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
Featured · Film Festivals · IFFI · Review The Blue Trail (2025) ‘IFFI’ Movie Review: A Tale of History, Ageing Bodies, Erasure and Solidarity Utsha Sarkar November 21, 2025November 21, 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
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 · 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, 2025October 29, 2025
Cannes · 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, 2025October 29, 2025
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 Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review Die My Love (2025) ‘BFI London Film Festival’ Movie Review: Lynne Ramsay Returns With a Gutting Portrait of a Mother on Fire Hayyan Khawaja October 20, 2025October 29, 2025
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review Tuner (2025) ‘BFI London Film Festival’ Movie Review: A Welcome Surprise as This Year’s Mystery Movie Hayyan Khawaja October 14, 2025October 29, 2025
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review Lucky Lu (2025) ‘BFI London Film Festival’ Movie Review: Lloyd Lee Choi Crafts an Authentic Portrait of Pain in the Gig Economy Freddie Kay October 14, 2025October 29, 2025
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 · 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 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 29, 2025
Film Festivals · NYFF · Review Nouvelle Vague (2025) ‘NYFF’ Movie Review: A Playful, Irreverent Hangout Film Aimed At Cinephiles Liam Gaughan October 2, 2025October 29, 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
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, 2025October 29, 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
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 29, 2025
Film Festivals · Review · TIFF In Search of the Sky (Vimukt, 2025) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: Blue Horizons of Hope and Exclusion Bipasha Bhattacharyya September 16, 2025October 29, 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
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
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, 2025October 29, 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
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, 2025October 29, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · IFFI · ReviewThe Blue Trail (2025) ‘IFFI’ Movie Review: A Tale of History, Ageing Bodies, Erasure and SolidarityNovember 21, 2025 Utsha Sarkar
Featured · Film Festivals · ReviewGoodbye Sisters (2025) ‘Tallinn’ Movie Review: Arresting Doc Tracks a Journey of Release through Remote NepalNovember 19, 2025 Debanjan Dhar
Featured · Film Festivals · ReviewNadharer Bhela (2025) ‘KIFF’ Movie Review: The Metamorphosis of Nadhar November 19, 2025 Bipasha Bhattacharyya
Featured · Film Festivals · ReviewHappy Birthday (2025) ‘PÖFF’ Movie Review: A Heartfelt and Keenly Observed Drama about Class Disparities and WomanhoodNovember 19, 2025 Akash Deshpande
Featured · Film Festivals · ReviewSeeds (2025) ‘DOC NYC’ Documentary Review: A Strikingly Lyrical Portrait of Black Landowners in the SouthNovember 17, 2025 Akash Deshpande
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Oval Portrait” (2025) Movie Review: A Lovecraftian slow-burn with a stoic love for all things old
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
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
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
Film Festivals · Review · TIFF A Match (2023) “TIFF” Movie Review: Waiting for Prince Charming in a Revolting Kingdom Niikhiil Akhiil October 17, 2023
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
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 21, 2023
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review That They May Face the Rising Sun (2023) ‘BFI-LFF’ Movie Review: Pat Collins’s quaint John McGahern adaptation holds space for the desecrated lifestyle of rural Ireland at the end of the 20th century. Georgia May October 16, 2023
Film Festivals · IFFLA · Review Joram (2023) ‘IFFLA’ Movie Review: An edge-of-your-seat survival thriller laced with incisive social commentary Virat Nehru October 16, 2023
Film Festivals · MAMI · News 25 Must-See Movies at the JIO MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, 2023 Deepshikha Deb July 23, 2024
Film Festivals · IFFLA · Review All India Rank (2023) ‘IFFLA’ Movie Review: A refreshing coming-of-age story with a touch of Michel Gondry Virat Nehru October 16, 2023