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Santasil Mallik is an independent filmmaker and a graduate of English literature. His research area largely includes cinema studies, political aesthetics, and avant-garde literature. As a practitioner, he is interested in exploring formalist, non-narrative approaches to filmmaking and photography. His visual work and writings have been exhibited in several spaces across the world.

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What Josiah Saw Film Review | Slow-Burning Southern Gothic Delves Into generational Trauma

Santasil Mallik Aug 4, 2022 0

An imminent curse is probably the most undemanding go-to device to craft a narrative with a supernatural backstory, which uncovers itself as the inevitable course of action. Vincent Grashaw rides the same slope in his third feature, What…

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The Green Sea | Surreal Irish Drama is Impressively Atmospheric and Mysterious

Santasil Mallik Aug 3, 2021 1

When a film starts with an eerie composition, a richly colour graded intro in the woods, and the on-screen credit of the “scream queen” Katharine Isabelle (Ginger Snaps) written in bold, red typeface, there is little doubt that we are in…

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Film Review | Landscapes and Laundry Alike Speak In After Love

Santasil Mallik Jun 1, 2021 0

Landscapes and objects have a prodigious capacity to tell stories without words. And cinema - as a medium built on the exploration of time - is particularly suited to unearth these non-living sites as narrative repositories. In a poignant…

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Film Review | Hollywood Horror Story Red Carpet Is Stylish But Flawed

Santasil Mallik May 7, 2021 0

An aspiring performer goes to Hollywood to pursue her dreams but ends up being forced into drug abuse and prostitution: this is not an uncommon narrative arc used to highlight the murky spaces that cloud the entertainment industry. Irish…

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EAFFI 2021 | Two Strangers Form an Odd Bond in the Delightfully Mysterious Jinpa

Santasil Mallik Mar 24, 2021 0

From classics like Ida Lupino’s The Hitch-Hiker (1953), Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour (1945) to recent indie films like Konstantin Bojanov’s Ave (2011), the trope of hitchhiking and accidental encounters have been varyingly used by filmmakers to…

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The Wolves Explores The Intersection Of Imagination And The Wider World

Santasil Mallik Mar 15, 2021 0

Samuel Kishi’s semi-autobiographical film The Wolves (also known as Los Lobos in some territories) is an intimate portrait of an estranged family situated amid the complex reality of the global migrant crisis. After pursuing a divorce,…