Film Festivals

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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, 2020February 22, 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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6 min

Sundance 2020: The Kids Are More Than Alright In The Twin Political Documentaries “Us...

Posted on January 31, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Two documentaries about brave students at the forefront of revolution and history which feel just as relevant to the India of today

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4 min

Sundance 2020: Glory Is Crowdfunded In The Winsome Underdog Drama “Dream Horse”

Posted on January 30, 2020January 31, 2020
by Rahul Desai

A rousing Welsh working-class tale about a group of no-hopers who become miraculous winners

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Sundance 2020: “The Painter And The Thief” Is Non-Fiction Filmmaking At Its Most Be...

Posted on January 29, 2020January 29, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Benjamin Ree’s The Painter and the Thief is a distinct and riveting confluence of the two artistic mediums of documentary filmmaking and painting

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Sundance 2020: Of Memories Lost And Memory Loss in “The Father” And “Falling”

Posted on January 29, 2020
by Rahul Desai

In Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut Falling and French playwright Florian Zeller’s first film The Father, men from a bygone era are proud and arrogant, funny and difficult. But the language of fading memory is markedly distinct

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Sundance 2020: “Minari” Is The Marriage Story Of Immigrant Dramas

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Director Lee Isaac Chung crafts a playful, tender and hopelessly hopeful film about a displaced family

Danny's Girl Short Film Review Sundance 2020

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3 min

Sundance 2020: Loneliness Speaks A New Language In “Danny’s Girl” A Standout Midn...

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020
by Rahul Desai

A short which uses twisted humour and satirical sickness to – when we least expect it – shine a light on a surprisingly tender tale of two alarmingly isolated souls

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Sundance 2020: “Promising Young Woman” and the art of narrative deception

Posted on January 27, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Despite its stylized exterior, Emerald Fennell actually hits us cold with a story that is well in sync with our times

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4 min

Sundance 2020: The “Tweetstorm” Movie, Zola, Is Already The Talk Of The Town – An...

Posted on January 27, 2020January 28, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Zola is based on a viral 148-tweet thread in 2015 by Detroit waitress Aziah “Zola” King, about a spontaneous road trip she took to Florida with a hustling white stripper

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5 min

Sundance 2020: Eliza Hittman’s “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” Is A Near-Perfect ...

Posted on January 27, 2020
by Rahul Desai

This young American drama isn’t uplifting or “coming of age”. It’s an unflinching and frank portrait of mature girlhood, as opposed to premature womanhood

Film Festivals

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

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

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

Sundance 2020: The Kids Are More Than Alright In The Twin Political Documentaries “Us...

Sundance 2020: Glory Is Crowdfunded In The Winsome Underdog Drama “Dream Horse”

Sundance 2020: “The Painter And The Thief” Is Non-Fiction Filmmaking At Its Most Be...

Sundance 2020: Of Memories Lost And Memory Loss in “The Father” And “Falling”

Sundance 2020: “Minari” Is The Marriage Story Of Immigrant Dramas

Sundance 2020: Loneliness Speaks A New Language In “Danny’s Girl” A Standout Midn...

Sundance 2020: “Promising Young Woman” and the art of narrative deception

Sundance 2020: The “Tweetstorm” Movie, Zola, Is Already The Talk Of The Town – An...

Sundance 2020: Eliza Hittman’s “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” Is A Near-Perfect ...

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