A Potpourri of Vestiges

The Brothers Farrelly and Coen

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature By Vivaan Shah I think the reason I love the movies is primarily due to The Farrelly Brothe...

Netflix in December 2018: All you want to know

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature P lease see below for synopses of a selection of titles that will be added to Netflix in December ...

The annual cinema carnival of Macao IFFAM’18 to be held from December 8-14

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature Image: Studio City resort, Macao; Courtesy: travel2next.com T he 3rd International Film Festival ...

49th IFFI comes to an end with Donbass winning the Golden Peacock and Walking with the Wind receiving the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature S hri K.J. Alphons, Union Minister of State for Tourism (I/C) has said that Indian movie industry has ...

Directors of World Panorama films in IFFI meet the press

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he directors of the films in the World Panorama section of 49th IFFI-2018 - The Bra, A Sacred ...

'Bhaiaji Superhit' Review: A Sunny Deol film that may have passed as an entertainer back in 2012

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Khan Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews B ack in the ‘90s, Sunny Deol was nothing less...

7 Cafes to visit at IFFI Goa 2018

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature S ometimes when you’re hungry, instead of a large meal, all you want is a quick bite along with a ...

Netflix Confirms All-Star Hindi Talent for Original Film

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature B ringing together an all-star cast of talent, Netflix announced today Abhishek Bachchan, Madhur...

49th edition of IFFI to open today with the gala opening ceremony

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he 49 th edition of the International Film Festival of India will open today with the gala openin...

Singham Goes Punjabi

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature A jay Devgn Films, Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series and Panorama Studios have come together to venture int...

IFFI 2018 to open with the World Premiere of ‘The Aspern Papers’

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he 49 th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will open with the World Premiere of ‘ The As...

Special Film Section For Visually Impaired Children at IFFI 2018

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature I n 2016, IFFI created a special Film Section , wherein differently abled children were given a chanc...

Netflix Announces Eight New Original Films And One New Original Series From India

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature N etflix concluded its inaugural content event in Asia, “See What’s Next: Asia” with a celebra...

'Thugs of Hindostan' Review: Marred by lazy writing, uninspired direction

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Khan Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews V ijay Krishna Acharya’s Thugs of Hindostan ...

Open Air Screenings of Indian Sports Films at IFFI 2018 – Gold, 1983 and more

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature L ove for different types of sports has been prevalent around our country for years. We have a multitu...

5 Hostels to stay in Goa around IFFI 2018

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature P lanning your visit to Goa for IFFI 2018? Here are some of the best hostels around the state and ...

5 Reasons why you should not miss IFFI 2018

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he International Film Festival of India 2018 is less than a month away and this year’s Steering Com...

IFFI 2018: Special Retrospective Film Section on Ingmar Bergman at Goa

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature “Sometimes, when I’m dreaming, I’ll think, ‘I’ll remember this, I’ll make a film of it.’ It’s ...

'Ash is the Purest White': Review

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Tanmay Shukla Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews J ia Zhangke’s Ash is the ...

Cinema Carnival in Goa: Highlights of 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI 2018)

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature Click here for the complete IFFI lineup T he 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2...

'Shoplifters' Review: A fresh, humane, poignant and a must watch

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Tanmay Shukla Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews T he 2018 Palme d’Or winner...

About Author

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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