“Kandukondain Kandukondain”… About visual quality of music!
Classicists often examined the connect between music and image. Likewise, Indian systems of music – Hindustani and Carnatic – depend…
“Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”… Friend zone is not always a joke!
The biggest challenge for cinephiles in Mumbai, on this date, is to lower their standards when it comes to characterizing…
L’Avenir (Things To Come) – Perfection, thy name is Isabelle Huppert!
How uneasy will it be if a film expects its powerful lead performer to ‘rescue’ it? That is precisely the…
“After the Storm “… A truthful picture of life and its unsaid miseries!
Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda appears to be a keen observer. It is perhaps in the detailing, he tends to know…
“Bacalaureat (Graduation)”… is a clash of ethics and legitimate ambitions!
Set in a gloomy Transylvanian town, Cristian Mungiu’s latest Bacalaureat (Graduation) works on various levels. Following a familiar, universal arc,…
Personal Shopper – That’s a coup, Kristen Stewart!
Personal Shopper is what veteran French filmmaker Olivier Assayas decides to call his latest psychological thriller. Excepting the lead actor’s…
Tschick (Goodbye Berlin) – Fatih Akin’s ode to adolescence
Two teenagers. A stolen lada. No agenda. One helluva road trip with a Richard Clayderman cassette tape springing a bright surprise. Fatih…
Kinara – Akin to reading a mellow, atmospheric novel…
Gulzar’s Kinara is special. One of the reasons being Hema Malini who is in her elements here. Not without that quintessential south Indian…
“Pulimurugan” – A new standard for mass entertainers!
Imagine a fascinating to trip to the woods, that you always dreamed of taking. A solo expedition where you encounter giant trees, wild animals…
Mirzya – An overdone romance where the lovers hardly connect…
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra gave us two of the most ‘agreeable’ films of 21st century – Aks and Rang De Basanti….