Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam De Idylle (2025) โIFFRโ Movie Review: Expansive, Tonally Shifting Drama Explores Lifeโs Crisis-Points Debanjan Dhar February 9, 2025March 5, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam In My Parentsโ House (Im Haus meiner Eltern, 2025) โIFFRโ Movie Review: Tim Ellrichโs 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) โIFFRโ Review: Julian Chouโs Unfussy Family Drama Uncovers Repression with Delicate Strokes Debanjan Dhar February 6, 2025March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · Sundance Twinless (2025) Movie Review: Dylan OโBrien Is Excellent in a Darkly Comical Look At Co-dependency Shikhar Verma February 9, 2025March 5, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · Sundance Bubble & Squeak (2025) โSundanceโ Movie Review: An Oddly Endearing Marriage Counseling Session about a Couple on their Honeymoonย Akash Deshpande February 6, 2025March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · Sundance Omaha (2025) โSundanceโ 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) โIFFIโ 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) โIffiโ 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) โIFFIโ 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 Slasherย Ollie Wheaton June 9, 2025June 15, 2025
Cannes · Featured · Film Festivals · Review Meteors (2025) โCannesโ 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) โCannesโ Movie Review: Kelly Reichardtโs Genre Reshaping Targets the Heist Thriller For A Serenely Gripping Commentary on Americaโs Downturn Julian Malandruccolo May 26, 2025June 11, 2025
Fantasia · Film Festivals · Review Oddity (2024) โFantasiaโ Movie Review: Subpar Scares in a Horror Film Delighted By Its Own Dopiness Julian Malandruccolo August 5, 2024March 2, 2025
Fantasia · Film Festivals · Review Infinite Summer (2024) โFantasiaโ Movie Review: This Wild, Bizarre Transhumanist Exploration Doesnโt Hold back Debanjan Dhar August 3, 2024August 9, 2024
Fantasia · Film Festivals · Review Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) โFantasiaโ Movie Review: Brotherhood Expressed Through Bloody Knuckles and Broken Bones Julian Malandruccolo August 2, 2024March 2, 2025
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review Anora (2024) ‘LFF’ Movie Review: Itโs 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) โBFI-LFFโ Movie Review: Giorgio Dirittiโs wannabe war epic moves at a glacial pace, held together by Franz Rogowski Georgia May October 20, 2023October 21, 2023
Film Festivals · Locarno · Review Olivia and the Clouds (Olivia y Las Nubes, 2024) โLocarnoโ Movie Review: A Surreal, Mixed-Media Anthology of Unconventional Love Stories Amartya Acharya August 16, 2024March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · Locarno · Review Toxic (2024) โLocarnoโ Movie Review: Blistering Debut Foregrounds the Act of Flight Debanjan Dhar August 16, 2024August 18, 2024
Film Festivals · Locarno · Review Eight Postcards from Utopia, Sleep #2 (2024) โLocarnoโ Movie Review: Radu Jude Proves Yet Again Why Heโs One of the Most Radical Mischief-Makers in Contemporary Cinema Debanjan Dhar August 15, 2024March 2, 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) โBerlinaleโ Review: Martina Priessnerโs 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 Clichรฉs 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) โNYFFโ Movie Review: Paint-by-Numbers Biopic About Visionary Engineer Has None of its Subjectโs 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 Indigoย ย Damayanti Ghosh April 20, 2025April 27, 2025
Film Festivals · MAMI · Review Diciannove (Nineteen, 2024) โMAMIโ Movie Review: A Brash, Exhilarating Snapshot of Youthful Imprudenceย 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
Film Festivals · Review · TIFF Crocodile Tears (2024) โTIFFโ Movie Review: Tumpal Tampubolonโs Hitchcockian Thriller Delves into Possessiveness and Solitude Niikhiil Akhiil October 2, 2024March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · TIFF Shook, The Swedish Torpedo (2024) โTIFFโ Movie Review: Extraordinary Tales of Finding Oneโs Feet Debanjan Dhar September 15, 2024October 15, 2024
