Mumbai, March 16 -- When Jennifer Salke took over as head of Amazon Studios in February last year, after her predecessor Roy Price quit over sexual harassment claims, she inherited a number of challen... Read More
New Delhi, March 15 -- Six years after The Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra returns with another film about two lonely souls. It deals, as his first feature did, with that quintessentially Mumbai feeling of bei... Read More
New Delhi, March 8 -- Sparring with her mentor, Yon-Rogg (Jude Law), Kree soldier Vers (Brie Larson) is told, "Humour is a distraction." The MCU tone is by now well-enough established that this can be... Read More
New Delhi, March 8 -- Soni opens with a man following a woman on a bicycle at night, calling after her-a long, unbroken take, as all the film's scenes are. She stops and confronts him; suddenly, he's ... Read More
New Delhi, March 2 -- In July 2017, a no-budget B-movie opened in two cinema halls in Tokyo. It was called Kamera O Tomeru Na!-which, translated, means "Don't stop the camera!". The director, Shin'ich... Read More
New Delhi, March 1 -- Sonchiriya opens with a shin-kick of an image: a close-up of a shiny dead snake head crawling with flies. It's lying in the path of a band of approaching dacoits, led by Man Sing... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- In the mostly sedate 91st Academy Awards (save for Spike Lee, who slipped an expletive past the censors), there was a moment of high drama for Indian viewers when Period. End of ... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- Four years after #OscarsSoWhite began trending, there are two films by African-American directors in the Best Picture race. Both Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' and Ryan Coogler's '... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- After the outbreak of flag-waving that took over Hindi cinema last month, it's a relief to be able to write a review that doesn't read like a state of the nation address or a dis... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- If you're a flamingo in love, don't get too attached. This is not a bird accustomed to sticking with the same partner over multiple breeding seasons. In The Thing With Feathers, ... Read More