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Civil War Film Festival (5th – 6th June 2015): A Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he Embassy of the United States of America in collaboration with Cinedarbaar is organizing a two ...

Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015): Indian filmmaker Anand Rai's critique on the institution of marriage

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Riding on the success of Queen, Kangana once again carries a film on her shoulders A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By M...

Festival de Cannes 2015: Award Winners

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List of Winners at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival A Potpourri of Vestiges Special The 68th annual Cannes Film Festival were ...

For Cinema With Love: An Invitation for Guest Articles

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature Image Courtesy: www.tomarhawk.com I am happy to share with you that A Potpourri of Vestiges has...

Youth (2015): Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino's magical cinematic tapestry which juxtaposes the pining for youth against the youth itself

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A grand portrait of desire for youth and its rather shallow, inconsequential nature A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Roopa Barua ...

Bollywood Top 7: Author's Pick for 2015

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A List of Best Hindi Films Released in 2015 A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature H ere is the author's pick for the top 7 films so...

Louder Than Bombs (2015): Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier's treatise on familial bonding with underlying themes of identity and memory

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A slice of suburban family life in the US going through the pangs of bereavement A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Roopa Barua Fe...

Chauthi Koot (2015): Indian filmmaker Gurvinder Singh's poignant tale about the legendary Sikh farmers caught in post-Bluestar Punjab

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A raw slice of cinema flowing with the understated elegance that's typical of the Sikh community A Potpourri of Vestiges Review ...

Bombay Velvet (2015): Anurag Kashyap's sprawling period piece with an excess of style over substance

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Karan Johar shines in his acting debut A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured in IMDb Critic Revie...

12 Must Watch Movies in 2015 - An Infographic

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature A s we approach the business end of the year 2015, the things have really started to heat up with...

Piku (2015): Shoojit Sircar's evocative family drama that tugs at our heartstrings

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A powerful lesson on the meaningfulness of life A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured in IMDb Crit...

The Life and Times of Amitabh Bachchan - A Bollywood Infographic

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature Image courtesy of deviantart.com A mittabh Bachchan, the superstar of the millennium, needs no int...

Gabbar is Back (2015): Indian filmmaker Krish's summer blockbuster with strong socio-political commentary starring Akshay Kumar

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A nice blend of action, drama and suspense A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured in IMDb Critic ...

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Murtaza Ali Khan is an independent film critic / journalist based out of New Delhi, India. He has been writing on cinema for over seven years. He runs the award-winning entertainment blog A Potpourri of Vestiges. He is also the Films Editor at the New York City-based publication Cafe Dissensus and regularly contributes to The Hindu, The Sunday Guardian, DailyO, and National Herald. He was previously a columnist at Huff Post. He has also contributed to online publications like Newslaundry, The Quint, Dear Cinema, Desimartini and Jamuura Blog. He is also on the guest panel for live discussions on the television news channel NewsX.

His education spans science, technology, mass communication, and management. But cinema remains his first love. His all-time favorite movie-makers are Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Luis Bunuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, Charles Chaplin, Orson Welles, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Satyajit Ray, Fritz Lang, Sergio Leone, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese. He can be reached at murtaza@apotpourriofvestiges.com / murtaza.jmi@gmail.com. He tweets @apotofvestiges.