An awkward husband, a seductive wife, and a handsome relative who comes visiting – say hello to the pillars of Haseen Dillruba helmed by Vinil Mathew who, back in 2014, gave us the charming Hasee Toh Phasee. With a premise that has been filling love triangle templates in fiction for […]
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‘Cold Case’ review – Prithviraj-starrer mixes horror and police procedural genres to uneven results
There are bona fide horror films that you watch with a conclusive belief that supernatural entities are real. Then there are police procedurals that unravel a mystery entirely based on science and evidence. In director Tanu Balak’s Cold Case, we witness both scenarios. A single case of a missing woman […]
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20 Best Films from Tribeca Film Festival 2021, Ranked
The 20th edition of Tribeca Film Festival was a grand fiesta of feature, documentary, and short films. While I watched an assortment of titles at the festival that was held from June 9-20, this list comprises of the finest feature film titles, in the reverse order of my preference: 20. […]
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‘Sherni’ review – About bureaucracy, patriarchy, and a tigress on the prowl
“The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty,” reads a famous quote by Eugene McCarthy. Unarguably true in every format, tribe, level, and circumstance, the decades-old statement’s authenticity is proven in director Amit Masurkar’s set up in Sherni. […]
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Tribeca Review: ‘India Sweets and Spices’ is an evolved family film with a soothing aftertaste
Time is the biggest narrative changer. In Geeta Malik’s fascinating coming-of-age drama India Sweets And Spices, UCLA freshman Alia Kapur (Sophia Ali) is at her life’s transformational ridge. Not particularly thrilled to meet her family for the summer vacations, Alia is decidedly different from the Indian fraternity that forms her […]
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Tribeca Review: ‘7 Days’ gives arranged marriage dates a COVID-19 twist
The COVID-19 pandemic which has been quietly crippling our lives for several months (it’s not over yet) is bound to be a scheming antagonist in numerous films in the years to come. With Roshan Sethi’s 7 Days, the deadly virus has already entered the rom-com territory. One that narrates the […]
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Tribeca Review: ‘Mark, Mary & Some Other People’ is a saucy take on polyamorous marriages
Director Hannah Marks’ Mark, Mary & Some Other People is a celebration of all things carnal. In rawer terms, it magnifies sex as an activity that the youth of today is hungry to relish in its wildest of forms. There is no space for guilt, jealousy, or emotional dependency in […]
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Tribeca Review: ‘Last Film Show’ is a bittersweet ode to cinema from the Indian countryside
Director Pan Nalin’s Gujarati language film from India, Last Film Show is filled with poignant, dramatic lines. The cinema-smitten Samay (an endearing Bhavin Rabari) is once told by a well-wisher, “As politicians tell stories to win votes, shopkeepers tell stories to sell their stuff, the rich tell stories to hide […]
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Tribeca Review: ‘See For Me’ is a thriller enhanced by its clever use of technology
Randall Okita’s amusingly titled See For Me is centred on a mobile application by the same name. In a tricky premise where the protagonist Sophie (Skyler Davenport) is handling three intruders in a house that she is cat-sits at, it is the app that acts as the rescuer. And to […]
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Filmy Sasi To Cover The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival
Happy to announce that Filmy Sasi will be covering the 20th-anniversary edition of the coveted Tribeca Film Festival which begins June 9 and runs through June 20. Below are excerpts from the press release issued by the organizers regarding their 2021 lineup: 2021 TRIBECA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FEATURE FILM LINEUP INCLUDING IN-PERSON […]