Film Festivals

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Laila Aur Satt Geet Movie Review: Pushpendra Singh’s Kashmir-Set Folktale, Which ...

Posted on February 29, 2020March 6, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

Laila herself may be a stand-in for Kashmir. Look how people keep talking about her beauty. Isn’t that what Jahangir implied in the most famous lines about the state!

Tsai Ming-Liang's 'Days', 'Dry Wind', and Mohammad Rasoulof's 'There Is No Evil'

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Tsai Ming-Liang’s Days, Dry Wind, And Mohammad Rasoulof’s There Is No Evil

Posted on February 29, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

An entrancing slow-burn drama about loneliness, a provocative gay triangle, a rock-solid update on the executioner’s dilemma…

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Hong Sangsoo's The Woman Who Ran, Old Gay Love In Suk Suk, And Javier Bardem

Posted on February 28, 2020March 3, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

A trascendental talkathon, a senior-citizen take on ‘Brokeback Mountain’, the festival’s biggest bummer…

Willem Dafoe's Siberia, Gay-Cleansing In Welcome To Chechnya, And My Little Sister

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Willem Dafoe’s Siberia, Gay-Cleansing In Welcome To Chechnya, And My Little Sister

Posted on February 27, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

The festival’s WTF-iest drama, a classy weepie about a woman on the verge, and a wrenching documentary about Chechnya’s anti-gay situation.

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Sthalpuran – Chronicle Of Space Movie Review: In Akshay Indikar’s Deeply Fe...

Posted on February 27, 2020February 27, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

World-premiering at the Berlinale, this Marathi drama will compete for the Crystal Bear for Best Film in the Generation Kplus section.

Kelly Reichardt's First Cow, Jia Zhang-ke's Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue, And The Salt of Tears

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Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow, Jia Zhang-ke’s Swimming Out Till The Sea Turns...

Posted on February 26, 2020February 26, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

A Coen Brothers’ film with heart, and without the snark. A touching literary documentary. And a badly behaved man.

Pixar's Middling But Fun Onward, Plus Matteo Garrone's Take On Pinocchio

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Pixar’s Middling But Fun Onward, Plus Matteo Garrone’s Take On Pinocchio

Posted on February 25, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

Proof that even a not-great Pixar movie has traces of genius, proof that not every fairy tale lends itself to earthy remakes…

Johnny Depp In Minamata, The Engaging Persian Lessons, And The Intruder

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Johnny Depp In Minamata, The Engaging Persian Lessons, And The Intruder

Posted on February 25, 2020February 25, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

A war against mercury contamination, a WWII survival story, and a woman’s worst nightmares…

Indian Participants On Why The Berlinale Talents Programme Is Important

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Why The Berlinale Talents Programme Is Important

Posted on February 24, 2020March 16, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

Making connections with people interested in Asian cinema. Finding script mentors, technical collaborators, international co-producers and sales agents. Finding global and alternative markets for your films…

Eeb Allay Ooo! Movie Review: Prateek Vats' Berlinale Panorama selection is a surreal, powerful satire on the state of the nation

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Eeb Allay Ooo! Movie Review: Prateek Vats’ Berlinale Panorama Selection Is A Surr...

Posted on February 24, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

Yes, the plot revolves around the real-life menace of monkeys that plagues government buildings in the capital — but could it also be that the animals represent those that run the System?

The Ekta Mittal Interview Missing Migrant Workers, Shiv Kumar Batalvi's Poetry, And The Many Textures Of Separation

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The Ekta Mittal Interview: Missing Migrant Workers, Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s Poetry, ...

Posted on February 22, 2020March 6, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

The director speaks about her 28-minute film ‘Gumnaam Din’ (Missing Days), which is being screened in the Berlinale Shorts section.

My Salinger Year Movie Review: Margaret Qualley And Sigourney Weaver Star In A Fairy-Tale Drama Set In The Publishing World

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My Salinger Year Movie Review: Margaret Qualley And Sigourney Weaver Star In A Fairy-Ta...

Posted on February 21, 2020February 21, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

The film — centered on the literary agency that represents JD Salinger — is catnip to anyone who’s a writer, anyone who romanticises the “writing life”.

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