THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK An advantage to an underdog film can be the underdog status of the protagonist, says Yayaati Joshi, on why Rocky manages to capture our hearts.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK Yayaati Joshi tells us of a British revenge story that could be considered a trend-setter for many crime stories to follow. Get Carter by Mike Hodge and starring Michael Caine, is absolutely worth your movie dollars, says Joshi.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD Zack Mandell talks about eight extremely popular contemporary film directors who made their first big splash with acclaimed short films.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD Pranay Mathur, an ardent fan of Anurag Kashyap, is glad that the director is back to what he does best, with Gangs of Wasseypur 2 – making movies the way he wants to. In this review, Pranay tells us about how despite its technical brilliance, clever script and hard-hitting dialogues, there were some aspects that could have been better.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK The works of David Lynch, which are hard to categorise into any one genre, are to be treated like Franz Kafka – watched, pondered over, understood, and only then will one realise his genius. Yayaati Joshi in his monthly Film Freak, pens some thoughts about Lynch and some of his movies.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK Yayaati Joshi discusses the film Today’s Special and says that it is one of those commercial movies that are classified as a B-movie, only because it is made on a low budget. It’s a well-made film, he explains, but has remained that sort of a movie that goes unnoticed, because of the general lack of appreciation for such B-films.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK This month, Yayaati Joshi picks two films to illustrate how movies in the ‘action’ genre need not be all about gore and violence but could also be about nuanced and subtle filmmaking. He insists that people who do not tolerate ‘action’ as a genre and dismiss many good movies that broadly fall under this category, indeed miss a lot by not watching such films. Catch him discussing Bronson and Violent Cop.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK If you expect Irving Wallace to deliver a Salman Rushdie, you’re the fool, says Yayaati Joshi about Rowdy Rathore.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK Yayaati Joshi is befuddled as to why Housefull2 runs to packed houses when critics have written it off. And he has an inkling of an answer, which questions the very basic measure of a movie’s success: the box office. Read on to find out.