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Rotterdam

De Idylle (2025)

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

In My Parents’ House (Im Haus meiner Eltern, 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

Blind Love (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

Twinless

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

Bubble & Squeak (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

Omaha (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

Better Man (2025) ‘IFFI’ Movie Review: A Fairly Conventional Biopic That Is Electrifying and Familiar in Equal Measures

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

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

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

Rhythm of Dammam (2024)

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

Dangerous Animals (2025)

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

Meteors (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

The Mastermind (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

Oddity (2024) ‘Fantasia’ Movie Review

Fantasia · Film Festivals · Review

Oddity (2024) ‘Fantasia’ Movie Review: Subpar Scares in a Horror Film Delighted By Its Own Dopiness

Julian Malandruccolo August 5, 2024March 2, 2025

Infinite Summer (2024) ‘Fantasia’ Movie Review

Fantasia · Film Festivals · Review

Infinite Summer (2024) ‘Fantasia’ Movie Review: This Wild, Bizarre Transhumanist Exploration Doesn’t Hold back

Debanjan Dhar August 3, 2024August 9, 2024

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)

Fantasia · Film Festivals · Review

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) ‘Fantasia’ Movie Review: Brotherhood Expressed Through Bloody Knuckles and Broken Bones

Julian Malandruccolo August 2, 2024March 2, 2025

BFI London 2023

Anora (2024) 'BFI London Film Festival' Movie Review

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

Harvest (2024) ‘LFF’ Movie Review: A Haunting Tale of Nature and Humanity

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

Lubo (2023) ‘BFI-LFF’ Movie Review

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

Olivia and the Clouds (Olivia y Las Nubes, 2024) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review

Film Festivals · Locarno · Review

Olivia and the Clouds (Olivia y Las Nubes, 2024) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review: A Surreal, Mixed-Media Anthology of Unconventional Love Stories

Amartya Acharya August 16, 2024March 2, 2025

Toxic (2024) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review

Film Festivals · Locarno · Review

Toxic (2024) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review: Blistering Debut Foregrounds the Act of Flight

Debanjan Dhar August 16, 2024August 18, 2024

Eight Postcards from Utopia, Sleep #2 (2024) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review

Film Festivals · Locarno · Review

Eight Postcards from Utopia, Sleep #2 (2024) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review: Radu Jude Proves Yet Again Why He’s One of the Most Radical Mischief-Makers in Contemporary Cinema

Debanjan Dhar August 15, 2024March 2, 2025

Berlinale

Blue Moon (2025) Movie

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

Mickey 17 (2025)

Berlinale · Film Festivals · Review

Mickey 17 (2025) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: The Disposable Burden of Morality

Shubham Sharma February 27, 2025March 2, 2025

The Moelln Letters

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

FINDING BLISS_ FIRE AND ICE - THE DIRECTOR'S CUT MOVIE REVIEW (1)

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

GROWN-UPS-2022-MOVIE-REVIEW (1)

Film Festivals · NYAFF · Review

Grown-Ups (2022): ‘NYAFF’ Review: An Insidious Blow to the Core of Clichés

Sourima Chakraborty July 26, 2022July 26, 2022

#LookAtMe (2022) 'NYAFF'

NYAFF · Review

#LookAtMe (2022) ‘NYAFF’ Review: An Empathetic Drama discussing the issue of Human Rights

Akash Deshpande July 23, 2022July 24, 2022

NYFF

Ferrari (2023) ‘NYFF’ Movie Review

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

Burning (2018) ‘NYFF’ Review: About Rage, Love & Class Conflict

Film Festivals · NYFF

Burning (2018) ‘NYFF’ Review: About Rage, Love & Class Conflict

Nafees Ahmed October 6, 2018January 2, 2023

A Family Tour [2018]- ‘NYFF’ Review

Film Festivals · NYFF

A Family Tour [2018]- ‘NYFF’ Review

Nafees Ahmed October 3, 2018October 4, 2018

MAMI

Tinctoria (2025)

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

Diciannove (Nineteen, 2024) ‘MAMI’ Movie Review

Film Festivals · MAMI · Review

Diciannove (Nineteen, 2024) ‘MAMI’ Movie Review: A Brash, Exhilarating Snapshot of Youthful Imprudence

Akash Deshpande October 27, 2024March 2, 2025

The Fable (2024) 'MAMI' Movie Review

Film Festivals · MAMI · Review

The Fable (2024) ‘MAMI’ Movie Review: Magical Realism in the Himalayas

Souvik Saha October 25, 2024March 2, 2025

TIFF

Crocodile Tears (2024) “TIFF” Movie Review

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

Shook, The Swedish Torpedo (2024) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review