Film Festivals · Review · TIFF The Partyโs Over (Fin de fiesta, 2024) โTIFFโ Movie Review: Sonia Barba Holds Together Cheeky Migrant-In-Hiding Drama Debanjan Dhar September 15, 2024March 2, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025) โTribecaโ Movie Review: Alexandra Daddario and Ashley Park Bring Some Spark to This Unfocused Couple-Vacation Drama Debanjan Dhar June 13, 2025June 14, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca Tow (2025) โTribecaโ Movie Review:ย A Fierce and Spectacular Rose Byrne Lifts This Drama Of Resistance Debanjan Dhar June 12, 2025June 12, 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
Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival Songs of Slow Burning Earth (2024) ‘Venice’ Movie Review: A Shattering, Indelible Record of a Wrecked Ukraine Debanjan Dhar September 20, 2024March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival The Ties That Bind Us (2024) โVeniceโ Movie Review: A Warm, Frank and Wise Peek into Myriad Emotional Bonds Debanjan Dhar September 12, 2024March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival Familiar Touch (2024) โVeniceโ Movie Review: Sarah Friedlandโs Powerful Debut Centers Ageing with Authority and Agency Debanjan Dhar September 10, 2024March 2, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · ReviewTape (2025) โRaindance Film Festival Londonโ Movie Review: A Hong Kong Reimagination of Linklaterโs Indie ClassicJune 23, 2025 Ajay Rahul Raja
Featured · Film Festivals · ReviewOur Happy Place (2024) Movie Review: More of a Psychological Horror than a Mystery Thriller about an Isolated Woman in the WoodsJune 23, 2025 Akash Deshpande
Featured · Film Festivals · ReviewWelded Together (2025) โSheffield DocFestโ Movie Review: A Heart Wrenching Portrait of Resilience Shifts Between Believing and RecedingJune 20, 2025 Debanjan Dhar
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · TribecaA Tree Fell In The Woods (2025) โTribecaโ Movie Review: Alexandra Daddario and Ashley Park Bring Some Spark to This Unfocused Couple-Vacation DramaJune 14, 2025 Debanjan Dhar
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · TribecaTow (2025) โTribecaโ Movie Review:ย A Fierce and Spectacular Rose Byrne Lifts This Drama Of ResistanceJune 12, 2025 Debanjan Dhar
Meteors (2025) โCannesโ Movie Review: A Humanistic and Fervent Tale of Two Teenagers Waking up to the Waves of Adulthood
The Mastermind (2025) โCannesโ Movie Review: Kelly Reichardtโs Genre Reshaping Targets the Heist Thriller For A Serenely Gripping Commentary on Americaโs Downturn
The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto, 2025) โCannesโ Movie Review: Subverting Genre Conventions to Revisit Brazilโs Military History
Film Festivals · Review The Promised Land (2023) โCIFFโ Movie Review- A Towering, Restrained Mads Mikkelsen Anchors Richly Absorbing, Meticulously Constructed Period Drama Debanjan Dhar October 25, 2023
Film Festivals · Review The Burdened (2023) โCIFFโ Movie Review- An Illuminating Yemeni Abortion Drama Debanjan Dhar October 23, 2023
Film Festivals · Review No Changes Have Taken In Our Life (2023) โDOK Leipzig Film Festivalโ Movie Review: Captivating glimpse at a life and a place haunted by decay Debanjan Dhar October 23, 2023
Film Festivals · Review An Asian Ghost Story (2023) โDok Leipzig Film Festivalโ Short Film Review – A mesmerising swirl of spectres and pasts Debanjan Dhar October 21, 2023
Film Festivals · Review Beauty And The Lawyer (2023) ‘Dok Leipzig Film Festival’ Movie Review: A wavering glimpse at public and private masculinity Debanjan Dhar October 20, 2023
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review Lubo (2023) โBFI-LFFโ Movie Review: Giorgio Dirittiโs wannabe war epic moves at a glacial pace, held together by Franz Rogowski Georgia May October 21, 2023
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review Paradise is Burning (2023) โBFI-LFFโ Movie Review: Born to be wild in a grubby girlhood wonderland Georgia May October 20, 2023
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023) โBFI-LFFโ Movie Review: Simultaneously a love letter and hate mail to Lebanon, where one film crew risked everything for their art in โa country that was condemned, yet is still living.โ Georgia May October 18, 2023
Film Festivals · Review · TIFF A Match (2023) โTIFFโ Movie Review: Waiting for Prince Charming in a Revolting Kingdom Niikhiil Akhiil October 17, 2023