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Home / Archive for January 2016

Lenny Abrahamson's "Room" (2015): "It cannot really be room if the door is open"

Anirban the Filmmaker 4:13:00 PM 4 Comments Edit
A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Anirban Lahiri Featured in  IMDb Critic  Reviews Room (2015)  -   By Lenny Abrahamson...
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First International Trailer for Money Monster

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he first International trailer for the thriller Money Monster , to release in mid May, this yea...
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MIFF: Too many films to watch in a lifetime

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature A mong the screenings today, on the first day of MIFF Stefan Kubicki's short fiction Against Nig...
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14th MIFF - The Mumbai International Film Festival opens with a burst of life

Anirban the Filmmaker 10:22:00 PM Add Comment Edit
A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he Mumbai International Film Festival for short films, documentaries and animation opened on 28 ...
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Sony Pictures to distribute Blade Runner Sequel Internationally

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature S ony Pictures Releasing International will distribute Alcon Entertainment’s follow-up to Ridle...
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Vince Augustine's "Trash It": A thought-provoking documentary about the garbage crisis in Bangalore

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature M ovements often get started with a single solemn step aimed at spreading awareness among the people wit...
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Mani Ratnam's "Dil Se" (1998): An unforgettable tale of love in the backdrop of terrorism

Murtaza Ali Khan 10:14:00 PM 1 Comment Edit
SRK and Manisha Koirala set the celluloid on fire with their sizzling romance A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali K...
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Raja Krishna Menon's "Airlift" (2016): A powerful reminder of one of the most tumultuous phases in modern history

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A well-made thriller embellished by a rare lowkey performance from Akshay Kumar A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali K...
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PIFF Final Day

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An open session with  PIFF  2016 Jury A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature Pune, January 21st: On the concluding day of the 14th editio...
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PIFF 2016 - Day 7

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature During various Press Conferences held at Smita Patil Pavilion at City Pride, Kothrud during the 14 th  ...
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7 Great Blogs Focussing on World Cinema

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Seven film blogs every movie-buff needs to check out A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature In this article we will be throwing spotlight on...
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PIFF 2016 - Day 6

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature During various Press Conferences held at Smita Patil Pavilion at City Pride, Kothrud during the 14 th  ...
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PIFF 2016 - Day 5

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature During the Press Conference of the Italian movie ‘The Plastic Cardboard Sonata’ held at Smita Patil Pav...
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PIFF Screenings: The Politics of Representation

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature The crowd at the City Pride, Kothrud - the main venue at the PIFF, 2016 P une International Film...
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Mahesh Manjrekar's "Natsamrat" (2016): A wholly cathartic experience

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To be or not to be... Jagava ki marava? A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Puja Roy Featured in  IMDb Critic  Reviews Natsamr...
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PIFF 2016 - Day 4

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature During various Press Conferences held at Smita Patil Pavilion of 14 th  Pune International Film Festiva...
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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 10 years. He runs the award-winning entertainment blog A Potpourri of Vestiges. He regularly contributes to The Hindu and The Sunday Guardian. He was previously a columnist at Huff Post. He has also contributed to publications like DailyO, Newslaundry, The Quint, Dear Cinema, Desimartini and Jamuura Blog. He regularly appears as a guest panelist on the various television channels and is also associated with radio.

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 at @MurtazaCritic.

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