Raj-Kabir Birk
A contributor to The Medium.
Contributions
The Medium at TIFF, Part 3
Between the celebrity fandom and Oscar hopefuls at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, there was a smaller, less recognizable group of filmmakers exercising...
A pub crawl of epic proportions
The fruitful collaboration between writer and actor Simon Pegg, actor Nick Frost, and director Edgar Wright began in 1999 in the form of the...
A thrilling conclusion to a career
Throughout his illustrious career, Steven Soderbergh has managed to steer clear of classification. He treads the oft-neglected ground of art house significance mixed with...
Two Hollywood heavyweights return
Tim Burton has returned to stop-motion with Frankweenie. A remake of one of his own short films, Frankweenie follows the story of Victor Frankenstein,...
Big-screen renegades
Dance numbers and melodrama have come to typify the image of Indian cinema. With mainstream Bollywood producing a multitude of films every year, Indian...
Aiming to Please
The upcoming television season is likely to both excite and disappoint audiences. As always, with a slew of new shows premiering in the next...
Tinkers, tailors, soldiers—oh my!
In the end, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a tense, complex, but worthwhile film that boasts one of the finest casts of recent times and a director who has exceeded expectations.
The Medium at TIFF, Part 3
Between the celebrity fandom and Oscar hopefuls at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, there was a smaller, less recognizable group of filmmakers exercising...
A pub crawl of epic proportions
The fruitful collaboration between writer and actor Simon Pegg, actor Nick Frost, and director Edgar Wright began in 1999 in the form of the...
A thrilling conclusion to a career
Throughout his illustrious career, Steven Soderbergh has managed to steer clear of classification. He treads the oft-neglected ground of art house significance mixed with...
Two Hollywood heavyweights return
Tim Burton has returned to stop-motion with Frankweenie. A remake of one of his own short films, Frankweenie follows the story of Victor Frankenstein,...
Big-screen renegades
Dance numbers and melodrama have come to typify the image of Indian cinema. With mainstream Bollywood producing a multitude of films every year, Indian...
Aiming to Please
The upcoming television season is likely to both excite and disappoint audiences. As always, with a slew of new shows premiering in the next...
Tinkers, tailors, soldiers—oh my!
In the end, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a tense, complex, but worthwhile film that boasts one of the finest casts of recent times and a director who has exceeded expectations.