Galarian Borowczyk
@sohamandcheese.bsky.social
Writer | Words @ Chicago Reader, Fangoria, Paste Magazine, Polygon, Screen Slate, The Film Stage, & more
Website: https://www.extrasensoryfilm.com/writing
Website: https://www.extrasensoryfilm.com/writing
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10 great Indian action films
RRR may have blown the doors off internationally, but India has been making explosive action films for decades. Here are some of the best.
www.bfi.org.uk
The folks at the British Film Institute asked me to recommend 10 Indian Action Movies to go with their action film screening series. I tried my best to vary the output by director/decade/language etc. I also included more film titles to supplement the 10 on the list:
www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...
www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...
Paste Magazine is shutting down its movies section…. not surprising and not gonna be the last. I loved writing about some movies I deeply cared about - Signs, Happiness, Irreversible, Primer, Close Your Eyes, etc
If you want to give some of them a read:
www.pastemagazine.com/author/soham...
If you want to give some of them a read:
www.pastemagazine.com/author/soham...
Soham Gadre, Author at Paste Magazine
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November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Paste Magazine is shutting down its movies section…. not surprising and not gonna be the last. I loved writing about some movies I deeply cared about - Signs, Happiness, Irreversible, Primer, Close Your Eyes, etc
If you want to give some of them a read:
www.pastemagazine.com/author/soham...
If you want to give some of them a read:
www.pastemagazine.com/author/soham...
Diane Keaton and Sandy Dennis both have something similar in their acting, hard to describe, but it's this sort of way of talking that breaks awkwardly mid sentence or word and rapidly switches between joy and despair
November 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Diane Keaton and Sandy Dennis both have something similar in their acting, hard to describe, but it's this sort of way of talking that breaks awkwardly mid sentence or word and rapidly switches between joy and despair
Has Pope Leo seen Behind the Convent Walls
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Has Pope Leo seen Behind the Convent Walls
As someone who has never quite cared for Ira Sachs nor Ben Wishaw, PETER HUJAR’S DAY really surprised me with how absorbing and amusing it was. Wishaw is so good in it.
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As someone who has never quite cared for Ira Sachs nor Ben Wishaw, PETER HUJAR’S DAY really surprised me with how absorbing and amusing it was. Wishaw is so good in it.
Letterboxd Friday
November 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Letterboxd Friday
Yash Chopra's KAALA PATTHAR, one of the best movies ever, is on Netflix! You can read my thoughts on it over at Screen Slate:
www.screenslate.com/articles/kaa...
www.screenslate.com/articles/kaa...
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Yash Chopra's KAALA PATTHAR, one of the best movies ever, is on Netflix! You can read my thoughts on it over at Screen Slate:
www.screenslate.com/articles/kaa...
www.screenslate.com/articles/kaa...
Chuck Klosterman's BS Pod appearance was an absolute GOAT display of Dumb Culture Guy brain. He opines on how Nico Harrison was "unfairly treated" and goes on to list everything that his critics were proven right about & then ends with "but what if all that stuff didn't happen"
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Chuck Klosterman's BS Pod appearance was an absolute GOAT display of Dumb Culture Guy brain. He opines on how Nico Harrison was "unfairly treated" and goes on to list everything that his critics were proven right about & then ends with "but what if all that stuff didn't happen"
Trump on the podium speaking to 100 unemployed starving yokels in Kansas telling them that they can easily buy bread by taking all the money out of their HSA account
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trump on the podium speaking to 100 unemployed starving yokels in Kansas telling them that they can easily buy bread by taking all the money out of their HSA account
PRIMER (Shane Carruth, 2004)
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
PRIMER (Shane Carruth, 2004)
Tatsuya Nakadai in HARA-KIRI is one of the all-timer performances. RIP
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Tatsuya Nakadai in HARA-KIRI is one of the all-timer performances. RIP
My piece on NYFF Currents #3 is live now for Millenium Film Journal. I particularly thought JACOB’S HOUSE was of note:
millenniumfilmjournal.com/nyff63-curre...
millenniumfilmjournal.com/nyff63-curre...
