Debiparna Chakraborty
@debiparna_c
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Film & TV Critic | Ent Journalist | feeding into the great sucking maw of the Internet | https://t.co/smXdgE5Q5U
Kolkata, India
Joined June 2011
Exploring the 'maiden, mother, crone' theme in Poor Things. Martha's defiant crone's a jolly ol’ hag and a harridan thriving in her post-horny era (because sex is fun, but there is so much more to life and being a liberated woman living it up). https://t.co/P4lLe51aps
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Review: https://t.co/HK879JHh7W | Sabar Bonda explores grief, memory, and queer love in a Maharashtrian village, focusing on Anand’s return after his father’s death. The film rejects melodrama, embracing subtlety and acceptance. @debiparna_c
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Venice Film Festival 2025 | Grand Ciel is a commentary on the quiet brutality of capitalism’s dispassionate machinery, of disappearing worker rights, and the cost of countless human lives caught in the loop. @debiparna_c writes. https://t.co/tasCdz8wO0
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Venice Film Festival 2025 | Grand Ciel is a commentary on the quiet brutality of capitalism’s dispassionate machinery, of disappearing worker rights, and the cost of countless human lives caught in...
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Freaky Tales unfolds as four interconnected narratives, each eccentric in its own way, stitched together by the looming presence of fascist forces. Debiparna Chakraborty (@debiparna_c) writes. https://t.co/mO1gZVnBQO
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Seth Rogen’s Apple TV+ series 'The Studio' scripted history by clinching 13 awards across both the Primetime and Creative Arts Emmys, including acting, directing and writing and becoming the most awarded comedy series in its first season. In light of this, we replug the review of
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HBO Max’s "The Pitt" won 5 Emmy Awards across Primetime and Creative Arts in 2025, including Outstanding Drama Series, Lead Actor (Noah Wyle), Supporting Actress (Katherine LaNasa), Casting, and Guest Actor, cementing its place as the top new hospital drama. In light of this, we
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HBO Max's 'Hacks' bagged awards for both Lead Actress and Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. The show exposes how capitalism co-opts feminism to sell empowerment while reinforcing the same old hierarchies. In light of this, Outlook revisits
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It is a high-energy, meta-driven opening hour that’s equal parts fun and exhausting, made for those who keep up with the Bollywood gossip brigade more than their family Whatsapp group dramas. @debiparna_c writes. https://t.co/DEFdyZJCjh
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From his early years as a fresh-faced romantic hero to his transformation into a thinking-man’s superstar, the auteur-performer Aamir Khan’s career has been marked by a restless pursuit of perfection and reinvention. @debiparna_c writes. https://t.co/jnM9IJ4cCX
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From his early years as a fresh-faced romantic hero to his transformation into a thinking-man’s superstar, the auteur-performer Aamir Khan’s career has been marked by a restless pursuit of perfection...
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#Adolescence follows the story of Jamie Miller (portrayed by newcomer Owen Cooper), a 13-year-old boy accused of murdering his schoolmate, Katie Leonard, as his ordinary, working-class family grapples with the devastating aftermath. @debiparna_c writes. https://t.co/iyrt0olOnK
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The single-shot, nearly hour-long episodes manage to be immersive in a way that demands every speck of your dwindling attention span. This is theatre that has come alive on television.
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Subtly but firmly echoing the plight of climate refugees, Flow is not just fiction, but a reality creeping closer to all of us. Debiparna Chakraborty (@debiparna_c ) writes. #Movie #Review #Flow #Cinema #Animal #AnimationFilm
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Subtly but firmly echoing the plight of climate refugees, Flow is not just fiction, but a reality creeping closer to all of us.
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#Streaming platforms keep hiking prices while serving up the same recycled faces in projects that feel more like brand endorsements than compelling #storytelling. Consequently, the audience is footing the bill for #Bollywood’s family business. https://t.co/uutFOhDJBJ
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Streaming platforms keep hiking prices while serving up the same recycled faces in projects that feel more like brand endorsements than compelling storytelling. Consequently, the audience is footing...
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#Holland, which recently released on #AmazonPrime video and is written by #AndrewSodroski. Holland feels like someone dumped all the right ingredients into a pot and still somehow made the wrong soup. Debiparna Chakraborty (@debiparna_c) writes. https://t.co/0Hzs4Atj7Y
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Mimi Cave's latest is a whole lot of nothing stretched over two hours, with just enough half-baked twists to make you think something’s coming and it never does.
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Even when there have been #disabled characters in Hindi #cinema since, their multitudinous, multidimensional lived realities have often been presented in #binaries—they are either helpless victims or somehow extraordinary. @debiparna_c writes. https://t.co/7ERUYF4Kuf
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India ranks poorly when it comes to disability rights, awareness, and benefits. And that reflects in its biggest film industry, as it lags behind when it comes to proper representation in its...
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Did a thing. Wrote about it. Please give it a read @dispatcheseuro How to move to Austria from India as a student with your spouse -
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In the history of studying abroad, no one who has done it from scratch would call the immigration process glamorous. If you happen to be from a developing nation such as India, the burden of proof –...
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The story may be familiar to anyone who has read or watched any of the other adaptations of the novel. But do not go in believing Ripley to be a lazy rehash of Minghella’s adaptation Read on @thebestnetflix ‘Ripley’ review: https://t.co/hyVwNS1udi
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The minor quibbles one may have about Andrew Scott's Netflix series Ripley pale in comparison to the series' overall brilliance. This is a neo-noir masterpiece.
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Thea Sharrock’s The Beautiful Game is one of the most well-meaning, terribly written, feel-good dramas I’ve seen in a while Read on @thebestnetflix
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Thea Sharrock’s The Beautiful Game, starring Bill Nighy and Michael Ward, is one of the most well-meaning, terribly written, feel-good dramas in a while.
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3 Body Problem reminds you of the 22-episode TV shows you watched (think Lost) during the dawn of the Golden Age of television, right before the start of the streaming era. It is easy to binge without being a mindless meditation in mediocrity at that. https://t.co/TiBy9Da1z6
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3 Body Problem does a grand job with its world-building. It is easy to binge without being a mindless meditation in mediocrity at that.
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Spaceman merely uses its sci-fi elements as a crutch to excavate the epidemic of male loneliness. ‘Spaceman’ review: Adam Sandler triumphs in tragic sci-fi Read on @thebestnetflix
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Johan Renck's Spaceman is centred around a tremendously melancholic Adam Sandler in space. If you love being sad watching films, this is for you.
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Cute but ultimately reductive ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ review: A pretty mess
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Netflix's adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender may find its audience among younger viewers unacquainted with the original or diehard stans.
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