Today’s episode features a film that takes a more restrained yet definitive jab at the very idea of death. We’re talking about Shubhashish Bhutiani’s 2017 dark comedy Mukti Bhawan ... Read more
Today’s episode features a film that takes a more restrained yet definitive jab at the very idea of death. We’re talking about Shubhashish Bhutiani’s 2017 dark comedy Mukti Bhawan. The film revolves around a 76-year-old called Dayanand (played with conviction by Lalit Behl), who has an epiphany and announces to his family that he’s lost his desire for life. Read more
Every once in a while, we come across a movie that can hardly be slotted. Breaking the conventional mould of cinema, these gems redefine the landscape of storytelling. Onur Tuke l’ ... Read more
Every once in a while, we come across a movie that can hardly be slotted. Breaking the conventional mould of cinema, these gems redefine the landscape of storytelling. Onur Tuke l’s 2016 dark comedy-drama Catfight is one such film. Read more
Action comedies featuring cops have ranged from slapstick blockbusters such as Leslie Nielsen’s The Naked Gun to cookie-cutter sitcoms such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine. But when this gen ... Read more
Action comedies featuring cops have ranged from slapstick blockbusters such as Leslie Nielsen’s The Naked Gun to cookie-cutter sitcoms such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine. But when this genre is interpreted in the UK, it packs a dash of cheeky one-liners, a smudge of irreverent humour and often, even presented with a mystery about a certain unsolved crime. Today’s series is called Vexed. Read more
There are shows that teleport one to where they are set in, to such an immersive degree that one becomes familiar with the characteristic life of that place. And today’s episode u ... Read more
There are shows that teleport one to where they are set in, to such an immersive degree that one becomes familiar with the characteristic life of that place. And today’s episode ushers us to the idyllic, sleepy Cornish fishing village of Port Isaac in Northern Cornwall which is depicted as Portwenn. Yes, you guessed it right, we’re talking about Doc Martin. Read more
Films about cities tend to take a deep dive into the cultural and political fabric that drives its residents. Today’s feature, Ruchika Oberoi’s Island City, takes a satirical stab ... Read more
Films about cities tend to take a deep dive into the cultural and political fabric that drives its residents. Today’s feature, Ruchika Oberoi’s Island City, takes a satirical stab at the isolated, marginalized yet hopeful lives that many lead in India’s Maximum City. Read more
Arriving three years after the brilliant horror-comedy Makdee, The Blue Umbrella (2015) was Vishal Bhardwaj’s sophomore children movie offering. Based on Ruskin Bond’s story of the ... Read more
Arriving three years after the brilliant horror-comedy Makdee, The Blue Umbrella (2015) was Vishal Bhardwaj’s sophomore children movie offering. Based on Ruskin Bond’s story of the same name, The Blue Umbrella is a children’s film set in an appropriately candy-coloured cosmos. Read more
Writer-director Vasan Bala is a bonafide cinephile, and Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, his second feature directorial, is a testament to his love for movies. Starring Abhimanyu Dassani in ... Read more
Writer-director Vasan Bala is a bonafide cinephile, and Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, his second feature directorial, is a testament to his love for movies. Starring Abhimanyu Dassani in his debut role, Radhika Madan and Gulshan Devaiah, Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota is a vivid, inventive film peppered with pop culture and comic book references Read more
Indian superhero movies and shows have largely bordered on the bizarre. From the maroon-suited Shaktimaan to the blue-eyed android G One in Ra.One to the friendly and cocky Flying ... Read more
Indian superhero movies and shows have largely bordered on the bizarre. From the maroon-suited Shaktimaan to the blue-eyed android G One in Ra.One to the friendly and cocky Flying Jatt, our desi superheroes have spoofed the genre time and again, if there’s a film that really packed a punch and gave us a hero we could look up to it Bhavesh Joshi Superhero. Read more
Mike Flanagan’s 2016 psychological thriller is a masterclass in tension-building. A gripping scare-a-thon about a deaf writer whose suburban house gets attacked by a notorious seri ... Read more
Mike Flanagan’s 2016 psychological thriller is a masterclass in tension-building. A gripping scare-a-thon about a deaf writer whose suburban house gets attacked by a notorious serial killer, Hush is a slow-burner that gradually reaches a narrative crescendo. Read more
Rituparno Ghosh’s 2008 travel drama Khela is a heartwarming story that revolves around the unexpected bond forged between an eccentric filmmaker Raja (played by Prosenjit Chatterje ... Read more
Rituparno Ghosh’s 2008 travel drama Khela is a heartwarming story that revolves around the unexpected bond forged between an eccentric filmmaker Raja (played by Prosenjit Chatterjee) and a precocious child, who’s cast as the lead in the filmmaker’s forthcoming film. Despite his wife’s long-standing desire to have a child, Raja is firmly against the idea. Read more