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

The Party’s Over (Fin de fiesta, 2024) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review

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

A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025)

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, 2025June 14, 2025

Tow (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, 2025June 12, 2025

Deep Cover (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

Songs of Slow Burning Earth (2024)

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

The Ties That Bind Us (2024) ‘Venice’ Movie Review

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

Familiar Touch (2024) Movie

Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival

Familiar Touch (2024) ‘Venice’ Movie Review: Sarah Friedland’s Powerful Debut Centers Ageing with Authority and Agency

Debanjan Dhar September 10, 2024March 2, 2025

Redlight To Limelight (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Redlight To Limelight (2025) ‘Sheffield DocFest’ Movie Review: Bipuljit Basu’s Doc Entwines Community And Creative Assertion

June 25, 2025

Tape (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Tape (2025) “Raindance Film Festival London” Movie Review: A Hong Kong Reimagination of Linklater’s Indie Classic

June 23, 2025

Ajay Rahul Raja

Our Happy Place (2024)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Our Happy Place (2024) Movie Review: Psychological Horror About a Woman in the Woods Struggles to Flesh Out Its Central Mystery

June 27, 2025

Akash Deshpande

Welded Together (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Welded Together (2025) ‘Sheffield DocFest’ Movie Review: A Heart Wrenching Portrait of Resilience Shifts Between Believing and Receding

June 20, 2025

A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025)

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

June 14, 2025

Follow Us

Your Touch Makes Others Invisible (2025) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: Rajee Samarasinghe’s Docufiction on Sri Lanka’s Disappeared Tamils is a Vital, Self-Fracturing Reckoning

Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam

Your Touch Makes Others Invisible (2025) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: Rajee Samarasinghe’s Docufiction on Sri Lanka’s Disappeared Tamils is a Vital, Self-Fracturing Reckoning

Debanjan Dhar March 2, 2025

Ariel (2025) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: A Delightfully Sly, Dreamlike Play on Performance and Projection

Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam

Ariel (2025) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: A Delightfully Sly, Dreamlike Play on Performance and Projection

Debanjan Dhar March 2, 2025

Perla (2025) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: Restless, Layered Drama Ponders Choices and Consequences

Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam

Perla (2025) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: Restless, Layered Drama Ponders Choices and Consequences

Debanjan Dhar March 2, 2025

Wondrous is the Silence of My Master (Otapanje vladara, 2025) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: Lingering Slow-Burn Pushes at the Tether of Devotion

Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam

Wondrous is the Silence of My Master (Otapanje vladara, 2025) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: Lingering Slow-Burn Pushes at the Tether of Devotion

Debanjan Dhar March 2, 2025

Didn’t Die (2025) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: Millennial Update on George Romero’s Classic Is Tonally Inconsistent Despite the Surprisingly Foresighted Look At the Act of Living

Film Festivals · Review · Sundance

Didn’t Die (2025) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: Millennial Update on George Romero’s Classic Is Tonally Inconsistent Despite the Surprisingly Foresighted Look At the Act of Living

Shikhar Verma March 2, 2025

The Virgin of the Quarry Lake (La virgen de la tosquera, 2025) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: Potent and Disquieting Unravelling of Sexual Envy

Film Festivals · Review · Sundance

The Virgin of the Quarry Lake (La virgen de la tosquera, 2025) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: Potent and Disquieting Unravelling of Sexual Envy

Debanjan Dhar March 2, 2025

Life After (2025) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review – An unflinching doc that takes a piercing look at the cracks in the healthcare and bureaucratic system

Film Festivals · Review · Sundance

Life After (2025) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review – An unflinching doc that takes a piercing look at the cracks in the healthcare and bureaucratic system

Shikhar Verma March 2, 2025

B and S (2025) ‘IFFR’ Short Film Review: A Gentle, Fluid-Form Documentary about the Shared Joys Amid Pain and Identity Struggles

Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam

B and S (2025) ‘IFFR’ Short Film Review: A Gentle, Fluid-Form Documentary about the Shared Joys Amid Pain and Identity Struggles

Akash Deshpande January 31, 2025

Where The Wind Comes From (2025) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: A Buoyant, Glowing Portrait of Youthful Dreamy, Defiant Plunges

Film Festivals · Review · Sundance

Where The Wind Comes From (2025) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: A Buoyant, Glowing Portrait of Youthful Dreamy, Defiant Plunges

Debanjan Dhar March 2, 2025