You know in the not-too-distant past the Samurai folks in Japan used to handle shame very well. They’d get a ritual sword, plunge it deep into their stomachs and scoop out their entrails. If that gruesome act didn’t prove effective, they’d take the knife and cut their throat. Death was probably extremely painful but the […]
(For SI Blog readers kd36939, Gandhiji et al) Farewell a.k.a. L’affaire Farewell (French) is simply the best spy film we’ve seen in our life. And also the most sui generis spy film – we heard gun-shots only twice in the entire movie. Eschewing Indian films like Khatta Meetha and Pudangadi oops Thillalangadi that have earned […]
