Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam The Arab (2026) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: Reclaiming Historical Visibility Through Colonial Discourse Rino Lu February 16, 2026February 16, 2026
Featured · 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 12, 2026
Featured · 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 11, 2026
Featured · 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 7, 2026
Featured · 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 6, 2026
Featured · 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 1, 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 Family (2026) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: A Gripping and Meticulously Detailed Portrait of Teenage Separation Anxieties Parsed Through a Subjective Lens Akash Deshpande February 15, 2026February 16, 2026
Berlinale · Featured · Film Festivals · Review I Understand Your Displeasure (2026) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: Killian Armando Friedrich’s Controlled Debut Takes Aim at Working-Class Precarity Debanjan Dhar February 15, 2026February 16, 2026
Berlinale · Featured · Film Festivals · Review Iván & Hadoum (2026) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: A Gentle Romance Navigating Class and Gender Identity Buoyed by Sparkling Central Performances Akash Deshpande February 13, 2026February 13, 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
Film Festivals · ReviewI Know Exactly How You Die (2026) Movie Review: An intriguing thriller that literally loses the plot February 16, 2026 Shikhar Verma
Featured · Film Festivals · ReviewChimney Town: Frozen in Time (2026) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: A Quirky, Sentimental but Derivative Adventure with Bouts of Charming ThrillsFebruary 11, 2026 Akash Deshpande
Featured · Film Festivals · Review · RotterdamThe Arab (2026) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: Reclaiming Historical Visibility Through Colonial DiscourseFebruary 16, 2026 Rino Lu
Berlinale · Featured · Film Festivals · ReviewA Family (2026) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: A Gripping and Meticulously Detailed Portrait of Teenage Separation Anxieties Parsed Through a Subjective LensFebruary 16, 2026 Akash Deshpande
Berlinale · Featured · Film Festivals · ReviewI Understand Your Displeasure (2026) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: Killian Armando Friedrich’s Controlled Debut Takes Aim at Working-Class PrecarityFebruary 16, 2026 Debanjan Dhar
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
Film Festivals · Review · SXSW Spin Me Round [2022] ‘SXSW’ Review: Alison Brie Finds Love And A Sinister Plot In This Comedy Mystery Pramit Chatterjee March 15, 2022
Film Festivals · Review Belle Vie [2022]: ‘SBIFF’ Review – A charming snapshot of a restaurateur’s resilient efforts to stay afloat Shikhar Verma March 16, 2022
Film Festivals · Review · SXSW Halo (Season 1) ‘SXSW’ Review: A Beacon Of Hope For Live-Action Adaptations Of Video Games Pramit Chatterjee March 15, 2022
Film Festivals · Review · SXSW The Locust (2022): ‘SXSW’ Review – A movie about the love of the art and its creators Amartya Acharya March 14, 2022
Film Festivals · Review · SXSW WeCrashed [2022] SXSW Review – Strong Tommy Wiseau Energy from this one Amartya Acharya March 14, 2022
Film Festivals · Review · SXSW Soft & Quiet [2022]: ‘SXSW’ Review – A Deeply Disturbing Horror Film On Violent Acts Of Racism Pramit Chatterjee March 14, 2022
Film Festivals · Review · SXSW Sissy [2022]: ‘SXSW’ Review – A Luscious And Brutal Horror Comedy Packed With Brilliant Performances Pramit Chatterjee March 13, 2022
Film Festivals · Review · SXSW Deadstream [2022]: ‘SXSW’ Review – Evil Dead for the Twitch and Youtube Livestreaming generation Amartya Acharya March 13, 2022
Film Festivals · Review · SXSW The Pez Outlaw [2022] ‘SXSW’ Review – An Outlandish Story Told In An Imaginative And Empathetic Way Pramit Chatterjee March 13, 2022