Debopriyaa Dutta
School
St. Xavier's College Kolkata
University Of Delhi
Expertise
Body Horror, Queer Cinema, Sci-Fi
- Over the years, Debopriyaa has covered film festivals such as NYAFF, BUFF, Tribeca, Fantasia, and Berlinale. Her reviews coverage is mostly geared toward highlighting compelling indie films that tend to fly under the radar.
- She is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic.
- Debopriyaa's published chapbook, Frozen Sparks: A Rhapsodist's Tale, is available worldwide, and her poetry has also been published in literary journals like Gideon Poetry and White Noise Magazine.
Experience
Debopriyaa is a poet, entertainment writer, and film critic who writes in-depth features, reviews, and op-eds on a diverse range of topics, with a specialization in South-East Asian perspectives in cultural media. She has been writing professionally about film since 2014, while also dabbling into the realm of digital content marketing and management for a span of six years. She is immensely passionate about imbuing critical perspectives about cinema with a poetic tint and is an ardent admirer of the cosmic horror genre. Debopriyaa's additional bylines can be found at publications such as ScreenRant, 1428elm, High on Films, and Digital Mafia Talkies.
Education
Debopriyaa has a bachelor's and master's degree in English Literature and Literary Theory from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, and the University of Delhi, respectively, which allows her to bring her robust knowledge about literary film adaptations and critical theory-based analysis to the table.
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Stories By Debopriyaa Dutta
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The third episode of Loki season 2 contains a reference to Balder the Brave, a character who very nearly appeared in every single Loki movie before being cut.
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When it came time to film The Twilight Zone season 1 episode The Lonely, the cast and crew experienced the harsh conditions of Death Valley.
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Kumail Nanjiani tried to get out of his The Twilight Zone 2019 episode because the material as so dark and he wasn't used to playing that kind of role.
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This post contains spoilers for episode 5 of Gen V, Welcome to the Monster Club. Seriously. Big spoilers here. Only read this if you've watched the episode.
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Let's talk about Brad Wolfe/Zaniac, and how different the character is in the comics compared to how he appears in Loki season 2.
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Here's a little warning to cat lovers about two episodes of the new Netflix Mike Flanagan horror series The Fall of the House of Usher. Spoilers follow.
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Sam Neill said that his role playing a psychopath on Peaky Blinders made people avoid him in real life, and that's what we call good acting, folks!
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Sam, one of the Supe students in Gen V, has hallucinations that are both funny and unnerving.
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When it comes to exposition, the time-travel heavy Loki season 2 seems to have learned a valuable lesson from Aaron Sorkin and The West Wing's writing staff.
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Morai, the Convor bird who showed up in the Ahsoka season 1 finale, has direct ties to the Mortis Gods that exist at the nexus of the Force.
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Baylan Skoll's true motivations are teased in the Ahsoka season 1 finale, which links back to the Mortis gods from Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
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The ambiguous ending of Atom Egoyan's psychosexual thriller Chloe re-contextualizes its protagonist and her behavior throughout the movie in a troubling light.
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Editi Effiong's Nigerian thriller The Black Book is climbing the Netflix top charts and landing in the Netflix top 10 internationally.
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The Supes of Gen V have to deal with the same issues of corruption, manipulation, and betrayal as The Boys ... now with more teenage hormones!
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Let's talk about The Jar, an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour which people sometimes mistake as an episode of The Twilight Zone.
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Actor Michael Gambon, a legendary star of stage and screen, known for playing Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, has died.
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A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack. Well, maybe sometimes for attack.
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Noah Baumbach's adaptation of Don DeLillo's postmodern novel White Noise ends with a song and dance number in a grocery store. Here's what that ending means.
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A moment in a recent Five Nights At Freddy’s movie trailer seems to pay homage to the Five Nights At Freddy’s: The Fourth Closet graphic novel.
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Since Dune 2 needed to build their sets, an action sequence from the John Wick spinoff series The Continental had to be executed rather quickly.
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What did Baylan Skroll mean by 'Bokken Jedi' in Ahsoka episode 6? It has to do with how he views certain Jedi. Read on for more info on what it all means.
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A Star Wars villain like Thrawn needs a ship as lethal as its commander. The Chimaera is a unique Star Destroyer with a bloody history.
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Let's get spoilery and talk about the ending of the Netflix movie In the Shadow of the Moon, a sci-fi thriller with a time travel twist or two.
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The Twilight Zone pilot episode, titled Where Is Everybody?, appears to have been inspired by a real-life NASA isolation experiment from the moon race.
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Family is a major theme in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, and James Wan says you can thank his experience working on the Fast & Furious franchise for that.
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A young Ahsoka Tano had to fight without her master, Anakin Skywalker, during the Siege of Mandalore in the Clone Wars.
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As Ahsoka explores her past, Clone Wars and Rebels fans meet their old friend Captain Rex in live-action for the first time.