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 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.
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Michonne, one of the standout characters in the Walking Dead universe, is back in a big way in the latest episode of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.
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Let's explore the historical backdrop of Shogun's shifting schemes and alliances, and how the show plays them out to dramatic effect.
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Tyler Perry's Mea Culpa is currently sitting atop the Netflix top 10, despite being absolutely savaged by critics. It currently has a 15% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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The director of Cube was almost crushed by a Cube from the movie Cube.
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Get your action face on as we break down all of The Transporter movies in order.
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With the Fantastic Four finally joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, let's take a moment to break down the team's individual super-powers.
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Liz Danvers and Evangeline Navarro are the focal points of True Detective: Night Country, but let's give it up for Peter Prior!
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Head into the Night Country one last time with us as we get spoilery talking about the True Detective: Night Country ending.
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Season 1 of Jamie Dornan's amnesiac thriller The Tourist is already streaming on Netflix, but season 2 is coming to the U.S. at the end of this month.
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You asked for it (probably), so here it is: all of the Sharknado movies in order.
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The Twilight Zone episode 'Valley of the Shadow' features lots of nifty effects. However, a stunt involving an invisible wall proved somewhat dangerous to film.
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For a while, The Twilight Zone was kicked out of its time slot by Fair Exchange, a show that experimented with the structure of sitcoms.
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The Alfred Hitchcock Presents spinoff Suspicion was an admirably put-together suspense anthology series, but it couldn't compete with its predecessor.
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Here it is: the definitive and correct order to watch The Purge movies (and also the TV show).
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Let's try to unravel the conspiracy at the heart of the latest episode of True Detective: Night Country. Spoilers follow.
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The trailer for A Quiet Place: Day One takes us back to the beginning of the sound-sensitive alien invasion with a whole new roster of characters.
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Before starring in Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. lobbied to play a famous DC villain in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins.
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'The Gift' was not originally a standalone Twilight Zone episode but an additional pilot script written by creator and host Rod Serling himself.
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There's more to the title of True Detective: Night Country than meets the eye, as episode 4 reveals more about the murder of Annie K.