Surya Gupta

Two out of my three slots in the shared bookshelf in my apartment. (Photo cred: Surya Quentacinema) Another Semester another list of books I would love to read but probably won't get around to because of all my class readings, quite sad but reality Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man My first step into James Joyce thanks to the recommendation from a good friend and a free copy I got from my aunt with a note that I would probably enjoy it because I'm a "nerd like that." And she is correct I...

My photo from last year's CIFF 10 films I will tell you to see but you cannot hold me liable if they suck and are bad because I have not seen them. These aren't quite plot summaries as I know people like to go in fully blind but mostly comments of interest. 10) Behemoth! (Dir. Tony Gilroy) Andor showrunner, Tony Gilroy's new film stars Pedro Pascal, an actor I honestly do not care for. But he is kinda just in a lot of bad movies so maybe Gilroy, who I think is a good writer at least, can...

Director Matt Johnson (Left) and Dominic Sessa as Tony in Tony (cr: A24 via AP News) I had no faith in the Tony biopic despite being charmed by Matt Johnson's auteur-ish inclinations. But that lack of faith did not stop me from wandering into the Roosevelt AMC for a matinee the weekend before classes. Tony is everything your standard biopic is except for the fact that it isn't concerned with its subject. It has the references to coming life events, the pre-fame youthful protagonist, it even...