readingHappy Monday! One of the lovely commentators here linked me up with a website where she is doing an internship, and they gave me a chance to write an article. And in return, of course I promised to promote the article/them on my own sites (so, here, since I do nothing else on The Internet). Here you go, https://armchairjournal.com/could-covid-save-the-single-screen-theater/
Continue readingI reread my review, and I think I might have been a little too hard on the film. Yes, it was an almost line by line remake, yes some things didn’t really work, but it was harmless, and it had a mature hero trying to figure out how to be a father, and just generally some good stuff we don’t usually see in Hindi film.
Continue readingNot saying this is a perfect movie, some bits are a bit rushed, and there isn’t enough Farida, or enough depth to it. But it’s on the whole a very pleasant happy movie with a nice modern message about growing up and family and good things. The kind of movie I wish we could see more of, and that I am very glad Saif is making.
Continue readingMost of you have seen some to none of these, don’t care! For my own happiness, I am going to play with how they could be turned into Indian movies/TV shows. And I guess you should all watch them? If you like pleasant lowkey shows that leave you smiling and ready for bed, these are very good options.
Continue readingYou ready for how rumpled I am today? I have retreated to online quizzes! I never do online quizzes. Like really, never. But something about watching a happy sitcom and methodically answering questions about myself is really nice.
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