Christmas In August (1998) Review: Meditative, Life-Affirming Drama
The posters for South Korean filmmaker Jin-ho Hur’s Christmas in August (1998) show a man and a woman standing closely together under …
Articles for category: MOVIE REVIEWS
Eeb Allay Ooo (2019) Review: Pithy Satire On Class Warfare
Eeb Allay Ooo opens with our protagonist Anjani (Shardul Bharadwaj) on trial for a measly government job of chasing away …
Titli (2015) Review: An Immersive Tale Of Unrelenting Despair
Titli is a story of a dysfunctional family, three brothers and a father, who’ve lived a life of crime and violence. …
A Fortunate Man (2018) Netflix Review: Poignant, Thought-Provoking Drama
“When, in spite of all the good fortune that had come his way, he wasn’t happy, it was because he …
Things To Come (L’Avenir, 2016) Review: Nuanced, Evocative Mid-Life Drama
“Can we put ourselves in the place of others?” So begins Nathalie Chazeaux’ (Isabelle Huppert) opening statement, revealing of what stark …
The Dig (2021) Netflix Review: Slow-Burning, Meditative Watch
In 1939, in Sutton Hoo in rural Suffolk, a widowed landowner, Edith Pretty, invited an excavator, a self-taught archaeologist and …
Knock Knock Knock (2020) Review: A Mirror To Our Insecurities
Sudhanshu Saria‘s psychological drama portrays the darker side of human insecurities with a tragic real world context while sensitively attempting to …
Pieces of a Woman (2020) Netflix Review: Tough But Rewarding Watch
This is such a powerful and evocative title for a movie. It conjures up disturbing images. A woman is a …
First Reformed (2017) Netflix Review: A Dark Opera For The Soul
First Reformed. Is this a film? Or a peek into our many insanities, our dark recesses, our deep despairs and …
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) Review
Oliver Parker’s The Importance of Being Earnest is a faithful adaptation, wonderfully bringing alive Oscar Wilde’s play on screen. Between films …
Chungking Express (1994) Review: Falling In Love With Faye
While making Chungking Express, Wong Kar-wai showed absolutely no remorse for the flag-bearers of the conventional narrative form, in the …
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl (2020) Review: Blazing Bright
Premised around the life of ‘The Kargil Girl’ Gunjan Saxena, this eponymous film is a tribute to the indomitable spirit …
Lootcase (2020) Review: An Eccentric Heist Comedy
What could possibly be the level of dysfunction of a world in which people leave a bag full of 100 …
Raat Akeli Hai (2020) Review: A Riveting Tale Of Red-Soaked Redemption
Riveting, gripping, and distinctly local in flavor, Raat Akeli Hai follows the classic ‘one murder, many suspects’ approach. Although, comparing …
Shakuntala Devi (2020) Review: Watch It For Our Feisty, Unconventional Protagonist
Shakuntala Devi is an emotional, bittersweet ride, at times operatic but mostly spirited; one that holds its verve while enthralling you …