“The Cakemaker”… The beauty of silences and subtexts in a poignant love story!
What stands out in Israel’s entry to the 91st Academy Awards, The Cakemaker (האופה מברלין), are the subtexts. Well, some of them…
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“Mirai”…. A universal family story told through time travel and ingenious animation!
Filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda, over the years, has evolved into a fine force to reckon with in the anime genre (Wolf…
“Disobedience”… A sombre tale of love and loss that quietly unmasks the society that we live in!
Filmmaker Sebastián Lelio is one who is adept at exposing societal orthodoxy through his layered and, often, shocking screenplays. His…
“Thugs of Hindostan”… A cinematic blunder of top order which is several decades too late!
Two of India’s biggest actor-stars, a wide release timed around the nation’s biggest festival and the numero uno production house…
“A Twelve-Year Night” narrates a numbing chapter in the history of Uruguay!
When it comes to fiction, I am not much into gore. Torture, unsolicited violence, trauma – none of these feature…
“Cold War”… An exquisite musical romance set in times of spiralling political tension!
Post second world war Poland, an unassuming audition for a music project and a love story that is unforgettable in…
“Shoplifters (万引き家族) “… An affecting, layered film that paints human bonding with great beauty!
Acclaimed Japanese director whose films radiate a definite auteurial quality, Hirokazu Kore-eda is no stranger to the domestic drama genre….
“Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota”… A whacky tribute to potboilers from the VHS era!
It is a real deal when a filmmaker turns out a bigger pop culture enthusiast than all his audience members…
“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” is a bittersweet take on the curious case of ‘gender confusions’!
In one of the most powerful scenes in Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post, a supposedly ‘reformed gay man’ breaks down…
“Badhaai Ho” is a triumphant blend of middle-class values and progressive ideas!
When Malayalam filmmaker T. K. Rajeev Kumar explored the stigmatized subject of geriatric pregnancy in his 1994 film Pavithram, he…