Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam The Arab (2026) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: Reclaiming Historical Visibility Through Colonial Discourse Rino Lu February 16, 2026February 27, 2026
Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam Motherwitch (2026) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: An Intricately Crafted Slow-Burn Gothic Horror At the Intersection of Grief, Faith, and Art Akash Deshpande February 12, 2026February 27, 2026
Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam Why Do I See You In Everything? (2026) ‘IFFR’ Review: Drifting Remembrances and Resistance Prop Rand Abou Fakher’s Demanding Hybrid Debut Debanjan Dhar February 11, 2026February 27, 2026
Film Festivals · Review · Sundance Shame and Money (2026) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: A Tense, Dreary, and Oft-Chilling Tale of a Family Crushed by the Pressures of Capitalism Akash Deshpande February 7, 2026February 27, 2026
Film Festivals · Review · Sundance Broken English (2026) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: An Intimate, Stimulating Portrait of a Rock Icon Interrogating the Very Nature of Truth Akash Deshpande February 6, 2026February 27, 2026
Film Festivals · Review · Sundance Josephine (2026) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: A Nerve-Wracking Moral Tale of Trauma, Refracted Through a Young Girl’s Perspective Akash Deshpande February 1, 2026February 27, 2026
Film Festivals · IFFI · Review Pescador (2025) ‘IFFI’ Movie Review: A Meditative and Magical Tale Set on the Coasts and Jungles of Costa Rica Shivam Pota December 13, 2025December 22, 2025
Film Festivals · IFFI · Review Atropia (2025) ‘IFFI’ Movie Review: A Sharp Premise Undone by a Wandering Narrative Utsha Sarkar November 24, 2025December 23, 2025
Film Festivals · IFFI · Review Woman and Child (2025) ‘IFFI’ Movie Review: A Mother’s Love and Anguish Over Lost Child and Navigating Pain Utsha Sarkar November 24, 2025December 23, 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 The World Of Love (Segyeui Ju-in, 2025) ‘LFF’ Movie Review: Yoon Ga-eun’s Exceptional Film Encourages Us To Be the Masters of Our Own Worlds Freddie Kay October 28, 2025December 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
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 · Featured · Film Festivals · Review A Prayer for the Dying (2026) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: A Spiritually Exhausted Look at the End of the World Shubham Sharma February 26, 2026February 27, 2026
Berlinale · Featured · Film Festivals · Review Only Rebels Win (2026) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: Hiam Abbass, Luminous As Ever, Lifts A Well-Trodden Transgressive Romance Debanjan Dhar February 26, 2026February 26, 2026
Berlinale · Film Festivals · Review Matapanki (2026) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: An Ambitious, Punk-Fueled Sci-Fi Adventure that Marks a Promising Directorial Debut Akash Deshpande February 22, 2026February 27, 2026
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, 2025December 21, 2025
Berlinale · Featured · Film Festivals · ReviewA Prayer for the Dying (2026) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: A Spiritually Exhausted Look at the End of the WorldFebruary 27, 2026 Shubham Sharma
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · SlamdanceThe Bulldogs (2026) ‘Slamdance’ Documentary Review: A Beautifully Shot, Elegiac, but Oddly Apolitical Look into a Rural Community’s SurvivalFebruary 26, 2026 Akash Deshpande
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · SlamdanceZumeca (2026) ‘Slamdance’ Movie Review: A Well-Meaning but Vapid and Overexpositional Analysis of Indoctrination and ExploitationFebruary 26, 2026 Akash Deshpande
Berlinale · Featured · Film Festivals · ReviewOnly Rebels Win (2026) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: Hiam Abbass, Luminous As Ever, Lifts A Well-Trodden Transgressive RomanceFebruary 26, 2026 Debanjan Dhar
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · SlamdanceTony Odyssey (2026) ‘Slamdance’ Movie Review: A Phantasmagoric Ride Through Philosophical Detours in the Rustic Streets of Brazil February 25, 2026 Akash Deshpande
The Bluff (2026) Movie Review: A By-The-Numbers Pirate Exploitation Thriller Elevated by ‘John Wick’-style Action
Dreams (2026) Movie Review: Jessica Chastain’s Wavering Fragility Bolsters Michel Franco’s Latest Uneven Class Critique
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
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