Berlinale 2019: “For Non-Mainstream Films, It’s Essential To Think About International Distribution And Exhibition”
Filmmaker and Whistling Woods teacher Dar Gai, who’s at the Berlinale Co-production market, talks about co-productions
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Film Festivals
Gully Boy Movie Review: A Softer Than Expected, But Hugely Entertaining And Beautifully Made Street-Rapper Story
Gully Boy could be seen as an update on the Angry Young Man template – it’s moving, it’s rousing, it’s everything
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Berlinale 2019 – “These Primitive Tales Are Often Progressive In Nature”
A conversation with Prantik Basu, whose ‘Rang Mahal’, based on Santal folklore, is the only Indian film in competition at the Berlinale
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Berlin 2019: The ‘Gully Boy’ Press Screening, Plus 40 Years of Panorama
No, not the review. But it was very different to watch a very musical movie with a very sedate festival audience.
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Before Zoya Akhtar And Rima Das, These Indians Were At The Berlinale (Yup, Ram Gopal Varma’s In The List)
Mainstream ventures like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Paruthiveeran, Dil Se. Art-house classics by Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen. And Shah Rukh Khan seems really popular
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Richie Mehta’s New Series Follows The Investigation Into The 2012 Delhi Gang-Rape
The director on how Delhi Crime Story is a compassionate look at the police and why it makes for compelling viewing, despite not offering any easy answers
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All Good Movie Review: A Tough, Torrid Examination Of The Emotional Ambiguity Of Post-Rape Trauma
This German film, now playing at the Macao Film Festival, lends perspective to the most uncomfortable questions surrounding the #MeToo movement
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The Guilty Movie Review: A Masterful Single-Character Drama That Subverts Our Perception Of Procedural Thrillers
Actor Jakob Cedergren delivers one of the most riveting performances of 2018 in this empathetic and hard-hitting film, playing at the Macao Film Festival
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The Favourite Movie Review: A Rip-Roaring, Defiantly Human Takedown Of Royal Clichés
Yorgos Lanthimos’ film, now playing at the Macao Film Festival, is a quick-witted, profane and cynical quasi-comedy in which history is merely a costume
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Jesus Movie Review: A Quirky And Deceptively Profound Look at Faith In Rural Japan
Hiroshi Okuyama’s movie, playing at the Macao Film Festival, might sound absurd, but there seems to be a mental method to its cheeky madness
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Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum Movie Review: A Deeply Moving Dissection Of The Lives Of Three Women Across Three Time Periods
The Vasanth we know from his mainstream movies is a very different man. But in this film, which is being screened at the International Film Festival of Kerala next week, a very different director emerges, unshackled from commercial constraints
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Sleeplessly Yours Movie Review: The Hell of Being Awake
The film, which is being screened at the International Film Festival of Kerala next week, tells the unique story of two young lovers deciding to go sleepless and the consequences that follow their forced insomnia
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