Malayalam Review
Kalla Nottam At New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF): Movie Review
A regular film tells us a story that has been recorded on a camera, and then edited in a way that (usually) gives the audience knowledge that the characters themselves may not have. Here, we travel only with the camera.
Review Of Run Kalyani At New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF)
The music is like a bolero, where a theme is endlessly repeated. The tiny variations in each repetition mirror the tiny variations in each day Kalyani wakes up to face.
Review Of Silencer On Amazon Prime: Lal Shines As A Defeated Man
Wheels — of a cycle, Eenasu’s motorbike and his son’s huge SUV — become a metaphor to show us what gets left behind in meaningless pursuits towards progress, especially when they’re not “maintained” by ideology.
Musical Chair Movie Review: The Meaningless Search For Life’s Meaning
The film, directed by and starring Vipin Atley, released directly on OTT platform Mainstream TV.
Review Of Sufiyum Sujatayum By Baradwaj Rangan
The film keeps giving us “touches”. What it doesn’t give us is a sense of the “madness” in this love, which makes it very hard to feel for these lovers.
Movie Review: Sufiyum Sujatayum Is On Amazon Prime Video
In the film’s exasperating efforts at world-building, the prosaic always takes precedence over poetry.
Kappela Movie Review: Anna Ben Excels In This Thriller On Netflix
In the age of social media, it’s all about perception, and that’s what the film, also starring Roshan Mathew and Sreenath Bhasi, underlines repeatedly.
Manoharam Movie Review: Vineeth Sreenivasan Does His Thing In This War
Eventually, this too is a film that fits perfectly into Vineeth Srinivasan’s sub-genre of feel-good cinema. Which means that the film remains comforting even when everything goes wrong.
Great First Half, Silly Second Half: Kammara Sambhavam
The 2018 Malayalam film, starring Dileep and Siddharth, starts off as a compelling portrait of a brutal traitor. In the intentionally repetitive second half, the ‘truth’ gets whitewashed into a biopic
Forensic Movie Review
The film has some great ideas that it struggles to translate into visuals, and the bulk of the story is told through expository dialogue.
Trance Movie Review: Fahadh Faasil Aces As God, Man And The Devil In A Brilliantly-Made...
Trance is far from perfect, but it is bold like few films are, not just in terms of what it uncovers, but also for the sheer audacity to even attempt a film like this.
Ayyapanum Koshiyum Movie Review: Prithviraj And Biju Menon Are Excellent In A Modern-Da...
Amazing performances by Prithviraj and Biju Menon, great music by Jakes Bejoy and atmospheric cinematography by Sudeep Elamon makes this a rewarding watch.
