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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011): Tomas Alfredson's Oscar-nominated Spy Fiction film starring Gary Oldman

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A sublime adaptation of le Carré's novel featuring George Smiley A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured ...

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988): Martin Scorsese's Adaptation of the Controversial 1953 Novel By Greek Philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews The Last Temptation of Christ (1987) - B...

Pyaasa (1957): Legendary Indian Auteur Guru Dutt's Epic Tale of Social and Moral Decline

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews Pyaasa (1957) - By Guru Dutt Ou...

Kahaani (2012): Sujoy Ghosh's Triumphant Attempt at Bringing the Enchanting City of Calcutta to Life

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Aarakshan (2011): Prakash Jha's Case Study on India's Socio-Political Setup

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews Aarakshan (2011) - Prakash Jha Our...

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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.