I am so excited to see your faces again and talk about sweet sweet young Dharmendra! I sent links to those who have asked so far, just use the “Contact Me” link above to let me know if you would like a link too.
Continue readingAs always, you can skip this post and go back to reading the archives if all you care about is film reviews. But if you find yourself thinking “hey, what’s going on with Margaret?” then this is the post for you! Also, dog photos.
Continue readingPhool Aur Patthar is SUCH a good movie! Really, watch it even if you can’t come to the Zoom. But I hope you can! I love our Zoom talks.
Continue readingMiss Braganza asked about another DCIB discussion, and I think I can do it the weekend after next! And I’m excited! I hope you are too!
Continue readingHappy Monday! I put in my notice last week, so this is the start of my first weird “I’m leaving but still here” week. Will it be easier or harder or just different? Who knows!
Continue readingThese are a bit of the “eat a sandwich!” variety. Not as much as Hrithik photos, but still, he could afford to fatten himself up a bit.
Continue readingDon’t panic, I said “may be”. Still shouldn’t have happened, but there’s a reason that particular character had to look darker than everyone else.
Continue readingFilmikudhi alerted me to a new Ranbir interview which, like all Ranbir interviews, makes be squeaky with raaaaaaaaaaaaaaage. And at the same time, there’s other stuff that also makes me squeaky with raaaaaaaaaaaage!
Continue readingWatched this movie last week, SUPER fun! Costumes, swords, Hema Malini, horses, all kinds of good things! Not necessarily enough there-there for a full review, but a interesting jumping off place to think about Orientalism and circularity and all kinds of things.
Continue readingI love me some 1970s Jayaji! She was soooooooooooooooooo good. I mean, she’s still very very good, but she doesn’t get as good roles as she used to back then.
Continue readingTurns out, Sunday afternoon is the best time for everyone! So lets do that! The discussion will only be an hour, so hopefully it won’t be too hard for y’all to make it.
Continue readingI love love love Anamika, and I would be thrilled to discuss it with anyone who can show up! Hopefully this is a day/time that actually works.
Continue readingThis is one of those posts that’s not for the casual reader, but if you are a long time reader who is interested in the non-Indian Film part of my world, UPDATE!
Continue readingI got my coffee, I’m cozy in a bathrobe, Albie Dog is curled up next to me, it’s all good! Time to watch a movie! Unless no one shows up within the first 15 minutes, in which case time to read a book instead!
Continue readingIt’s Saturday night and I’m making sure to get to bed early so I can get up tomorrow and watch Yeh Dillagi with all y’all!
Continue reading90s happiness, yes! And on a Sunday morning when it’s all cozy. I’m excited, even if everyone else seems a bit tepid. I love me some 90s Kajol!
Continue readingI’m feeling 90s! Fun cheap colorful light and happy. And luckily the winds of fate have brought some new options to Prime! Regular Prime, not ErosNow prime. Anyone else interested in a watchalong this weekend?
Continue readingI am almost at the end of my crazy busy summer schedule zone (sister and nephews visited, now I am visiting them, and in the 2 weeks in between I was covering for all my coworkers who had their only family summer stuff! And then a week from today, I am done and will have NOTHING. And will think “boy I wish I had a DCIB Zoom Discussion scheduled!” So that’s what I’m doing.
Continue readingHappy Monday! I was up at the lake house all weekend, had a lovely lovely time, and now I am ready to go see Prabhas new weird movie!!!!
Continue readingThank goodness a Real Life Friend alerted me to this since all y’all told me NOTHING. Oh well, it’s summer, it’s hot, school is out, sometimes it’s hard to stay on top of gossip.
Continue readingHappy Juneteenth! The new/old holiday to celebrate the end of slavery in America! As a non-Black American, what is a good way for me to celebrate?
Continue readingI saw a fun happy Hollywood movie! Didn’t know those existed any more. And then I was talking about it with a desi friend and I realized that it’s a Masala movie! A little bit of everything for everybody.
Continue readingWatchAlong! We haven’t done one in a few weeks and I miss you all. Also, Crew is on Netflix and it is a great WatchAlong movie. Or we could pick a different movie, so many good watchalong films in the world.
Continue readingWhat a pleasant happy movie! Just lovely. Thank you all who recommended it to me, and told me not to worry it wasn’t as dark as Kiran Rao’s other films.
Continue readingIt’s summer, my brain is melting, I just want to ask light happy chatty questions! And I hope y’all are ready to give me light happy chatty answers.
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