Politics & Society

Fast Food Nation

By Aditya Mhatre at 6 March, 2008, 1:00 am

Richard Linklater’s film is about the �fast food� industry, as the title suggests and is based on a book by Eric Schlosser, who also shares credit for writing the film version, along with the filmmaker himself. The film trails the journey of illegal Mexican immigrants who are smuggled into the US of A to work as cheap labour in a major food chain supplier�s meat producing factory, which goes into the American Dream burgers.

Michael Clayton

By Aditya Mhatre at 23 February, 2008, 11:55 am

When you go into a film that�s been heavily nominated in various categories for a prestigious award, you do so with expectations. Clayton rides on those expectations and gives you back enough to come out feeling �cinema has some meaning� � it is not meant solely for entertainment purposes, there is an aspect of meaningfulness [...]

7 ways to save paper

By Aditya Mhatre at 26 January, 2008, 10:37 am

At the risk of sounding too preachy, I will list down a few steps that can go a long way in saving our environment from extinct hood. Some may or may not agree with these points. Some may say that nothing really happens by doing these. They maybe right. But I will regard this write up a success if this will atleast make you sit up and argue that what is good and what not good for our society and make you think about simple ways following which you can make your own life a much better life to live.

Barry Levinson’s Wag the Dog (1997)

By Aditya Mhatre at 23 January, 2008, 1:30 pm

A Hollywood Producer. A Washington spin doctor. When they get together, they can make you believe anything. That’s the tagline of Wag the Dog.

Yuvraj, Dhoni and Deepika!

By Aditya Mhatre at 6 January, 2008, 12:44 pm

Deepika Padukone, Yuvraj Singn and Dhoni - It’s a love triangle. And guess what, a 24 X 7 News channel covered this “NEWS” as one of their feature stories when Padukone flew down to Sydney to watch the India Australia tie.