The Cine Club

14/09/2021

GBM Tomorrow at 7pm!🏄‍♂️✨

14/09/2021

IFP 50 hour Filmmaking Challenge in a pie chart🥴

Join Us tomorrow at 7pm for our first General Body Meeting of the year to find out more!🔥

07/09/2021

We are happy to present our Third Year Executive Council for the year 2021-22. 🎥

07/09/2021

We are happy to present our Second Year Executive Council for the year 2021-22.🎥

12/01/2021

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD - A write-up by Megha Chaudhary

When one feels suffocated with the present scenario of their lives, one has this potent desire to escape the landscape they are familiar to, a landscape which once was ideal now appearing jaded. The Revolutionary Road is one such film that has captured the moments of man's inability to digest and process when life decides to go astray but mentally. The suffocation they go through is purely mental if not, sometimes or mostly, aided by physical changes in their surroundings. Frank and April are happily married. They are the youngest couple on the block, have two daughters, and are pretty much thriving financially. The movie is set in the Americas of the 1950s where technology was just beginning to birth amidst the social changes occurring worldwide. Frank is played by Leonardo DiCaprio and April is played by Kate Winslet. Frank works in a company where he is frustrated by his peers but tries to appear cool and calm on the outside. He's fed up of the same boring routine he has to go through every day in order to earn bread for his family. April is a housewife, cleaning, washing, cooking, trying to fit in the role of a perfect housewife when her mind gnaws on her insides. She wants to escape the mundane lifestyle they have been accustomed to after they got married. She comes up with a plan and tries for a job in the American Embassy in France. Eventually she just wants to shift to France, being the sole breadwinner, whereas Frank can be a freelancer and be with the kids. All this seems illusionary until this illusion grasps April's mind quite strongly. On the other hand, the film opens up quite surprisingly. We have a scene where April and Frank are on their way back home and a fight erupts between the duo. They both blame one another, being the reason of each other's unhappiness until they have to eventually slow down and be silent. This is also the scene where Frank appears to be slapping April but only to hit the car. He doesn't raise a finger on her but the flinch portrayed by Kate Winslet in the shoes of April is appreciation worthy. The chemistry between the actors is crazy good. Cut to the middle, we see Frank cheating on April by sleeping with a woman who just joined his company. She's also married. Frank feels guilty but doesn't come clean until the climax begins to creep close as the viewers anticipate the ending of the movie.

In a world like today, where real love is highly prized and is said to be hard to find, April and Frank appear to us as this modern duo who are perfect for one another but not as individual. They are harmful in their tendencies, by the way, they behave when pressure kicks in and their mind starts reeling. The wisest character in the movie is John Givings, played by, Michael Shannon who is the mental kid of a woman who's April and Frank's neighbor. John is thirty years old, PhD in mathematics but yet mental. There's a scene where Frank is mad by the words spat out by John when he makes an observation. April is unbothered and lights a cigarette. We don't just have Frank cheating. We also see April cheating with her neighbor, Shep Campbell, when Frank goes off to drop Shep's wife. The circle becomes complete and as viewers, we don't know who to root for. For Frank or for April? Or for both? Or nobody?

They do make up for the constant fights they have by having s*x on their kitchen counter. Soon April discovers that she's pregnant and Frank is the happiest we have seen in the whole movie in this scene. But April is not. She has harbored dreams of moving abroad but not with a baby in her tummy. Frank has no idea how April tries to terminate her pregnancy. There appears a scene that gives a clean rise to the climax where they fight, break things, and April hides in the forest. Frank is guilty and drinks up to his bones. When April arrives, he is sorry and both are silent. The next day when Frank leaves for office and kisses April goodbye, we know who to root for. No one. April tries to terminate her own pregnancy which leaves her being hospitalized. She ultimately dies and we see Frank in the end score, in a park, playing with their two daughters.

The movie is brilliantly shot, has a story that is very valuable in the so-called marketed value of living an American Dream, and makes us realize that nothing is to be taken for granted, even the breaths we take every second.

08/01/2021

Rewind (Film review) by Stuti Titus

Good piece of art makes the viewer ask the right questions. About themselves their ideas and even their destiny. Makoto Shikai’s Kimi no na wa or Your Name is a sould binding work and makes you ask the right questions yourself.

Kimi No Na Wa is a Japanese coming of age tale with its supernatural themes of body-swapping switcheroos, time travel, impermanence, memory, loss, disaster, and destiny. If that seems too much to take in then brace yourself to be twisted by the timeline of the movie.

The opening scene starts with our half-asleep female protagonist Mitsuha waking up with an oblivious look on her face later for us to realize that it is the male protagonist Taki trapped in Mitsuha's skin. The swift shift in screenplay takes us to Taki's room where we see the already embarrassed Mitsuha trying to fathom the reality of being in a boy's body.

