Nandini Bhattacharya on the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Nandini Bhattacharya on the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Drowning

The Shape of Water, and Mothers and Sons

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Nandini Bhattacharya, writer
Jan 31, 2025
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This is on rewatching Guillermo del Toro’s 2017 film, The Shape of Water.

Roger Ebert wrote that the film “is all about, the loneliness of those born before their time, born different.”

The film move…

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