Story of Home: The Paternal Legacy of Black Panther Laleen Jayamanne October 2018 Feature Articles Issue 88 We hear the voices of a father and a son talking to each other over a black screen (accompanied by soft string music), in the very opening moments of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther (2018, Marvel Studios). But...
Mother India by Gayatri Chatterjee Laleen Jayamanne December 2002 Book Reviews Issue 23 (London: British Film Institute, 2002) Gayatri Chatterjee's book on the Indian epic film Mother India (Mehboob Khan, 1957) is one of a series of books that the British Film Institute has commissioned on the...
The Ornamentation of Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut) and Mita Vashisht (Kasba): a Sketch Laleen Jayamanne December 2002 The Female Actor Issue 23 Jayamanne argues that, drawing on traditions of painting and eliciting a brand of performance, Kubrick and Shahani mobilise ornamentation to create femininity as a metamorphic force.
Va Savoir! (Who Knows!, 2001, Jacques Rivette) Laleen Jayamanne May 2002 Feature Articles Issue 20 Issue 20 Six characters in search of (variously) a lost play, a stolen ring, has-been and would-be lovers and who knows what, finally converge on a stage set for Pirandello's play, As you desire me. Such a mix of...
