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Rotterdam

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

Sundance

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

IFFI

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

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

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 2023

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

Locarno

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, 2025August 18, 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

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

NYAFF

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

NYFF

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

MAMI

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

TIFF

Film Festivals · Review · TIFF

Crocodile Tears (2024) “TIFF” Movie Review: Tumpal Tampubolon’s Hitchcockian Thriller Delves into Possessiveness and Solitude

Niikhiil Akhiil October 2, 2024March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · TIFF

Shook, The Swedish Torpedo (2024) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: Extraordinary Tales of Finding One’s Feet

Debanjan Dhar September 15, 2024October 15, 2024
Film Festivals · Review · TIFF

The Party’s Over (Fin de fiesta, 2024) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: Sonia Barba Holds Together Cheeky Migrant-In-Hiding Drama

Debanjan Dhar September 15, 2024March 2, 2025

Tribeca

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

Venice

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival

Father (Otec, 2025) ‘Venice’ Movie Review: Tereza Nvotová’s Brooding Cinematic Style Drives This Emotionally Draining Drama Ripe with Moral Ambiguity

Akash Deshpande August 29, 2025August 29, 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) ‘Venice’ Movie Review: A Warm, Frank and Wise Peek into Myriad Emotional Bonds

Debanjan Dhar September 12, 2024March 2, 2025

Father (Otec, 2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival

Father (Otec, 2025) ‘Venice’ Movie Review: Tereza Nvotová’s Brooding Cinematic Style Drives This Emotionally Draining Drama Ripe with Moral Ambiguity

August 29, 2025

Akash Deshpande

Fantasy (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Fantasy (2025) ‘Sarajevo’ Movie Review: The Body Politic Gets a Pop Remix

August 19, 2025

Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Locarno · Review

Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2025) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review: Sho Miyake Draws Sublime Whispers From Chance Encounters

August 18, 2025

Novak (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Novak (2025) ‘Edinburgh’ Movie Review: A Revealing If Sometimes Mismanaged Sci-Fi Minded Portrait of Radical Communities

August 31, 2025

Vassilis Kroustallis

On The Sea (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review

On The Sea (2025) ‘Edinburgh’ Movie Review: An Observant But Rather Timid View of the Queer Predicament

August 30, 2025

Vassilis Kroustallis

Follow Us

The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: An Ambitious and Impeccably Shot Dystopian Fairy Tale that Struggles to Deepen its Allegory

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: An Ambitious and Impeccably Shot Dystopian Fairy Tale that Struggles to Deepen its Allegory

Akash Deshpande June 9, 2025

Lemonade Blessing (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Quirky Coming-of-Age Film about Living Under the Overwhelming Burden of Endless Expectations

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

Lemonade Blessing (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Quirky Coming-of-Age Film about Living Under the Overwhelming Burden of Endless Expectations

Akash Deshpande June 9, 2025

Honeyjoon (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: An Intricate Mother-Daughter Dramedy about Bridging the Gap Between the Past and the Future

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

Honeyjoon (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: An Intricate Mother-Daughter Dramedy about Bridging the Gap Between the Past and the Future

Akash Deshpande June 8, 2025

Inside (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: An Unflinching, Hard-Boiled Account of the Making and Unmaking of a Man

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

Inside (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: An Unflinching, Hard-Boiled Account of the Making and Unmaking of a Man

Akash Deshpande June 8, 2025

Esta Isla (This Island, 2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Sublime and Quietly Wise Journey through Escape and Discovery

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

Esta Isla (This Island, 2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Sublime and Quietly Wise Journey through Escape and Discovery

Debanjan Dhar June 8, 2025

A Bright Future (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Drab and Dreary Study of Free Will in a Dystopian Reality

Featured · Film Festivals · Review

A Bright Future (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Drab and Dreary Study of Free Will in a Dystopian Reality

Akash Deshpande June 4, 2025

Gonzo Girl (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Diluted Account of a Writer Trying to Find Her Own Voice

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

Gonzo Girl (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Diluted Account of a Writer Trying to Find Her Own Voice

Akash Deshpande June 5, 2025

Meteors (2025) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review: A Humanistic and Fervent Tale of Two Teenagers Waking up to the Waves of Adulthood

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 June 17, 2025

The Mastermind (2025) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review: Kelly Reichardt’s Genre Reshaping Targets the Heist Thriller For A Serenely Gripping Commentary on America’s Downturn

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 June 11, 2025