This sudden and surreal switch plays into an obvious comedy as the confusion proceeds.
Mr. Shikai in a subtle manner plays the concept of what it's like when adolescents trade bodies comically by toying a bit with gender here and there.

The swapping takes place right after the appearance of a sky-slicing aurora- tailed comet coursing across the blue sky gazed at by the whole world including the main characters. The continuous jump of consciousness persisted as they woke up in each other's physical shells a day at a time.


This transaction of personal territory took place at night when they were fast asleep only to wake up with tears in their eyes from a supposedly detailed dream in which they fumbled into the existence of each other's reality and being.

With a mixture of feeling fascinated and horrified these teens adjust to the other one's role. While Mitsuha (Voiced by Mone Kamishiraishi ) a 17-year-old girl who spent her whole life in a small village called Itomori with her grandmother and sister, adapts surprisingly well to life in Tokyo, enjoying the city life, visiting cafes with Taki's friends and gorging on sweets leaving him penniless, to fulfilling his job as a waiter in a restaurant.

The continuous exchange of vessel-like bodies not only makes them more familiar with their once alienated skins but also helps them to experience a sense of empathy for each other as they have no choice but to feel what the other might be conceiving emotionally in a certain circumstance, enabling them to relate and connect not just through their eyes of what they see but through their souls of what they feel, creating their relationship something more intimate and strange.
His quest of finding the girl, he once lived the life of by the memory of places that are so ingrained in his conscience leads us to glance at some messages the movie seeks to convey like how places and traditions attain meaning, how body and soul can remember the feeling and sensation of someone's influence even though the mind forgets.
It finally boils down to the Japanese concept of Natsukashi which is a kind of intrinsic yearning and fond reminiscence of past places and moments with the culmination that you can never encapsulate them again.

Gradually, shifting the initial contextual details like the Kuchikamizake and the racing comet hanging on their heads in its psychedelic glory to the forefront from the background, tying it all up neatly with the red string of fate making sense of it all.

The beauty of Kimi no na wa is not only deeply rooted in its heart-soaring story and traditional values but also in its magical animation.

The smudge watercolor-like landscapes achieved by taking the lushly mundane backgrounds of Ghibli and cranking up the resolution presenting hyperbolically detailed scenes of the night lit Tokyo and the sunray filtered Itomori with frames in their magic hour blues and bleeding golds in the lilac skies which left the audience in awe of this enhanced cinematic experience.

The animators didn't leave the characters faded but designed them in ways that add to the overwhelming background efficiently with their dissolving thin black outlines and familiar anime expressions and features of pointy chins, perk nose, and sparkly eyes.

The amazing softcore and power rock ballad just enriches the not so notorious narrative of intertwined destinies demanding it's the audience to perceive the experience of time and loss and that it is beyond the limits of logic and rationality.

Now that you have an urge to decipher this cryptic cinematic masterpiece, I implore you to explore this meta gravitational world of Kimi no Nawa and experience each ray of filtered sunshine, the flow of maple leaf, the tingling of the wind chime, and the gush of wonderous wind and see if these tangled teenagers overcome their fight with fate and the bounds of time to find each other.

14/11/2020

Delhi Gang R**e 2012, stirred in all of us a rage. The after events of this incident inspired Vibha Bakshi to focus on the people who brought in change and not the horror. Hence, her documentary film Daughters Of Mother India holds the perspective of hope and sensitizes the society about such social issues.

This 2015 film won several awards including the National Award for Best Film on Social Issues .The film is now a mandatory part of the National Police Academy curriculum and is also incorporated into the curriculum of 200 schools in Maharashtra.

The Cine Club 🎥 invites you for a film discussion on Daughters of Mother India with its director Vibha Bakshi (winner of 4 national awards), as a part of our film festival- Cinema Minidiso.🎬

To register, click on the link in the bio.

14/11/2020

Delhi Gang R**e 2012, stirred in all of us a rage. The after events of this incident inspired *Vibha Bakshi* to focus on the people who brought in change and not the horror. Hence, her documentary film *Daughters Of Mother India* holds the perspective of hope and sensitizes the society about such social issues.

This 2015 film won several awards including the *National Award for Best Film on Social Issues* .The film is now a mandatory part of the National Police Academy curriculum and is also incorporated into the curriculum of 200 schools in Maharashtra.

The Cine Club 🎥 invites you for a film discussion on *Daughters of Mother India* with its director *Vibha Bakshi* (winner of 4 national awards), as a part of our film festival- *Cinema Minidiso*.🎬

To register, click on the link in the bio

11/11/2020

Coming soon!!!

