Following its premiere on the International Film Festival circuit last year onwards and finally releasing now theatrically, Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s …
He wouldn’t react to a lousy review by me in The Times of India, except for one occasion. I had …
Kalki 2898 AD, written and directed by Nag Ashwin, is a grandiose and hypnotic marriage of image and sound. Coupled …
Ullozhukku (Undercurrent), Christo Tomy’s debut feature film made in Malayalam, explores a moral crisis concerning a woman and her mother-in-law. The …
Manohara K’s directorial debut made in Kannada, Mikka Bannada Hakki (Bird Of A Different Feather, 2024), is adapted from Sonia …
Over the years a particular ‘genre’ of film making has taken root. Some very exciting films like Luis Buñuel’s Exterminating …
Chandu Champion , directed by Kabir Khan, tells the real life story of Murlikant Petkar (Kartik Aaryan) and explores his …
Hit Man, co-written and directed by Richard Linklater, is a bright, piquant and fascinating mashup of film noir with screwball comedy. …
Hit Man
Hit Man, co-written and directed by Richard Linklater, is a bright, piquant and fascinating mashup of film noir with screwball comedy. …
The Holdovers
The Holdovers, directed by Alexander Payne, stands as solid testament to the age-old adage, “Never count an auteur out.” The …
Suresh Pai On Editing Footprints On Water
He is one of the finest film editors in India, having edited close to 60 feature films. An alumnus of …
The Dark Humour of Randa Chahal Sabbag
Collins dictionary defines ‘Black Humour’ as: A form of humour that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or …
Master of the Medium Wave: Basu Chatterji
He wouldn’t react to a lousy review by me in The Times of India, except for one occasion. I had …
On Our Big, Fat Movie Weddings
Once, a white-haired, dagger-tongued taxi driver, speeding me through traffic towards Royal Opera House, where Raj Khosla’s Do Raaste (1969) …
The Jewels In Heeramandi’s Crown
During my adolescence in the 1960s, by sheer happenstance I became privy to the insulated world of a Bombay kotha: …
