Bollywood Review
Raktanchal Review: What Do We Do With Another Violent Cocktail?
The Eastern UP blood-lust sagas, of goons and guns with nothing fresh to say, are getting tiresome at best, and putrid at worst.
Ghoomketu On Zee5 Is A Senseless Film about Films
A dated and mesmerizingly sloppy film about a small-town UP man, played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who runs away to become a Bollywood writer in Mumbai
Ghoomketu Review: A Charming Nawazuddin Siddiqui Fails To Prop Up Scattered Storytelling
As the naïve but ambitious Ghoomketu, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is charming, but the film fails to match his sparkle.
Malang Review: Bronzed Bodies & Ecstasy Pills Don't Make A Film 'Cool'
Mohit Suri’s psychedelic love-story works only as long as the music plays. But this isn’t a musical, and so the agonizing stretches of dialogue and plotting tire.
Gamak Ghar Review: A Beautifully Filmed Ode To The Lineage Of Time
Ghamak Ghar, following in the footsteps of hyper-naturalistic greats like Chaitanya Tamhane’s Court and Somnath Pal’s animated short Death of A Father, is shot in the narrative language of a documentary
Mrs. Serial Killer Might Have Worked If The Plot Actually Made Sense
Once you surrender to the sheer incompetence of the film, there is some fun to be had
Mrs. Serial Killer On Netflix May Be The Worst Film of 2020 So Far
Manoj Bajpayee is like any great actor who has a blast in bad movies – almost as if he slyly wants to check how far he can push the ham-scales
Season 2 Of After Life Moves Forward By Refusing To Move Forward
On a storytelling level, Season 2 of After Life is easy to dismiss. It plays out like a repeat of Season 1. There’s no newness. But grief is not a narrative; it is the silent madness that numbs a narrative into submission.
Hundred Review: A Sumptuous Mess That Kicks To Life Later On
The paths of Lara Dutta as a police officer and Rinku Rajguru as a dying government servant in search of excitement is a fun feminist narrative that doesn’t find the need to caption itself.
Too Hot To Handle Review: Sex Sells, But Sexlessness Might More So
This Netflix 8-part reality show, on horny contestants abstaining from sex for money, is an ephemeral joy. Discard once used.
Never Have I Ever Netflix Review: Fun But Questionable
Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher’s young-adult story of an Indian high-school girl in California, grapples oddly with its responsibility of representation even as it has fun with it.
Girlfriend Chor Review: Sweet & Disposable, Like The Love It Propounds
Dice Media and MX Player put together a show about young people in love. But the young people are too distracted, and the love is too disposable.
