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Are you seeing what I'm seeing?

India, Oct. 12 -- When Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) was attacked for its depiction of India, director Steven Spielberg likely felt blindsided. Yes, he had shown this as a place where ch... Read More


Are you seeing what I'm seeing?: Deepanjana Pal writes on Homebound

India, Oct. 11 -- When Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) was attacked for its depiction of India, director Steven Spielberg must have felt blindsided. Yes, he had depicted it as a place in n... Read More


A change of scene

India, Sept. 28 -- Last week, debutant director Aryan Khan's show The Ba***ds of Bollywood (BoB) landed on Netflix, and the Film Federation of India announced that Homebound (2025), directed by Neeraj... Read More


A change of scene: Deepanjana Pal writes on Ba***ds of Bollywood and Humans in the Loop

India, Sept. 26 -- Last week, debutant director Aryan Khan's show The Ba***ds of Bollywood (BoB) landed on Netflix, and the Film Federation of India (FFI) announced Homebound (2025), directed by Neera... Read More


On the horizon: Deepanjana Pal writes on India's Venice winner, Songs of Forgotten Trees

India, Sept. 12 -- Once upon a time, a young woman from West Bengal's Purulia district dreamt of making a movie. Defying all odds, she brought to screen a story of two migrant women determined to surv... Read More


No guts, no glory

India, Aug. 31 -- The shadow of Abbas-Mustan looms large over War 2, as high-octane fights erupt across various modes of transport and characters hopscotch between being bad and good. Despite its big ... Read More


No guts, no glory: Deepanjana Pal writes on the film War 2

India, Aug. 29 -- The shadow of Abbas-Mustan looms large over War 2, as high-octane fights erupt across various modes of transport and characters hopscotch between being bad and good. Despite its big... Read More


Delightfully weird: Deepanjana Pal writes on Season 2 of Wednesday

India, Aug. 16 -- It's been three years since Tim Burton, the patron saint of oddballs and the modern Gothic, presented the world with Wednesday. Dressed in black and putting the "dead" in "deadpan", ... Read More


Much like the heroine, all I feel is a sad blankness: Deepanjana Pal on Saiyaara

India, Aug. 1 -- Now that the film's been out a while, and we no longer need to be coy about spoilers, let's talk about Saiyaara, produced by Yash Raj Films (YRF), directed by Mohit Suri, and starring... Read More


Up, up and a new way

India, July 20 -- No one is watching James Gunn's Superman for its romantic subplot, which is why few viewers likely clocked the 11 seconds snipped from Clark Kent (David Corenswet) and Lois Lane's (R... Read More