Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam De Idylle (2025) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: Expansive, Tonally Shifting Drama Explores Life’s Crisis-Points Debanjan Dhar February 9, 2025March 5, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam In My Parents’ House (Im Haus meiner Eltern, 2025) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: Tim Ellrich’s Drama on Caregiving Woes is Emotionally Effective but a Tad Unsurprising Debanjan Dhar February 7, 2025March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam Blind Love (2025) ‘IFFR’ Review: Julian Chou’s Unfussy Family Drama Uncovers Repression with Delicate Strokes Debanjan Dhar February 6, 2025March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · Sundance Twinless (2025) Movie Review: Dylan O’Brien Is Excellent in a Darkly Comical Look At Co-dependency Shikhar Verma February 9, 2025March 5, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · Sundance Bubble & Squeak (2025) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: An Oddly Endearing Marriage Counseling Session about a Couple on their Honeymoon Akash Deshpande February 6, 2025March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · Sundance Omaha (2025) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: John Magaro is Quietly Devastating in This Somber Drama about a Father in an Existential Crisis Akash Deshpande February 6, 2025March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · Films This Week · IFFI · Review Better Man (2025) ‘IFFI’ Movie Review: A Fairly Conventional Biopic That Is Electrifying and Familiar in Equal Measures Shikhar Verma January 9, 2025March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · IFFI · Review Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others (2024) ‘Iffi’ Movie Review: A Comforting, Inventive Tale of Silent Rebellion and the Joys of the Creative Process Shikhar Verma December 12, 2024March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · IFFI · Review Rhythm of Dammam (2024) ‘IFFI’ Movie Review: A Beautiful Attempt in Surreal Documentation of A Marginalized Community Amartya Acharya November 29, 2024March 2, 2025
Cannes · Featured · Film Festivals · Review Dangerous Animals (2025) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review: A Wildly Entertaining Stripped-to-the-Bone Slasher Ollie Wheaton June 9, 2025June 15, 2025
Cannes · Featured · Film Festivals · Review Meteors (2025) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review: A Humanistic and Fervent Tale of Two Teenagers Waking up to the Waves of Adulthood Akash Deshpande May 28, 2025June 17, 2025
Cannes · Featured · Film Festivals · Review The Mastermind (2025) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review: Kelly Reichardt’s Genre Reshaping Targets the Heist Thriller For A Serenely Gripping Commentary on America’s Downturn Julian Malandruccolo May 26, 2025June 11, 2025
Fantasia · Featured · Film Festivals · Review Foreigner (2025) ‘Fantasia’ Movie Review: A Slight Genre Affair that Feels Like a Cross Between ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘Get Out’ Akash Deshpande August 1, 2025August 13, 2025
Fantasia · Film Festivals · Review Sham (2025) ‘Fantasia’ Movie Review: Takashi Miike’s Rashomon-Riff-Turned-Witch-Hunt Struggles To Make Its Case In Court Julian Malandruccolo July 31, 2025August 13, 2025
Fantasia · Film Festivals · Review Anything That Moves (2025) ‘Fantasia’ Movie Review: Alex Phillips’ Erotic Thriller Zigzags Pointlessly Sans Any Edge Debanjan Dhar July 28, 2025July 30, 2025
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review Anora (2024) ‘LFF’ Movie Review: It’s Not Your Typical Meet-Cute Freddie Kay October 14, 2024March 2, 2025
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review Harvest (2024) ‘LFF’ Movie Review: A Haunting Tale of Nature and Humanity Jamie Carlstrand October 13, 2024October 24, 2024
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review Lubo (2023) ‘BFI-LFF’ Movie Review: Giorgio Diritti’s wannabe war epic moves at a glacial pace, held together by Franz Rogowski Georgia May October 20, 2023October 21, 2023
Featured · Film Festivals · Locarno · Review Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2025) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review: Sho Miyake Draws Sublime Whispers From Chance Encounters Debanjan Dhar August 18, 2025September 4, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Locarno · Review Hair, Paper, Water… (Tóc, Giáy Và Nuóc, 2025) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review: Wondrously Porous Distillation of Language-Memory Debanjan Dhar August 14, 2025August 26, 2025
Film Festivals · Locarno · Review The Fin (2025) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review: Investigating the Nature of Devotion, Indoctrination, and Survival Through a Dystopian Mirror Akash Deshpande August 14, 2025August 26, 2025
Berlinale · Film Festivals · Review Blue Moon (2025) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: Between Melody and Melancholy, Blue Moon Explores the Cost of Genius and Longing Shubham Sharma March 2, 2025April 15, 2025
Berlinale · Film Festivals · Review Mickey 17 (2025) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: The Disposable Burden of Morality Shubham Sharma February 27, 2025March 2, 2025
Berlinale · Film Festivals · Review The Moelln Letters (2025) ‘Berlinale’ Review: Martina Priessner’s Documentary Puts an Imperative Demand for Remembrance Debanjan Dhar February 25, 2025March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · NYAFF · Review Finding Bliss: Fire and Ice [2022]: ‘ NYAFF’ Review – An Insightful Exploration of Value of Art in Our Lives Akash Deshpande July 28, 2022July 28, 2022
Film Festivals · NYAFF · Review Grown-Ups (2022): ‘NYAFF’ Review: An Insidious Blow to the Core of Clichés Sourima Chakraborty July 26, 2022July 26, 2022
NYAFF · Review #LookAtMe (2022) ‘NYAFF’ Review: An Empathetic Drama discussing the issue of Human Rights Akash Deshpande July 23, 2022July 24, 2022