NYFF63 CURRENTS: Program 3: Common Ground - Millennium Film Journal
Read this review of NYFF Currents Program 3 by Soham Gadre.
millenniumfilmjournal.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My piece on NYFF Currents #3 is live now for Millenium Film Journal. I particularly thought JACOB’S HOUSE was of note:
millenniumfilmjournal.com/nyff63-curre...
millenniumfilmjournal.com/nyff63-curre...
Reposted by Galarian Borowczyk
In 2026 why don’t we stop asking clearly disinterested actors during press junkets what they think about memes, please ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
In 2026 why don’t we stop asking clearly disinterested actors during press junkets what they think about memes, please ❤️
Ok so I've been getting doomer posts from Chicago weather all weekend saying tomorrow, this city is going to to suffer a Pleistocene level Ice Age that we may never recover from. Will keep everyone posted.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Ok so I've been getting doomer posts from Chicago weather all weekend saying tomorrow, this city is going to to suffer a Pleistocene level Ice Age that we may never recover from. Will keep everyone posted.
Haneke’s The Piano Teacher
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Haneke’s The Piano Teacher
GDT gets a lifetime pass from me because of PAN'S LABYRINTH but I haven't been excited for a movie of his since PACIFIC RIM (and that wasn't even that good)
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
GDT gets a lifetime pass from me because of PAN'S LABYRINTH but I haven't been excited for a movie of his since PACIFIC RIM (and that wasn't even that good)
Dem party policy is simple: By capitulating to everything Republicans want it creates a spike in anger on which to exploit campaign donations + it makes all their wealthy donors (who are all the exact same donors Republicans have) happy. Only way to break this is to end the party
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Dem party policy is simple: By capitulating to everything Republicans want it creates a spike in anger on which to exploit campaign donations + it makes all their wealthy donors (who are all the exact same donors Republicans have) happy. Only way to break this is to end the party
Orzo with andouille sausage 👍
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Orzo with andouille sausage 👍
The disparity between the Cannes festival poster vs the theatrical poster for Cristi Puiu’s SIERANEVADA always amuses me.
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The disparity between the Cannes festival poster vs the theatrical poster for Cristi Puiu’s SIERANEVADA always amuses me.
Appreciate Radu Jude for making a "one for me" in Kontinental '25 to counter the "one very much not for me" (Dracula)
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Appreciate Radu Jude for making a "one for me" in Kontinental '25 to counter the "one very much not for me" (Dracula)
Saw the 4K restoration of Jessie Maple’s WILL. Great movie.
It’s showing again on Wednesday as part of the Black Harvest Film Fest at the Siskel Film Center. Highly recommend.
It’s showing again on Wednesday as part of the Black Harvest Film Fest at the Siskel Film Center. Highly recommend.
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Saw the 4K restoration of Jessie Maple’s WILL. Great movie.
It’s showing again on Wednesday as part of the Black Harvest Film Fest at the Siskel Film Center. Highly recommend.
It’s showing again on Wednesday as part of the Black Harvest Film Fest at the Siskel Film Center. Highly recommend.
It's cool Pablo Picasso was alive long enough to have possibly seen Jodorowsky's THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
It's cool Pablo Picasso was alive long enough to have possibly seen Jodorowsky's THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
Letterboxd Friday
November 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Letterboxd Friday
Reposted by Galarian Borowczyk
This is an excerpt something I wrote abt the film:
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
This is an excerpt something I wrote abt the film:
Reposted by Galarian Borowczyk
Victor Erice’s CLOSE YOUR EYES
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Victor Erice’s CLOSE YOUR EYES
Victor Erice’s CLOSE YOUR EYES
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Victor Erice’s CLOSE YOUR EYES