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'Caught Stealing' review: An urban nightmare turns into a redemption story

New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Darren Aronofsky's Caught Stealing is a crime thriller with a shot of black comedy. Adapted by author Charlie Huston from his own noir 2004 novel, the film, set in New York City ... Read More


'Kantara: A Legend Chapter 1' review: A formidable origin story

New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Within weeks of its release in 2022, Rishab Shetty's Kannada film Kantara (Mystical Forest) became a pan-India hit. The narrative, rooted in local tradition, explored dynastic cla... Read More


'Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari' review: Bollywood comfort food, reheated

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- Shashank Khaitan's Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari feels like a film that's already over before it begins. The title practically spoils its own ending. What we experience is a 135-... Read More


'Inspector Zende' review: Send-up of crime folklore marred by inconsistency

New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Inspector Zende, written and directed by Chinmay Mandlekar, announces itself as "a story inspired by true events that looks like a fairy tale". It's meant as parody, not fact, bu... Read More


'The Roses' review: Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman spar memorably

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- The Roses is director Jay Roach and screenwriter Tony McNamara's reimagining of the 1989 film The War of the Roses, which starred Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in an untame... Read More


'The Thursday Murder Club' review: Affable cast sells senior citizen whodunit

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- Richard Osman's 2020 novel The Thursday Murder Club soon became a runaway bestseller and a book-club favourite. Its delightful premise follows four older residents living at Coop... Read More


'Tehran' review: Action film addresses the ethical complexities of espionage

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- In Tehran, director Arun Gopalan adapts the high-stakes geopolitics of 2012 into a tense espionage drama. The film's premise is rooted in a real incident: the February 2012 bomb ... Read More


'Son of Sardaar 2' review: A confused, half-hearted comedy

New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- Thirteen years after Son of Sardaar hit cinemas with its brand of crowd-pleasing comedy, its sequel arrives with less humour and even less purpose. Vijay Kumar Arora takes the hel... Read More


'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' review: New Marvel effort is competent at best

New Delhi, July 26 -- Writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby premiered the Fantastic Four in a comic book in 1961, and the quartet soon came to be known as Marvel's 'first family'. They lived together ... Read More