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.
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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.
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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.
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