Reviews
Maska On Netflix Review: Nostalgic, But Never Cinematic
Manisha Koirala’s overbearing accent and Prit Kamani’s awkward gait, both of which though endearing, are unable to breathe life into this Parsi tale that prefers nostalgia to storytelling
Ved And Arya Is A Sweet Little Short
Ved and Arya deserves credit for how it’s composed. Far too often, conversational shorts try too hard to hide hints that are supposed to belatedly dawn upon the viewer, but here, naturalism is built into the moment
Rajkumar Santoshi’s Khakee Is The Cop Movie Today’s India Needs
With the release of Rohit Shetty’s Sooryavanshi postponed, Rahul Desai writes about Rajkumar Santoshi’s Khakee, a different kind of mainstream Bollywood cop movie with a different kind of Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn
Superstar Rajinikanth: Into the Wild with Bear Grylls
No dupes. No mattresses to cushion a fall. This is Rajinikanth himself, in the wilderness. (In other words: What does the tiger tell Rajini? You’ve earned your stripes!)
Bombay Is An Eloquent Plea For Tolerance And Communal Harmony
Sooryavanshi, which got indefinitely postponed because of Covid-19, is a film about a few good men saving Mumbai from terrorists. Since we can’t see that, as a substitute, here’s another film about the city and terror – Mani Ratnam’s Bombay
Netflix's She: A Female Sexual Awakening Tale Ruined By Mansplaining
She’s device – of a fruitlessly deceptive procedural thriller – literally hijacks the series, leaving the sexual-liberation thread to appear like more of an aggressive Penthouse afterthought
Better Call Saul Season 5: Slippin’ Jimmy’s Breaking Bad
As the show heads towards the sixth and final season, the last thing that stands between Jimmy McGill and Saul Goodman is… Kim Wexler.
The Test Review: A Riveting Marriage Of Access And Storytelling
Amazon Prime’s new documentary series, The Test: A New Era For Australia’s Team, manages a casting coup by locating a rare trough in Australian cricket history – and filming the hell out of it
Special Ops Review: Stylish But Bloated
Streaming on Hotstar, Neeraj Pandey’s stylish ode to the decades of hush operations and mush tales of nationhood is too bloated.
Asur Review: Sparks Occasionally, Only To Sputter Out Soon
Arshad Warsi and Barun Sobti star in this marriage of mythology and murder, which sparks occasionally, only to sputter out too soon
Amazon Prime Video's Pushpavalli Season 2 Review
The lead character of the Amazon Prime Video show, peerlessly played by standup comic and creator Sumukhi Suresh, isn’t your garden-variety sociopath
Madha Movie Review: Srividya Basawa Makes An Assured Debut As Director
Madha is not a perfect film. But it gets more things right than wrong, making it easier to overlook the flaws.
