Shantanu Ghumare

LATEST ARTICLES ( 88 )

• October Blind Spot: Frankenstein

  

  First and foremost, what makes this a Blind Spot movie? In other words, why is this film essential?I don’t think it needs any other reason than because it is... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• October Horror: Mini Reviews

  

  As is the convention, October means Horror movies and even though that is not exactly my forte, like last year, I wanted to take this opportunity to strike out... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Bollywood Essentials: Taare Zameen Par

  

  As the name of this post suggests, this series is basically about some of the best movies Hindi cinema has to offer. As a film lover and someone who has grown u... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• There Will Be Blood Or How I Loved the Outrageous!

  

  This post is 8th entry into my semi-regular feature in which I go through some of my favourite films. Even though all the 7 films I have written about in this... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wrapping It Up: September

  

  Another month, another wrap-up post full of this month's viewings. As you will go down to the list of movies I saw this month, don't be surprised to see a lot o... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• September Blind Spot: The Searchers

  

  First and foremost, what makes this a Blind Spot movie? In other words, why is this film essential?Probably the most well-known, most critically revered film... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Profile of a Director: Hayao Miyazaki

  

  Earlier this month, Hayao Miyazaki took the stage at the Venice Film Festival after the screening of his latest film The Wind Rises(2013) to announce his... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• City Lights Or How Chaplin Made Me Cry!

  

  The first time ever I put a Top 100 list on this blog was sometime in March 2012, little less than a month after I got into LAMB. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wrapping It Up: August

  

  Another month, another wrap-up post full of this month's viewings. My very first from Wrap-Up post from India, from home. This is the 20th Wrap Up post I am... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• August Blind Spot: The Lion King

  

  First and foremost, what makes this a Blind Spot movie? In other words, why is this film essential?The first film I saw for Blind Spot this year was Snow White... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wrapping It Up: July

  

  Another month, another wrap-up post full of this month's viewings. It was a curious month, especially considering everything that was going on behind the scene. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• July Blind Spot: Andrei Rublev

  

  First and foremost, what makes this a Blind Spot movie? In other words, why is this film essential?Because of one man at the helm – Andrey Tarkovskiy. Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Bollywood Essentials: Sarfarosh(1999)

  

  We all have movies that we watch over and over, so many times that we can practically keep them on mute and fill in for the actors. No? Come on, I am sure it’s... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Che: Part One and Two

  

  I am sure that all of us have heard, read and in case you are a fellow movie blogger, in many cases, even wrote about Steven Soderbergh and his alleged... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Anatomy of a Murder

  

  Few years back when I was working on my Masters, I had a student job where we use to help at the library front desk in our free time. One day a girl came to... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wrapping It Up: June

  

  Another month, another wrap-up post full of this month's viewings. This was the month this blog completed two full years, thanks to the support of everyone who... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• June Blind Spot: The Breakfast Club

  

  Without any real intention or even a reason, past two weeks have turned into a mini-break from this blog. I even promised I am not going anywhere in the last... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Upstream Color

  

  I don’t remember the first time became aware that there is a film called Primer(2004) but it definitely wasn’t a while ago. I still haven’t seen it myself but i... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Hours

  

  More often than not, most film bloggers are obsessed with lists. We may have love-hate relationship with them but we cannot help ourselves getting obsessed... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Wind That Shakes the Barley

  

  But blood for blood without remorse, I’ve takes at Oulart Hallow And laid my true love’s clay-cold corpse, Where I full soon may followAs ‘round her grave I... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES