Ronak Kamat
@ronakkamat.bsky.social
Filmmaker. Writer: PI Meena on Amazon Prime | Power of Paanch on Jio Hotstar | Author - No Film School (https://nofilmschool.com/u/ronakkamat)
‘The Purple Rose of Cairo’ (1985) is a classic example of emotion overriding logic in storytelling. Mia Farrow is undeniably lovable, as she always is.
Woody Allen builds this fantasy world with such effortlessness. One of the better 80s romance films.
#moviesky #filmsky #movies
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Woody Allen builds this fantasy world with such effortlessness. One of the better 80s romance films.
#moviesky #filmsky #movies
boxd.it/bSgb8V
A review of The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Flawless fantasy filmmaking Emotion overrides logic in any good story, especially in Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo. Mia Farrow is undeniably lovable. Her charming innocence can break just ab...
boxd.it
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
‘The Purple Rose of Cairo’ (1985) is a classic example of emotion overriding logic in storytelling. Mia Farrow is undeniably lovable, as she always is.
Woody Allen builds this fantasy world with such effortlessness. One of the better 80s romance films.
#moviesky #filmsky #movies
boxd.it/bSgb8V
Woody Allen builds this fantasy world with such effortlessness. One of the better 80s romance films.
#moviesky #filmsky #movies
boxd.it/bSgb8V
Movies that recreated real events, secretly!
My new article for No Film School.
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My new article for No Film School.
nofilmschool.com/movies-hidde...
7 Movies That Secretly Recreated Real Events Without You Noticing
Plot twists? Nah, these films hid history in plain sight.
nofilmschool.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Movies that recreated real events, secretly!
My new article for No Film School.
nofilmschool.com/movies-hidde...
My new article for No Film School.
nofilmschool.com/movies-hidde...
Why #TASKHBO is a masterclass in character motivation
#tvsky #moviesky #hbo
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#tvsky #moviesky #hbo
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Task HBO Series: A Masterclass in Character Motivation [Spoilers]
For a long time, television almost forgot to reinvent itself. It forgot to break barriers, it forgot to push the envelope, and it forgot to use the gift of long-form storytelling to create somethin…
cinemaunchained.wordpress.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Why #TASKHBO is a masterclass in character motivation
#tvsky #moviesky #hbo
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#tvsky #moviesky #hbo
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Some years ago, surfing #Instagram was kind of fun. You’d see the stuff posted by those you follow (only). Now both your home page and explore feed are over-randomised.
Videos and photos that are baselessly unrelated to my tastes pop up everywhere. So utterly stupid.
Videos and photos that are baselessly unrelated to my tastes pop up everywhere. So utterly stupid.
October 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Some years ago, surfing #Instagram was kind of fun. You’d see the stuff posted by those you follow (only). Now both your home page and explore feed are over-randomised.
Videos and photos that are baselessly unrelated to my tastes pop up everywhere. So utterly stupid.
Videos and photos that are baselessly unrelated to my tastes pop up everywhere. So utterly stupid.
#TheMorningShow S01 has to be up there with the finest seasons of all time.
What it gets right, more than anything, is depicting systemic failure in dealing with predatory behavior. The characters are complex and self contradictory. Story runs effortlessly. Masterful work. #TVsky #AppleTv
What it gets right, more than anything, is depicting systemic failure in dealing with predatory behavior. The characters are complex and self contradictory. Story runs effortlessly. Masterful work. #TVsky #AppleTv
two women standing in front of a sign that says " quiet please "
ALT: two women standing in front of a sign that says " quiet please "
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October 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
#TheMorningShow S01 has to be up there with the finest seasons of all time.
What it gets right, more than anything, is depicting systemic failure in dealing with predatory behavior. The characters are complex and self contradictory. Story runs effortlessly. Masterful work. #TVsky #AppleTv
What it gets right, more than anything, is depicting systemic failure in dealing with predatory behavior. The characters are complex and self contradictory. Story runs effortlessly. Masterful work. #TVsky #AppleTv
Wrote a little bit about our obsession with data and how it cannot define a film's success ... on Medium.
#filmsky #tvsky #moviesky
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#filmsky #tvsky #moviesky
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Why Data cannot define a Film’s success
‘Have you watched Moneyball? Data took Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics so close to winning. Data is important. Do stakeholders in the…
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October 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Wrote a little bit about our obsession with data and how it cannot define a film's success ... on Medium.
#filmsky #tvsky #moviesky
medium.com/p/d4d054df87e1
#filmsky #tvsky #moviesky
medium.com/p/d4d054df87e1
#Oppenheimer (2023) worked even better for me on the second viewing.
What Chris Nolan achieves in this film is nothing short of historic.
#filmsky #moviesky
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What Chris Nolan achieves in this film is nothing short of historic.
#filmsky #moviesky
boxd.it/awD9Ix
A review of Oppenheimer (2023)
Breathtaking biopic by a master Oppenheimer worked a lot better for me on the second viewing. Ironically, I had similar thoughts about Once upon a time in Hollywood. Both fabulous experiences in the ...
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July 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#Oppenheimer (2023) worked even better for me on the second viewing.
What Chris Nolan achieves in this film is nothing short of historic.
#filmsky #moviesky
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What Chris Nolan achieves in this film is nothing short of historic.
#filmsky #moviesky
boxd.it/awD9Ix
Danny Boyle orchestrates poetic chaos.
#28YearsLater is fucking bold.
Boyle’s direction is so deliberately chaotic, messy and unpredictable, it’s almost like he’s showing off his control over the medium.
#filmsky #moviesky
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#28YearsLater is fucking bold.
Boyle’s direction is so deliberately chaotic, messy and unpredictable, it’s almost like he’s showing off his control over the medium.
#filmsky #moviesky
boxd.it/a5evhP
A review of 28 Years Later (2025)
Danny Boyle orchestrates poetic chaos Post apocalyptic, dystopian or just plain and simple zombie films have gotten grotesquely cheapened over the years. Times are very different from when Edgar Wrigh...
boxd.it
June 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Danny Boyle orchestrates poetic chaos.
#28YearsLater is fucking bold.
Boyle’s direction is so deliberately chaotic, messy and unpredictable, it’s almost like he’s showing off his control over the medium.
#filmsky #moviesky
boxd.it/a5evhP
#28YearsLater is fucking bold.
Boyle’s direction is so deliberately chaotic, messy and unpredictable, it’s almost like he’s showing off his control over the medium.
#filmsky #moviesky
boxd.it/a5evhP
I was wondering how a writer - director could live up to Past Lives. Of course Celine Song found a way.
#Materialists (2025) is raw, funny, troubling, real - like a mirror to our modern society.
#moviesky #filmsky
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#Materialists (2025) is raw, funny, troubling, real - like a mirror to our modern society.
#moviesky #filmsky
boxd.it/a0BUt3
A review of Materialists (2025)
I was wondering how a writer - director could live up to Past Lives. Of course Celine Song found a way. Indie cinema is alive and kicking. Celine Song is a big reason why. Materialists is so gorgeou...
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June 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I was wondering how a writer - director could live up to Past Lives. Of course Celine Song found a way.
#Materialists (2025) is raw, funny, troubling, real - like a mirror to our modern society.
#moviesky #filmsky
boxd.it/a0BUt3
#Materialists (2025) is raw, funny, troubling, real - like a mirror to our modern society.
#moviesky #filmsky
boxd.it/a0BUt3
I thought there were finite words in the English language. Then I watched #schittscreek and Moira Rose changed my mind 🙆🏻♂️
#tvsky
#tvsky
June 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I thought there were finite words in the English language. Then I watched #schittscreek and Moira Rose changed my mind 🙆🏻♂️
#tvsky
#tvsky
#StrangeDarling (2023) is a staggering work of genius. A masterclass in audience subversion. An absolute powerhouse of an independent film.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #IndieFilm
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#FilmSky #MovieSky #IndieFilm
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A review of Strange Darling (2023)
Audience subversion at its finest Strange Darling gives a new meaning to the word “breathtaking”. Because it doesn’t let you breathe. This is a staggering work of genius that subverts the audience mu...
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June 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#StrangeDarling (2023) is a staggering work of genius. A masterclass in audience subversion. An absolute powerhouse of an independent film.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #IndieFilm
boxd.it/9VDA2v
#FilmSky #MovieSky #IndieFilm
boxd.it/9VDA2v
#Stolen (2023) - Now streaming on Amazon Prime, is absolutely breathtaking. Tight screenplay. Stellar performances.
