Under The Shadow [2016] – JIO MAMI Mumbai Film Festival Review
The fear and anxiety in Babak Anvari’s Under The Shadow not only lurks around closed doors, broken windows, shady basements, restricted roads, terrorized neighborhood but travels almost everywhere. The universality of the fear, both supernatural and real, is terrifying to an extent where the human mind starts questioning everything. And what makes Under The Shadow a brilliant horror film is when it proves your guesses to be wrong in every other instance. It’s a smart,…
Certain Women [2016] : JIO MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival with Star Review
“Certain Women” is a remarkable and ambiguous study of gritty and gumptious individuals, cold-shouldered and unheard by the alienated community. Since director Kelly Reichardt’s camera only watches and listens to the existential threat faced by the characters without ever escalating the dramatic quotient, it demands a contemplative mindset to watch.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil [2016]: The Grapes of Love
In the end, Karan Johar’s much-hyped film about unrequited love comes off as a basketful of artificial fruits that looks delicious but is, unfortunately, inedible. Nonetheless, it is the most Joharistic film since Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, a crucial chapter in ‘Dharma’s Guide to Love and Friendship’ that also serves as a love letter to retro Bollywood.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil [2016] : Plastic Romance
Mask is a covering for all or part of the face, worn as a disguise, or to amuse others. They…
Elle [2016] : Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star
Elle [2016] – An Incendiary Tale of a Woman in Control Shame is an emotion not strong enough to keep…
Good Night Good Morning [2010]
For all my friends bemoaning the purpose, rationale, and economics of parallel cinema [ like it was a mythical beast]-…
Swiss Army Man (2016) ‘MAMI’ Review: A Delightful Fart
In one of the most beautiful looking scenes, Manny (Daniel Redcliffe) and lonely & introvert, fractured minded Hank (Paul Dano)…
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World [2016] – JIO MAMI Mumbai Film Festival Review
Werner Herzog’s “Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World” explores the grim, weird and the fundamentally positive side of man-made marvel – internet. The veteran film-maker’s keen perspective and the absence of moralistic hand-wringing stop it from being just another documentary about the digital world.