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Rana Naidu (TV Series 2025, Season 2)

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Rana Naidu (TV Series 2025, Season 2) ‘Netflix’ Review: Trades in the Edgy Provocative Mediocrity of the First Season for Bland Mediocrity

Amartya Acharya June 14, 2025

Materialists (2025) Movie

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Materialists (2025) Movie Review: Classic Rom-Com Tropes Unravel To Reveal the Cynicism of Modern Dating

Julian Malandruccolo June 14, 2025

A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025)

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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 14, 2025

Evergreen Lists

The 10 Best Indian Movies of 2025 (So Far)

June 14, 2025

Shashwat Sisodiya

Karate Kid Legends (2025) | All 6 Karate Kid Movies, Ranked

All 6 Karate Kid Movies, Ranked

June 6, 2025

Javier Bardem Performances - Live Flesh (1997)

15 Best Javier Bardem Performances, Ranked

June 6, 2025

John Wick (2014) | Every John Wick Movies, Ranked

All movies in the John Wick Universe (including Ballerina), Ranked

June 4, 2025

True Colours: 10 Great Female Character Actors Who Elevate Performance Art

True Colours: 10 Great Female Character Actors Who Elevate Performance Art

June 4, 2025

Prithvijeet Sinha

Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties: The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher—Television | 10 Great Books A Cinephile Must Read

10 Great Books A Cinephile Must Read

June 4, 2025

Reviews

Alphabet Soup (2025) Docuseries Review: A Raw but Increasingly Repetitive Look at the Queer Dating Experience in New York City

Peacock · Prime Video · Review · Streaming Now

Alphabet Soup (2025) Docuseries Review: A Raw but Increasingly Repetitive Look at the Queer Dating Experience in New York City

Shikhar Verma June 15, 2025

Materialists (2025) Movie

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Materialists (2025) Movie Review: Classic Rom-Com Tropes Unravel To Reveal the Cynicism of Modern Dating

Julian Malandruccolo June 14, 2025

A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025)

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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 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, 2025

Escape from the 21st Century (2025) Movie Review: An endlessly creative and breathlessly wild genre mash-up

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Escape from the 21st Century (2025) Movie Review: An endlessly creative and breathlessly wild genre mash-up

Shikhar Verma June 12, 2025

Deep Cover (2025)

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Deep Cover (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Hysterical, Crisply Written Comedy of Errors that Hits All the Right Notes

Akash Deshpande June 16, 2025

Essays

Stolen (2025) movie

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Can HOPE Survive Between TWO INDIAS? Karan Tejpal’s ‘Stolen’ Brilliantly Attempts To Find Out

Ayan Dawn June 15, 2025

Characterising the Space: The Cinematic Space as the Protagonist in ‘Laila Aur Satt Geet’

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Characterising the Space: The Cinematic Space as the Protagonist in ‘Laila Aur Satt Geet’ (The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs, 2020)

Sahil June 15, 2025

The Sanctuary of Nature through the Queer Frame

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The Sanctuary of Nature through the Queer Frame

Gentrit Miftari June 10, 2025

Popular Cinema in India: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of the Indian Cinema and Its Cinematic Tropes

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Popular Cinema in India: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of the Indian Cinema and Its Cinematic Tropes

Santosh Kumar Mamgain June 8, 2025

What ‘Havoc’ Tells Us About Losing the Feel in Filmmaking?

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What ‘Havoc’ Tells Us About Losing the Feel in Filmmaking?

Ritesh Sharma June 7, 2025

Dreams on a Train: Psychoanalysis and the Subconscious Journey in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Nayak’ (1966)

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Dreams on a Train: Psychoanalysis and the Subconscious Journey in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Nayak’ (1966)

Shivani Muralikrishna June 13, 2025

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Four Daughters “CIFF” Movie Review

Film Festivals · Netflix · Review · Streaming Now

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

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

Murdaugh Murders: The Movie - Part 1 (2023) Ending Explained

Explainer · Lifetime · Streaming Now

Murdaugh Murders: The Movie – Part 1 (2023) Ending Explained: Who is responsible for the death of Mallory?

The Worst of Evil Season 1 Episode 7

Hulu · Streaming Now · TV · TV Recaps

The Worst of Evil (Season 1), Episodes 6 & 7: Recap & Ending Explained – What Seeds of Doubt Did Jun-mo plant in Gi-cheul’s mind?

That They May Face the Rising Sun (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.

Jaws 1975

The Fangs of Fear: Exploring Horror and Dread in ‘Jaws’ (1975)

Joram (2023) 'IFFLA' Movie Review.jpg

Film Festivals · IFFLA · Review

Joram (2023) ‘IFFLA’ Movie Review: An edge-of-your-seat survival thriller laced with incisive social commentary

MAMI 2023 Movies - Evil Does Not Exist

Film Festivals · MAMI · News

25 Must-See Movies at the JIO MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, 2023

The Jester (2023) Movie Review | High On Films

The Jester (2023) Movie Review: Forgets Its Genre Roots & Morphs into A Generic Family Drama by the End