Her

Its hard to even imagine that a film can be made based on such an artificial premise - a guy falling in love with his Computer Operating System, which converses with a female voice. Spike Jonze has been devoid of the acclamation which he deserved for his previous films "Being John Malkovich" and "Adaptation" among casual conversations because its gets taken over by Charlie Kaufman.

Theodore Twombly played by Joaquin Phoenix wears colorful shirts, trousers without a belt and like many of us he is an ordinary man who has feelings of love, anger, sadness and also possessiveness. "Her" is about ordinary emotions of an ordinary man juxtaposed with an artificial voice of an Operating System. The relationship between a normal ordinary man with his female voice Operating System touches all imaginable weirdness but it is handled with mushy gentleness.

One thing which has strongly captured my eyes is the film's Cinematography by Hoyte van Hoytema. Every frame of the film is almost perfect --- the streets, the skyscrapers, the rooms, the workplace, the lights; and each color is explicit on the screen, as if they have a point to make, of course this could not be done without the help of director. Her, gives you a totally different experience.

The Past

I had humongous expectations on Asghar Farhadi's "The Past" as his previous Oscar winning film "A Separation" was a sweet blow to me. I don't remember the works of any other director who has given me the experience of thrill while watching films of 'drama' genre. Like "About Elly" and "A Separation", "The Past" is also a thriller which revolves around issues of marriage, divorce and suicide.

Asghar Farhadi's alacrity in expressing the emotional pain of all the characters including the children is confabulate and at the same time it is blunt to the point. The first scene where the couple talk to each other with signals at the airport with a glass in between them and the last scene where life and love is tested, encapsulate the essence of the film. I think Asghar Farhadi is one of the best writers in World Cinema. "The Past" is a must watch.

Blue Is the Warmest Color

You may not like the genre, you may not like the theme, you may not like the style, you may not the taking, but can you stop yourself from not liking the performance of Adele Exarchopoulos?. "Blue Is the Warmest Color" is easily one of the best films of 2013. The film right on to your face without any regard for your inhibitions and it would take time for a normal viewer to get adjusted to the explicit material in the film. Abdellatif Kechiche pulls off this extraordinary stunt to capture the minute emotions in this non-typical narration. Watch  "Blue Is the Warmest Color" for mesmerizing performance of Adele Exarchopoulos. No wonder she was awarded the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

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Enough Said

There may be 100+ reasons to watch Nicole Holofcener's "Enough Said" but i have only one. Recently, many films have abandoned the true meaning of 'Wit' & 'Humor', but in "Enough Said" the invigorating screenplay of the film captures the attention and gets itself mixed with wit and humor (apart from the drama, family emotions and individual conflict) so perfectly that it reminded me of "When Harry Met Sally". Enough Said, watch the film.

Blue Jasmine

One of the best things of films of Woody Allen is that they possess a certain unique inertia, which can hardly be found in works of other filmmakers. Even at the age of 78 he comes with a beautiful film like "Blue Jasmine" which is driven by smartly written characters. Like many of his previous films, "Blue Jasmine" has smartly written female characters and 'Jasmine' played by Cate Blanchett is at its neurotic best - Its like eating a chocolate bar, you enjoy it till it lasts. No shocks. No Surprises. No melodrama. Just some brilliantly written characters playing on celluloid.