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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This is the lowest rated Tom Cruise movie on Rotten Tomatoes. Have you seen it?
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Dune took some inspiration from Jaws when it came to depicting those massive sandworms.
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Although a whole lot of mirrors were smashed for A Streetcar Named Desire, Vivien Leigh refused to break any of them herself.
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1986 sports drama Hoosiers has gone down in history as one of the most influential sports dramas ever made.
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A moment seen in the Godzilla Minus One directly influenced a scene in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
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Let's dive into the history surrounding Pip-Boys in the Fallout video games and how the TV show adaptation uses it to strengthen and deepen its worldbuilding.
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Let's head into the wasteland, and spoiler territory, as we break down the ending of Fallout season 1.
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Solo: A Star Wars Story cleverly combined old-school practical effects and cutting-edge digital visual effects to bring its Kessel Run sequence to life.
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Jonathan Nolan says they wanted to avoid making the Fallout show too dour.
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Here's how Duncan Jones' Moon handled filming multiple Sam Rockwell clones to share the screen.
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The set for the carbon freeze scene in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back had elements that caused some on set to faint.
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is stomping its way through theaters right now, and if you dug that, get a load of this list of creature features to check out.
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A true crime series finally convinced Stephen King he could adapt his novel Lisey's Story to the small screen.
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire director Adam Wingard has likened Kong and Godzilla's clash in the film to a pivotal scene from John Carpenter's They Live.
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While making A Quiet Place, John Krasinski got in on the visual effects process by becoming one of the movie's alien monsters.
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Netflix's 3 Body Problem season 1 explores humanity's reaction to the threat of an impending alien invasion. Here's what its ending portends for the future.
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Apples Never Fall showrunner Melanie Marnich made it a point to keep everyone guessing the motivations of every character on the series, the cast included.
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Janet Leigh stuck to taking baths only after filming Marion Crane's infamous death scene in the Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho.
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Various pieces of art were used to influence the creation of the True Detective: Night Country corpsicle.
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The apparently self-driving car that appeared in The Twilight Zone episode 'You Drive' was created using a couple of ingenious filmmaking tricks.
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Dune and Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve has been thinking about Dune for most of his life, and he says he has mixed feelings about his versions.
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When it came to making his action movie Monkey Man, director Dev Patel had to get creative with his stunt performers.
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The Marvel-ous music of Loki season 2 stumbled into Pink Floyd's territory of retro synth and big guitar sounds quite by accident.
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Rick and Michonne haven't been reunited long, but their relationship is already on the rocks in The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.
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Inspiration for The Mist suddenly struck Stephen King during a trip to the grocery store amidst a raging thunderstorm.
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The grim bullying shower scene at the start of Carrie brought out some ugly emotions in Nancy Allen, who played ringleader Chris Hargensen.
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He may be known as Reacher, but there's more to Alan Ritchson than that popular character. Here are the best Alan Ritchson roles ranked.