11/11/2020

In a futuristic world, millionaires come to Westworld, a theme park filled with human-like robots “hosts”, where they live in a cycle of narratives which repeat each day. The hosts are programmed to fulfill any desire of guests, including killing them and inflicting s*xual violence. They are protected because the hosts are programmed not to harm the guests. The theme park goes all good, right? Except for one day, the co-founder Dr. Ford brings a new update to the host’s program which helps some of the hosts to gain sentience and a series of events that turn the park into turmoil.
An intense story that juggles human consciousness, intelligence, Lisa Joy, and Jonathan Nolan, the showrunners craft an intelligent and superb show built on strong performances and the amazing score of Ramin Djawadi. Dr. Ford, the mad scientist and co-creator of Westworld (played by the legendary Anthony Hopkins) unleashes a series of events that make us wonder about the dangers of artificial intelligence. Dolores(played by enigmatic Evan Rachel Wood) encapsulate the journey of a host to attain consciousness and be free from the theme park’s autocracy. "These violent delights have violent ends".

11/11/2020

Mindiso!!!

06/11/2020

06/11/2020

Dear Harry,
In lockdown where being happy was more important than worrying about my lack of productivity, you have helped. In lockdown, I returned to Hogwarts again. After being locked up in the cupboard under the stairs for 10 years and getting the letter to Hogwarts you waited for your life to become less miserable, As Dumbledore told in Philosopher’s stone, you are famous and every kid knows your name; just that you are famous in the muggle world too. Everyone knows your story. But in lockdown, you showed light in a different way.
In Deathly Hallows, the wizarding world was in a war. People were losing hope. You were on the run. There were times when you lost faith in yourself, your friends questioned you. Your best friend even walked out on you and Hermoine stopped talking to you. But you didn’t give up. You kept resisting. Even though we are not in a war, our situation is also uncannily similar. Like Remus said, “The Boy who Lived remains a symbol of everything we are fighting: the triumph of good, the power of innocence, the need to keep resisting”. In times like this, it’s easy to lose hope and you have shown it’s important to keep your head and keep living on. For the magic will come in your life. In times when the world has lost familiarity and became unpredictable, I sort that nostalgia and comfort, in a familiar story, your story. And I hope that was the case for so many others too.

With Love

05/11/2020

05/11/2020

Median Partners for Minidiso 2020.

04/11/2020

Do you love Cinema? Do you find yourself falling asleep watching cinema in your laptop at night?

The *Cine Club* presents *Cinema Minidiso* our minifest. Online exhibitions, competitions, games, panel discussions. Name it, we got all bases covered.

Everything for you to enjoy your cinema passion in lockdown.

Stay tuned...

04/11/2020

Harry Potter - and why Hermione Granger should not have married Ronald Bilius Weasley

Its been quite a while since I have read the Harry Potter series, movies (the Newt Scamander sequels, hilarious YouTube parodies and (cringey/hex-citing) reads of fanfiction - ( I guess Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was one too ?) )
But there was one thing I absolutely disliked in the canon, and that was Hermione marrying Ron and having kids.
I mean, even if someone were to say opposites attract, seriously would you go that far ?
Hermione Granger was a girl model I really loved as a fictional character and the how she is portrayed with her love for academics, her unwavering loyalty and her ability to adapt to any situation with her head held high.
Despite being ostracized for many reasons - blood( the people themselves, from the Weasley family to the Malfoys, everyone except half bloods and muggleborns), love for her grades( the school in itself ), passionate about things that are out of place ( SPEW and maintaining her sanity when it comes to her friends ) and being a girl itself. She knew how to buck up and rub it in people's faces that she knew what she was doing and doing it well.
The idea of actions speak louder than words can be considered for her.
On the other hand Ron, ( I am not a Ron basher, he is an alright character but the idea is why him with Hermione )
Ron is a guy from a large family with brothers and a sister ( I can name all of them ! ) But compared to the rest of the family he didn't have much to show other than he loved food. Then it became the tagline of Harry Potter's best friend then becomes a keeper (only in quidditch in no other sense, keep those puns to yourself)
Takes decisions that don't make sense, ditching Harry during the competitions, in the middle of the forest ( you might be thinking how can you be so petty and hold him for that ) but to be fair he has done a lot of stuff, doesn't take academics seriously, whines because the spotlight goes away from him and knows how to revel in it the Sirius episode (it wasn't that serious(take this pun) but his exaggeration made it over the top)
I mean they are on the opposite ends of the spectrum. Why would anyone pair them together . But they are apparently Hogwart sweethearts ( read that sarcastically with air quotes in a deadpan voice, like Snape tired of life and it's shenanigans or Squidwards works too)
And that is one thing that ticks me off.
I mean Hermione can become a strong independent woman, who can trap animagus in glass jars, stay strong even with torture - and run for the Minister of Magic without the need of the Weasley tag.

Well that's my rant.


By Sharon Alex

24/10/2020

'Johnny Gaddar' film review (rewind) by Ananyajiva.

