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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Remember all those wild Mephisto fan theories spawned by WandaVision? Now Agatha All Along is once again hinting at the demonic specter's appearance.
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Agatha All Along introduces the Witches' Road into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but what is that? Thankfully, it has a history in Marvel Comics to reference.
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McG is currently ruling the Netflix charts thanks to the director's new dystopian sci-fi novel adaptation starring Joey King and Chase Stokes.
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Back in 2009, a great would-be horror anthology show was canceled by CBS and instead became the best horror miniseries most people haven't seen.
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Kurt Russell is an irreplaceable performer, but when it came to Stargate SG-1, some ground rules were set to make it work.
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Do you remember this 1985 sci-fi family film featuring a young Ethan Hawke?
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While Hush and Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan doesn't scare easily nowadays, there were two semi-recent horror films that left him spooked.
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Navigating the STEINS;GATE and Science Adventure series is almost as complicated as time travel itself. Here's the best way to approach the franchise.
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Tom Cruise has made several interesting sci-fi films, with perhaps his best one currently climbing the Netflix charts.
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Netflix's Castlevania expands upon its source material, elevating its dizzying, captivating lore. Here's our ranking of every season of the animated show.
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'A lesson without pain is meaningless.' Here's our ranking of the best episodes from both of the Fullmetal Alchemist anime series.
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John Carpenter once revealed he loved this 2008 vampire movie from Sweden.
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One of the tensest scenes in The Thing was responsible for getting John Carpenter onboard as the cult horror classic's director.
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If it's been a while since you've seen Andrew Niccol's sci-fi film Gattaca and need a refresher about where its title comes from, we've got you covered.
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Kurt Russell and Tom Cruise shared the screen in Vanilla Sky, but they almost teamed up on a very different thriller before that.
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The Naruto anime features multiple filler episodes that can technically be skipped. Here's why you should watch them anyway.
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Stargate SG-1, a spinoff series of Roland Emmerich's sci-fi film Stargate, was canceled after 10 seasons for somewhat confusing reasons.
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Don't expect Wyatt Russell to ever play his father's character Snake Plissken in an Escape From New York reboot.
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Be sure and check out this classic Steven Spielberg-produced sci-fi flick before it leaves Netflix at the end of September.
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A perfectly entertaining Steven Soderbergh flick featuring Daniel Craig is currently climbing the top charts on Netflix.
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Before his much-publicized feud with Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, Kevin Costner butted heads with Kurt Russell in a 2001 movie.
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The final movie in the Divergent franchise was canceled, but here's the correct viewing order for the first three movies in the would-be quadrilogy.
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Oscar Isaac dances his way through Alex Garland's Ex Machina, but at one point, his role could've gone to Jake Gyllenhaal.
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This TV adaptation of a Stephen King novel only got one season, but King thinks it should've returned for more.
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After its TV run, Gunsmoke returned in the form of several TV movies. Here's the correct order to watch them.
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Ghosts of Mars is rumored to have begun as an Escape to L.A. sequel starring Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken. But is that true?
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Game of Thrones season 8 was notoriously hated by fans for its disappointing end to an epic story, but star Kit Harington has his own thoughts on it.