Modern day indie masterpiece.
#moviesky #filmsky #indiefilm
Modern day indie masterpiece.
#moviesky #filmsky #indiefilm
June 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#Stolen (2023) - Now streaming on Amazon Prime, is absolutely breathtaking. Tight screenplay. Stellar performances.
Modern day indie masterpiece.
#moviesky #filmsky #indiefilm
Modern day indie masterpiece.
#moviesky #filmsky #indiefilm
Late to the party but only just watched #ItEndsWithUs. Not a great film by any means but a strong effort nonetheless.
Hate campaigns are so pointless.
Most importantly, Blake Lively is ridiculously good. Like really.
#moviesky #filmsky
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Hate campaigns are so pointless.
Most importantly, Blake Lively is ridiculously good. Like really.
#moviesky #filmsky
boxd.it/9Sa1w1
A review of It Ends with Us (2024)
Solid, moving, difficult romantic drama Look, call me old school, but when I watch a film, I judge it as a film and more often than not, I don’t give a fuck about the hoopla around it. I don’t know wh...
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June 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Late to the party but only just watched #ItEndsWithUs. Not a great film by any means but a strong effort nonetheless.
Hate campaigns are so pointless.
Most importantly, Blake Lively is ridiculously good. Like really.
#moviesky #filmsky
boxd.it/9Sa1w1
Hate campaigns are so pointless.
Most importantly, Blake Lively is ridiculously good. Like really.
#moviesky #filmsky
boxd.it/9Sa1w1
Mixed feelings about that #TheLastOfUs S02 finale and about this whole season. Felt like the story hardly moved forward. Not nearly as strong a season as the first one.
Quite disappointed.
#moviesky #tvsky #filmsky
Quite disappointed.
#moviesky #tvsky #filmsky
May 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Mixed feelings about that #TheLastOfUs S02 finale and about this whole season. Felt like the story hardly moved forward. Not nearly as strong a season as the first one.
Quite disappointed.
#moviesky #tvsky #filmsky
Quite disappointed.
#moviesky #tvsky #filmsky
People of Bluesky! Let’s get to know each other better. What is your all time favorite TV Show?
The Wire
The Wire
May 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
People of Bluesky! Let’s get to know each other better. What is your all time favorite TV Show?
The Wire
The Wire
Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ (1934) is actually available for free on YouTube. A phenomenal work of genius by a man who could build and hold suspense like no body on this Planet.
#filmsky #moviesky #classicfilm #noir
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#filmsky #moviesky #classicfilm #noir
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A review of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Early days masterpiece by one of the greatest filmmakers to have lived Hitchcock changed cinema forever. But even before the classics such as Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest and many other phenom...
boxd.it
May 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ (1934) is actually available for free on YouTube. A phenomenal work of genius by a man who could build and hold suspense like no body on this Planet.
#filmsky #moviesky #classicfilm #noir
boxd.it/9NrLjh
#filmsky #moviesky #classicfilm #noir
boxd.it/9NrLjh
Loving this new 2.0 phase of Linklater’s career. Such a huge jump from the kind of (great) films he’s known to make.
#NouvelleVague #Cannes #filmsky #moviesky
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#NouvelleVague #Cannes #filmsky #moviesky
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‘Nouvelle Vague’ Trailer: Richard Linklater’s French New Wave Film Brings Godard’s ‘Breathless’ To Life
Fimmaker Richard Linklater recreates New Wave classic 'Breathless' in the Cannes drama 'Nouvelle Vague' with Zooey Deutch as Jean Seberg.
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May 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Loving this new 2.0 phase of Linklater’s career. Such a huge jump from the kind of (great) films he’s known to make.
#NouvelleVague #Cannes #filmsky #moviesky
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#NouvelleVague #Cannes #filmsky #moviesky
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Bi Gan is a phenomenal filmmaking talent. One of those filmmaker’s who has found a persistent niche with his craft. Looking forward to this one.
