Extreme gore is not a genre I enjoy or appreciate a whole lot. But as one must watch a movie for what it is, and you come across one that is so well made, toh personal compunctions ko side mein rakhna is best.Dekho …

Do filmein mujhey harr haal mein dekhni thi Toronto mein. Miyazaki ki The Boy and The Heron, Ava DuVernay ki Origin. Kaafi perspective-altering experiences. Dono. Aaj let’s talk about Aunjanue Ellis starrer Origin, adapted from Isabell Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent, written and directed by Ava DuVernay. …

Ek aadmi desh ki janta ko remind kara raha hai ki savaal poochna mat roko. Done with pacifism, he has come down to throwing punches. Sarkaar se naakhush, suffering due to capitalism. …

This might not come as a surprise to you but Dream Girl in my opinion is the LEAST of all Ayushmann Khurrana’s movies, and I say that as a fan. Not anymore. Not. Anymore. Back in Mathura, in this “spiritual sequel” Ayushmann is again Karam who is also Pooja because…

Are you watching a TV show, a play, or a movie? An ode to America’s Industrial Revolution, or scientific fiction? Is it catharsis of grief, is it an allegory for the pandemic, is it a commentary on the importance of storytelling, is it Shakespearean? Yes Kisi filmmaker se ummeed rakhna…

Progeria, a serial killer exclusively murdering film critics, sanitary napkins, a female cricketer with a disability. You can call R Balki many things, you certainly can’t call him dull. Saiyami Kher is Anina, a cricketer in training with an over enthu daadi. Daadi, played by Shabana Azmi goes to her…

“Golden era” of HBO programming, hai, ya box office ka golden time chal raha hai, ya sunehre din hai yeh Indian streaming platforms ke, whichever of these are true, if not all One thing is for certain, we are lucky ki Raj and DK ka ITNA kaam dekhne mil raha…

I can watch Sushmita Sen talking to a tree for an hour if she wants me to. Can I believe her as a 25-year-old tho? Dekho aage and find out. For once here is a production where a shapeless, exposition-y voiceover exists for a reason, Gauri Sawant is telling her…

Sexy spy-looking people putting one finger to ear and saying things like “I’m in”. “inserting you into facial recognition”. Double-cross pe double cross, code names are playing card characters. Itna ho gaya hai ki at this point a 15-year-old can write better James Bond fan fiction. …