Issue 3

About the Third Issue

The third issue of The World of Apu is here!

6 years ago

High, Low, and Everything in Between

Michael Clancy looks at how space has been used in Akira Kurosawa's High and Low.

6 years ago

Reel, Real

Anusha Srinivasan writes about Anand Pandian's Reel World, which is an anthropologist's examination of Tamil cinema.

6 years ago

The (imaginary) dream girl

Anusha Srinivasan writes about how the movie Ruby Sparks almost subverts the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope.

6 years ago

கரைந்த நிழல்கள்: எளியவர்கள் மீதான கரிசனம்

திரைத்துறையின் விளிம்பில் வாழும் மனிதர்களின் வாழ்வைச் சித்தரிக்கும் அசோகமித்திரனின் கரைந்த நிழல்கள் நாவல் பற்றி அதியனின் பார்வை.

6 years ago

The Shadow People

Athiyan writes about Ashokamitran's novel Karaindha Nizhalgal, which looks at the lives of those on the peripheries of the Tamil…

6 years ago

Tarantino Unchained

Deepak sketches some memorable characters from Quentin Tarantino's films.

6 years ago

Captain’s Log StarDate 201801.6

Ajay explores how the TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation explores the ideas of virtual and augmented reality through…

6 years ago

Nargis on your Wall

A short story by Sithuraj Ponraj, featuring the beloved Nargis Dutt, one of the doyens of Hindi cinema.

6 years ago

十五岁的识时务 — 看陈子谦15

Tan Chee Lay writes a poem in Chinese inspired by Royston Tan's movie 15 (2003).

6 years ago

Poet in Translation: Tan Chee Lay

Tan Chee Lay and Tan Inn Shin transcreate a Chinese poem inspired by Royston Tan's coming-of-age movie 15 (2003).

6 years ago