#Cannes #moviesky #filmsky
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#Cannes #moviesky #filmsky
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'Resurrection' Review: Bi Gan's Sci-Fi Epic Is A Wondrous & Expansive Dream Of Pure Cinema [Cannes]
Filmmaker Bi Gan is one of the most exciting new voices in cinema today, and his surreal sci-fi film 'Resurrection' is yet another masterwork
theplaylist.net
May 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Bi Gan is a phenomenal filmmaking talent. One of those filmmaker’s who has found a persistent niche with his craft. Looking forward to this one.
#Cannes #moviesky #filmsky
theplaylist.net/resurrection...
#Cannes #moviesky #filmsky
theplaylist.net/resurrection...
Wrote about how the obsession with data is ruining the entertainment business. Check it out!
#filmsky #moviesky
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#filmsky #moviesky
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Why Data Can’t Define Film Success
CPNW5N Moneyball ‘Have you watched Moneyball? Data took Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics so close to winning. Data is important. Do stakeholders in the film business run operations on th…
cinemaunchained.wordpress.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Wrote about how the obsession with data is ruining the entertainment business. Check it out!
#filmsky #moviesky
cinemaunchained.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/w...
#filmsky #moviesky
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Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2025 is a soul-touching tribute to a comedy legend. When can we celebrate our contemporaries like this in India?
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#filmsky #tvsky #moviesky
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#filmsky #tvsky #moviesky
A review of Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2025)
Keep on rockin’ in the free world! Glazer, Sandler, Letterman, Nanjiani stand out in this soul touching tribute to a comedy legend. Mutual respect and love - that’s what will keep our industry toget...
boxd.it
May 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2025 is a soul-touching tribute to a comedy legend. When can we celebrate our contemporaries like this in India?
boxd.it/9L2hQR
#filmsky #tvsky #moviesky
boxd.it/9L2hQR
#filmsky #tvsky #moviesky
An interesting perspective, for sure. But, Indian films have had intervals since forever. We still have a lot of Box Office failures every year.
Ultimately, you have to make good films.
#moviesky #filmsky
nofilmschool.com/intermission...
Ultimately, you have to make good films.
#moviesky #filmsky
nofilmschool.com/intermission...
Could Adding Intermissions Save the Theatrical Business?
Do you think this would work?
nofilmschool.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
An interesting perspective, for sure. But, Indian films have had intervals since forever. We still have a lot of Box Office failures every year.
Ultimately, you have to make good films.
#moviesky #filmsky
nofilmschool.com/intermission...
Ultimately, you have to make good films.
#moviesky #filmsky
nofilmschool.com/intermission...
A story that is inherently distinctive and novel has to keep reinventing to maintain its high standards. The moment it stops reinventing, it falls apart.
#Severance reinvents at every turn and it does it so seamlessly.
#filmsky #moviesky #tvsky 🎥
#Severance reinvents at every turn and it does it so seamlessly.
#filmsky #moviesky #tvsky 🎥
February 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A story that is inherently distinctive and novel has to keep reinventing to maintain its high standards. The moment it stops reinventing, it falls apart.
#Severance reinvents at every turn and it does it so seamlessly.
#filmsky #moviesky #tvsky 🎥
#Severance reinvents at every turn and it does it so seamlessly.
#filmsky #moviesky #tvsky 🎥
#DavidLynch was a pioneer, a visionary, a poet, an uncompromising artist who worked at the highest level consistently. Lynch carved out a niche in an industry that struggled and even today struggles to accept bold & outlandish ideas.
RIP, you one of a kind genius 💐💔
#filmsky #moviesky
RIP, you one of a kind genius 💐💔
#filmsky #moviesky
January 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
#DavidLynch was a pioneer, a visionary, a poet, an uncompromising artist who worked at the highest level consistently. Lynch carved out a niche in an industry that struggled and even today struggles to accept bold & outlandish ideas.
RIP, you one of a kind genius 💐💔
#filmsky #moviesky
RIP, you one of a kind genius 💐💔
#filmsky #moviesky
Finally started watching #TheDayOfTheJackal .. Super gripping stuff. Clever writing. Thumping background score. Television as we want it.
#tvsky #moviesky
#tvsky #moviesky
December 30, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Finally started watching #TheDayOfTheJackal .. Super gripping stuff. Clever writing. Thumping background score. Television as we want it.
#tvsky #moviesky
#tvsky #moviesky