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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 · Film Festivals · Review

Dangerous Animals (2025) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review: A Wildly Entertaining Stripped-to-the-Bone Slasher

Ollie Wheaton June 9, 2025September 9, 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 · 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, 2025September 9, 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 · Featured · Film Festivals · Review

DJ Ahmet (2025) ‘BFI London Film Festival’ Movie Review: This North Macedonian Coming-of-Age Comedy is a Barrel of Laughs

Jordon Searle October 3, 2025October 7, 2025
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review

Enzo (2025) ‘BFI London Film Festival’ Movie Review: Muddled French Drama Pulled in Too Many Directions

Jordon Searle October 2, 2025October 3, 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

Locarno

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 9, 2025
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, 2025September 9, 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

Featured · Film Festivals · NYFF · Review

Jay Kelly (2025) ‘NYFF’ Movie Review: The Mirror Cracks in Hollywood’s Face – Noah Baumbach’s Latest is about the Fragility of Fame

Aryan Vyas October 5, 2025October 10, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · NYFF · Review

Nouvelle Vague (2025) ‘NYFF’ Movie Review: A Playful, Irreverent Hangout Film Aimed At Cinephiles

Liam Gaughan October 2, 2025October 3, 2025
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

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

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · TIFF

Karmadonna (2025) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: The Writer of ‘A Serbian Film’ Returns with a Bombastic Celebration of Hedonistic Excess

Nikola Jovic October 8, 2025October 9, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · TIFF

In Search of the Sky (Vimukt, 2025) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: Blue Horizons of Hope and Exclusion

Bipasha Bhattacharyya September 16, 2025September 17, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · TIFF

Under the Same Sun (Bajo el bismo sol, 2025) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: Ulises Porra’s Sobering Humane Survival Drama Features Lived-in Performances but Lacks Bite

Akash Deshpande September 12, 2025September 13, 2025

Tribeca

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, 2025September 9, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

Tow (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Fierce and Spectacular Rose Byrne Lifts This Drama Of Resistance

Debanjan Dhar June 12, 2025September 9, 2025
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, 2025September 9, 2025

Venice

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival

The Stranger (L’Étranger, 2025) ‘Venice Film Festival’ Movie Review: Adaptation of Camus Classic is Beautiful, Understated Ordeal

BJ Thoray September 11, 2025September 12, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival

Rose of Nevada (2025) ‘Venice Film Festival’ Movie Review: Mark Jenkin’s Trippy, Bittersweet Return to Cornwall

BJ Thoray September 11, 2025September 12, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival

Frankenstein (2025) ‘Venice Film Festival’ Movie Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Latest Monster Mash is Gothic, Gory, Gorgeous, and Just a Bit Staid

BJ Thoray September 8, 2025September 9, 2025

Akashi (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Akashi (2025) ‘VIFF’ Movie Review: A Sentimental, Intergenerational Tale of Love and Longing

October 9, 2025

Akash Deshpande

Karmadonna (2025) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: The Writer of ‘A Serbian Film’ Returns with a Bombastic Celebration of Hedonistic Excess

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · TIFF

Karmadonna (2025) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: The Writer of ‘A Serbian Film’ Returns with a Bombastic Celebration of Hedonistic Excess

October 9, 2025

Jay Kelly (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · NYFF · Review

Jay Kelly (2025) ‘NYFF’ Movie Review: The Mirror Cracks in Hollywood’s Face – Noah Baumbach’s Latest is about the Fragility of Fame

October 10, 2025

DJ Ahmet (2025)

BFI London Film Festival · Featured · Film Festivals · Review

DJ Ahmet (2025) ‘BFI London Film Festival’ Movie Review: This North Macedonian Coming-of-Age Comedy is a Barrel of Laughs

October 7, 2025

Featured · Film Festivals · NYFF · Review

Nouvelle Vague (2025) ‘NYFF’ Movie Review: A Playful, Irreverent Hangout Film Aimed At Cinephiles

October 3, 2025

Follow Us

The Burdened (2023) ‘CIFF’ Movie Review- An Illuminating Yemeni Abortion Drama

Film Festivals · Review

The Burdened (2023) ‘CIFF’ Movie Review- An Illuminating Yemeni Abortion Drama

Debanjan Dhar October 23, 2023

No Changes Have Taken In Our Life (2023) ‘DOK Leipzig Film Festival’ Movie Review: Captivating glimpse at a life and a place haunted by decay

Film Festivals · Review

No Changes Have Taken In Our Life (2023) ‘DOK Leipzig Film Festival’ Movie Review: Captivating glimpse at a life and a place haunted by decay

Debanjan Dhar October 23, 2023

An Asian Ghost Story (2023) ‘Dok Leipzig Film Festival’ Short Film Review – A mesmerising swirl of spectres and pasts

Film Festivals · Review

An Asian Ghost Story (2023) ‘Dok Leipzig Film Festival’ Short Film Review – A mesmerising swirl of spectres and pasts

Debanjan Dhar October 21, 2023

Beauty And The Lawyer (2023) ‘Dok Leipzig Film Festival’ Movie Review: A wavering glimpse at public and private masculinity

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

Lubo (2023) ‘BFI-LFF’ Movie Review: Giorgio Diritti’s wannabe war epic moves at a glacial pace, held together by Franz Rogowski

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 21, 2023

Paradise is Burning (2023) ‘BFI-LFF’ Movie Review: Born to be wild in a grubby girlhood wonderland

BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review

Paradise is Burning (2023) ‘BFI-LFF’ Movie Review: Born to be wild in a grubby girlhood wonderland

Georgia May October 20, 2023

Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023) ‘BFI-LFF’ Movie Review: Simultaneously a love letter and hate mail to Lebanon, where one film crew risked everything for their art in “a country that was condemned, yet is still living.”

BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review

Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023) ‘BFI-LFF’ Movie Review: Simultaneously a love letter and hate mail to Lebanon, where one film crew risked everything for their art in “a country that was condemned, yet is still living.”

Georgia May October 18, 2023

A Match (2023) “TIFF” Movie Review: Waiting for Prince Charming in a Revolting Kingdom

Film Festivals · Review · TIFF

A Match (2023) “TIFF” Movie Review: Waiting for Prince Charming in a Revolting Kingdom

Niikhiil Akhiil October 17, 2023

Four Daughters “CIFF” Movie Review: Compelling, uneven hybrid docu on a family ripped apart by radicalization

Film Festivals · Netflix · Review · Streaming Now

Four Daughters “CIFF” Movie Review: Compelling, uneven hybrid docu on a family ripped apart by radicalization

Debanjan Dhar March 5, 2024