On the Cultural Gutter, I’m celebrating Adele Blanc-sec, adventurous French reporter and globetrotter, getting mixed up with Dinosaurs, Gentleman Mummies, and Fabulous Hats.
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Over on Diabolique, I’m indulging my passion for Shaitani Dracula. Main Hoon Dracula! is the next step in my quest to promote Harinam Singh’s baffling, beautiful horror masterpiece.
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The surreal swirl of stark futurism, psychedelia, and neon indulgence is…pleasantly overwhelming? Comfortably disturbing? Certainly it’s something that demands one’s attention even as it lulls you into a fugue state.
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With films like Nagin and the original Jaani Dushman, Raj Kumar Kohli demonstrated a quirky sensibility. Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani demonstrates the grinding down of that sensibility.
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A lunatic action films bursting with special effects, animated sequences, two Kamal Hassans, and more insanity than is crammed in even the most insane of insane Indian films, Abhay is truly a film to behold.
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