A Tale of Acceptance Movie: Kaathal - The Core Dir: Jeo Baby Kaathal is both emotionally draining and uplifting at the same time. Almost every major character in the film exhibits a face filled with pent-up emotions waiting to burst out into uglier forms, which surprisingly doesn't happen. But the beauty of the film is that when the emotional blast does come towards the end, it arrives with rather kinder tones of acceptance, letting go and setting everyone free. Both Mathew played by Mammoty and Omana by Jyothika are portrayed as a stone-cold couple who talk very little and emote very little shades of delight in their faces. Their physical self doesn't loosen up from the rigidity till the closing scenes of the film when they have found the closure they've been yearning for. While Great Indian Kitchen was about setting oneself free from oppression when patriarchy tried its best to pin down the woman of the story, his subsequent film Sreedhanya Catering Service ...
Uprising There's An Uprising Small Axe (Film Anthology) Dir: Steve McQueen So if you are the big tree We are the small axe Ready to cut you down To cut you down - Bob Marley Small axe is a masterpiece from Steve McQueen as all of the five films in the BBC original anthology tries (and wins almost perfectly) not only in expounding the issues faced by the Blacks but acts as a celebration of their eventual triumph over what was and is trying to pull them down. It tells five important stories drawn from the real life experiences of the West Indian community, who lived in Britain between the 1960s and 80s. The first film, Mangrove , tells the story of the Mangrove restaurant and the case of the nine people who initiated a protest against the police, who unlawfully seized and created fearful ruckus inside the place, which otherwise served as a cheerful place of community gathering for the Blacks. The co...