Virus, a taut, well explored medical thriller is Ranjan's recommendation for the weekend.
It’s surprising how VIRUS (2019, Malayalam) foreshadows the COVID pandemic when most people had not even heard of the term. Shot and...
top of page
a division of barking dog films
Search
Digital Cahier
Aug 6, 20211 min read
The thief and his handler: Ranjan recommends Judas & the Black Messiah for the weekend.
An African-American car thief is given a choice – either he serves five years in prison for impersonating a cop and stealing a car, or...
27 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
Jul 30, 20211 min read
Ranjan recommends this abduction drama from US- Canada for the weekend
Jim Donavan’s BELIEVE ME: THE ABDUCTION OF LISA McVEY (2018, US-Canada) is the story of a brave young working class girl from an abusive...
25 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
Jul 17, 20211 min read
Ranjan recommends Lebanese for the weekend!
A man kidnapped by the State on unspecified political charges during the Lebanese Civil War comes out of jail after 20 years and has...
27 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
Jul 10, 20211 min read
Dukhtar from Pakistan is Ranjan’s recommendation for the weekend.
A film built around a chase will always evoke the necessary dramatic tension if handled well; the idea is to sustain the tension,...
54 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
Jul 2, 20211 min read
Blessed Benefit from Jordan is a must watch says Ranjan Das
A tongue-in-cheek comedy involving an ordinary man jailed for 3 months on a minor case of forgery, who forms a bonding with the inmates...
21 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
Jun 26, 20211 min read
Blow the Man Down from the US is Ranjan's recommendation for the weekend.
Films on small-town crimes have always held a special charm with their quirky characters with disturbed pasts and an atmosphere that...
21 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
Jun 18, 20211 min read
Ranjan recommends a Mexican surprise package this week!
A colored woman is chased through the deep jungles of British Honduras bordering Mexico by her British husband and his local gunmen; when...
44 views2 comments
Digital Cahier
Jun 11, 20211 min read
678 from Egypt is Ranjan's recommendation this week.
Writer-director Mohamed Diab’s 678 (2010, Egypt) follows three Cairo women from different social strata who negotiate sexual harassment...
22 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
Jun 4, 20211 min read
Arishadvarga: a Rashomanesque Neo-noir is Ranjan's recommendation.
ARISHADVARGA (2019) is a Kannada neo-noir that adopts a Rashomanesque structure to arrive at the bottom of a mystery involving the murder...
26 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
May 28, 20211 min read
Ranjan recommends Dutch film, Ferry, for a "cool" weekend viewing.
A henchman working for a drug lord in Amsterdam is required to locate and kill three men who are responsible for the death of the drug...
29 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
May 21, 20211 min read
Cops on the run! This week Ranjan recommends Malayalam film, Nayattu
NAYATTU (The Hunt, 2021, Malayalam), directed by Martin Prakkat deals with three police officers who are on the run after being accused...
36 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
May 15, 20211 min read
Ranjan recommends this weekend: Mexican film,Dance of the 41
Set in the last part of the 19th century when homosexuality was treated as a crime in Mexico and could lead to stiff jail sentences,...
15 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
May 8, 20211 min read
This weekend Ranjan recommends Lebanese delight: Very Big Shot
The eldest of the three brothers who run a small-time drug business under the guise of a pizza delivery shop ventures into film...
27 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
Apr 30, 20211 min read
Ranjan recommends Argentinian film, Invisible: A cinematic tour-de-force
When a teenage girl working at a veterinary shop in Buenos Aires discovers that she has got pregnant by the owner’s middle-aged son, she...
28 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
Apr 23, 20211 min read
For the weekend Ranjan recommends a film from Guatemala: LA LLORONA
“Why are people saying bad things about grandpa on the internet?” asks an 8-year old to her mother, triggering a query that unsettles a...
43 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
Apr 16, 20211 min read
Ranjan says watching Malayalam film Akasathinte Niram is a rewarding expereince.
Despite its tacky beginning, AKASATHINTE NIRAM (The Colour of Sky, 2012, Malayalam) by Dr. Biju soon settles down into a languid and...
39 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Another Turkish delight, Ranjan recommends for the weekend.
Written and directed by Durul Taylan and Yagmur Taylan, STUCK APART (2021) looks at Aziz, a middle-aged bachelor in Istanbul stuck in a...
35 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
Apr 3, 20211 min read
Visit this Turkish Toll Booth this weekend, recommends Ranjan Das
A slow-burn study of a toll booth attendant’s humdrum life takes on poetic dimensions in this extraordinary film from Turkey – TOLL BOOTH...
40 views0 comments
Digital Cahier
Mar 27, 20211 min read
Ranjan recommends Dev Bhoomi for the weekend
Victor Banerjee plays Rahul Negi who comes back to his village in Uttarakhand from London after 40 years to walk down memories lanes...
23 views0 comments
No posts published in this language yet
Once posts are published, you’ll see them here.
Digital Cahier
Jun 7, 20213 min read
900
Digital Cahier
Apr 29, 20213 min read
910
Digital Cahier
Apr 7, 20214 min read
2630
bottom of page