Film Festivals · NYFF · Review Ferrari (2023) ‘NYFF’ Movie Review: Paint-by-Numbers Biopic About Visionary Engineer Has None of its Subject’s Attention to Detail Ron Meyer October 17, 2023October 21, 2023
Film Festivals · NYFF Burning (2018) ‘NYFF’ Review: About Rage, Love & Class Conflict Nafees Ahmed October 6, 2018January 2, 2023
Film Festivals · NYFF A Family Tour [2018]- ‘NYFF’ Review Nafees Ahmed October 3, 2018October 4, 2018
Featured · Film Festivals · MAMI · Review Tinctoria (2025) MAMI Select Short Film Review: Singling Out the Stain of Shame From the Stain of Indigo Damayanti Ghosh April 20, 2025April 27, 2025
Film Festivals · MAMI · Review Diciannove (Nineteen, 2024) ‘MAMI’ Movie Review: A Brash, Exhilarating Snapshot of Youthful Imprudence Akash Deshpande October 27, 2024March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · MAMI · Review The Fable (2024) ‘MAMI’ Movie Review: Magical Realism in the Himalayas Souvik Saha October 25, 2024March 2, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · TIFF The Lost Bus (2025) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: Matthew McConnaughey Stuns in Another Visceral If Rudimentary Showing of Communal Resilience From Paul Greengrass Julian Malandruccolo September 7, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · TIFF Levers (2025) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: A Mysterious Work that Turns Damagingly Solipsistic Debanjan Dhar September 6, 2025September 7, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · TIFF Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers, 2025) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: Philippe Falardeau’s Wedding Dramedy is Charming, Witty, and Frenetic in Equal Measures Akash Deshpande September 6, 2025September 7, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: Alexandra Daddario and Ashley Park Bring Some Spark to This Unfocused Couple-Vacation Drama Debanjan Dhar June 13, 2025July 4, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca Tow (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Fierce and Spectacular Rose Byrne Lifts This Drama Of Resistance Debanjan Dhar June 12, 2025July 4, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca Deep Cover (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Hysterical, Crisply Written Comedy of Errors that Hits All the Right Notes Akash Deshpande June 12, 2025June 16, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival On The Road (En el camino, 2025) ‘Venice Film Festival’ Movie Review: David Pablos Whips Out a Stew of Menace and Eros Debanjan Dhar September 6, 2025September 7, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival Grand Ciel (The Site, 2025) ‘Venice Film Festival’ Movie Review: Damien Bonnard Drives Chilling Moral Collapse In Bleak Drama Debanjan Dhar September 4, 2025September 7, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival Human Resource (2025) ‘Venice Film Festival’ Movie Review: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Still Drama Coolly cuts through Modern-Day Unease Debanjan Dhar September 2, 2025September 7, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · TIFFThe Lost Bus (2025) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: Matthew McConnaughey Stuns in Another Visceral If Rudimentary Showing of Communal Resilience From Paul GreengrassSeptember 7, 2025 Julian Malandruccolo
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · TIFFLevers (2025) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: A Mysterious Work that Turns Damagingly SolipsisticSeptember 7, 2025 Debanjan Dhar
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film FestivalOn The Road (En el camino, 2025) ‘Venice Film Festival’ Movie Review: David Pablos Whips Out a Stew of Menace and ErosSeptember 7, 2025 Debanjan Dhar
Film Festivals · Review · TIFFLovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers, 2025) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: Philippe Falardeau’s Wedding Dramedy is Charming, Witty, and Frenetic in Equal MeasuresSeptember 7, 2025 Akash Deshpande
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film FestivalGrand Ciel (The Site, 2025) ‘Venice Film Festival’ Movie Review: Damien Bonnard Drives Chilling Moral Collapse In Bleak DramaSeptember 7, 2025 Debanjan Dhar
The Long Walk (2025) Movie Review: An Unflinchingly Brutal, Emotionally Punishing Stephen King Adaptation
Param Sundari (2025) Movie Review: Janhvi Kapoor & Sidharth Malhotra’s cross-cultural rom-com is dead on arrival
Dhadak 2 (2025) Movie Review: An adaptation that doesn’t water down caste-based discrimination in favour of telling a love story
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy (2025) Movie Review: An uninspired and self-indulgent mess that fails to carve an identity of its own
Film Festivals · JIFF · Review Scattered Night [2019] Review: JIFF – An Intricate and Intimate drama Nafees Ahmed February 22, 2021
Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca Aamis (Ravening) [2019]: ‘Tribeca’ Review – The true horrors of suppressing desire Shikhar Verma July 18, 2023
Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca House of Hummingbird (2019) ‘Tribeca’ Review: Growth and Resilience through Self-created Shells Akash Deshpande December 21, 2023
Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca Flesh Out (2019) ‘Tribeca’ review: A Half-Baked Social Drama Akash Deshpande December 21, 2023
Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca This Is Not Berlin [2019]: ‘Tribeca’ Review: The Outsiders Amritt Rukhaiyaar July 18, 2023
Film Festivals · NYIFF · Review Photograph [2019] ‘NYIFF’ Review: A minuscule love story containing multitudes of suppressed emotions Shikhar Verma September 1, 2022
BUFF · Film Festivals · Review Assassinaut [2019] ‘BUFF’ Review – A cheap knockoff Suvo Pyne April 3, 2019
BUFF · Film Festivals · Review Happy Face [2019]: ‘BUFF’ Review – A Part-Autobiographical Coming-of-Age Odyssey Debopriyaa Dutta March 20, 2021
Film Festivals · Review Kia and Cosmos [2019]: ‘Glasglow Film Festival’ Review Smita Ganguli February 25, 2019