Operation Red Sea [2018]: An Uninspiring and Forgettable Film
Operation Red Sea is the Chinese patriotic military epic that chronicles an elaborate evacuation, loosely based on the Yemen Civil…
Sui Dhaaga [2018] Review: Skillfully Woven
Sui Dhaaga: Made in India starts with a unique tongue in cheek monologue. Within minutes, the film establishes its characters…
Manmarziyaan [2018] Review: Crazy, Stupid Love Indeed
The love triangle may perhaps be among the oldest and most beaten to death story tropes in cinematic history. However,…
A Family Tour [2018]- ‘NYFF’ Review
‘A Family Tour’ is a lamenting outcry for injustice. It’s a subtle but a bold political statement against the authority…
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam [2018] Review – A Tale of Violent Feud with Plenty of Swagger but no Heart
With crime/action drama Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (‘Crimson Red Sky’, 2018) ace Tamil film-maker Mani Ratnam once again plows through one…
A Simple Favor [2018] Review: A Cocktail with Flavor
Paul Feig, the man best known for comedies has attempted to make a suspense thriller with A Simple Favor. After…
Leave No Trace [2018] Review – A Subtly Powerful Tale of Life on the Fringes
Debra Granik is one of the deeply passionate American independent film-makers working today. She has only made three feature films…
50 Years Later: Flesh [1968]
Flesh set the precedent for independent cinema: its rawness, its street smarts, its low-budget aesthetic, its technical roughness, its intimate beauty, and of course its unabashed presentation of the human body, one of the many taboos that the counterculture were bringing to the foreground.