Johnny Gaddar, PLAUSIBLE ATTEMPT OF CREATING A DELICIOUSTHRILLER.

A journey with twist and turns with unpredictability being the key factor, Johnny Gaddar amovie based on the French book Les Mystifies by Alain Reynud and heavily influenced by oldBollywood movies promises a good screenplay. Although the movie struggled to deliver whatwas expected of it Sriram Raghvan’s attempt to make India’s first spot-reference movie does a great jobat portraying the characters with background score matching the tone of each and every scene.

The gang of newbies and experienced has a perfect plan but it goes south when one of themembers decides to steer his vehicle in another direction. The Bollywood film inspired plan waspulled off so perfectly that the traitor was never suspected. On losing the money, the gang goeson a wild goose chase then the things start to get tensed and dark.

The movie goes well and it is not like the conventional thriller movies where it ends with asuccessful heist. The audience will know who’s the culprit but the real question is how does heget away with it?

Johnny Gaddar tries to bind the viewer into predicting what would happen next but towards theend it loses its actual track by being not much of a surprise. To give credit where it’s due,director Sriram Raghavan delivers on both style and content. Building his film with quality popculture references, a manner similar to Tarantino’s. Raghvan also pays homage to Vijay Anandand his oeuvre of thrillers, Jewel Thief, Teesri Manzil and obviously Johnny Mera Naam.

Johnny Gaddar is stylish in a way that other films are not. It’s persona is defined by itssimplicity of the process in which crimes and homicides are committed.
The director created a balanced cast where Dharmendra plays the mastermind and holds thepremise well during his short time in the movie.Neil Nitin Mukesh gave a good performance as a debutant but wasn’t convincing enough for theaudience. Though, he showed his nature of being a promising artist.Zakir Hussain in my opinion delivers an exceptional performance and Vinay Pathak gave fair
justice to his character.

Director Raghavan worked very well on giving adistinct thriller.

18/10/2020

Hey film enthusiasts ✨

*The Cine Club* of St Stephen’s College, Delhi University Invites you to take part in our Editing Competition for the month of October. 🎞

We will be providing you with some stock footage, using which you have to create a 30-second clip showcasing your amazing editing skills📽

We are excited to see what you create and are looking forward to your entries! 💽

This is an *open-for-all* competition so we would be extremely delighted if you could share this message with other editors and film enthusiasts. *Help with finding editing softwares can be provided (Contact any Cine Club member for the same)*

REGISTER:
https://forms.gle/L9Dmf9axVjZpC2Tz8

RULES:
- Maximum duration 30s
- Cut the clip in any way (only use the stock footage)
- Can use any copyright free music.
- The judging criteria are Editing skills, overall cohesion of the clip and visual presentation.

18/10/2020

'Bhavesh Joshi Superhero' film review (Rewind) by .abhay

It is no secret that India has had a bad past with superhero movies (just look at Krrish and Ra.One). In a world dominated by live-action portrayals of comic book characters from Marvel and DC, it was hard to think of an original Indian film that would create a superhero of its own. However with the release of Bhavesh Joshi, Indian audiences were blown out of their expectations as they were offered a movie that was not only original and grounded in reality, but it also had all the masala that a Bollywood movie must possess.

The screenplay tells the story of three quintessential Indian friends who are busy with having fun at college, drinking at bars, and being politically correct. The story gains pace when they start their vigilantism and then the things turn murky. We are thrown into a world of corrupt politicians, lazy and cunning government officials, and policemen who are far from being fit in their job. ‘Bhavesh Joshi Superhero’ gave us a more grounded treatment of all the Indian superheroes, making him a common man with a mask and some pretty sleek Karate moves. While the narrative is kept well grounded in reality like The Dark Knight Trilogy or Marvel’s Daredevil, it also channels the same Bollywood character of the “The Angry Young Man”. With the director of the heartwarming Udaan and Lootera, Vikramaditya Motwane on the desk, the story was sure to encompass more than just heroic stunts and action. Meanwhile, Harshvardhan Kapoor appears as the weary engineer and the masked vigilante fighting against injustice. Apart from the great acting and direction, the film serves as a great debate on the morality of the common man and how he should react when wronged. It shows us the mirror of the society which is ever ready to criticise but too lethargic to get up from the seat and make a difference.
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07/01/2020

NATTER MATTERS

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Third Economics

STAY TUNED ✨

16/04/2019

Natter Matters

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Third Philosophy

07/04/2019

Natter Matters

Ft. Danny Mathew

Third BSc Physics (Hons)

17/03/2019

Natter Matters

Ft. Parth Chaudhary

Third BSc Programme

12/03/2019

Cinema Paradiso Awards 2019.

08/03/2019

Tomorrow !
3 pm
College Hall .