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'What’s Love Got to Do with It': Shekhar Kapur's Romcom Venture Is Funny and Makes You Feel Good
A diasporic drama is a tricky territory. It’s been milked dry a long time ago via clichéd gags, painful stereotypes, and predictable plots. Romcoms have suffered even more. 'What’s Love Got to Do with It' dispels all such misgivings.
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‘Zwigato’ Humanises the ‘Invisible People’ of the Gig Economy
It isn't a movie about ‘hidden’ realities as much as realities so ubiquitous that we pretend they don’t exist.
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This Year’s Oscars Didn't Deepen The Academy’s Crisis, But Didn't Solve it Either
The whole event – including and especially the banter – had a predictable air to it.
Culture
Director Shaunak Sen on Birds, Dystopia and the Dualities in ‘All That Breathes'
Sen says the documentary, nominated for the 'Best Documentary Feature Film' category at this year's Oscars, was the result of his interest in exploring something that was political, social, emotional as well as biological.
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‘Gulmohar’ Unfolds Like a Novel With Compelling, Multiple Points of View
The movie's grasp on the Indian family dynamics makes it stand out.
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‘Sharper’ Mirrors Its Characters’ Deceptive Circularity
How do you outsmart a film when you don’t even know what it’s about?
World
‘Selfiee’ Review: The Star and the Fan and a Film That Works Because of the Latter
The movie isn’t completely impressive, and yet it’s Akshay Kumar’s best in a long time. Maybe because Bollywood movies – and Kumar in particular – have spawned so much disappointment in recent years, ‘not bad’ has begun to resemble ‘good’.
Culture
'The Fabelmans' Is Part Autobiography, But You Learn More About Spielberg From His Other Movies
When 'The Fabelmans' moves away from the aspiring filmmaker to domestic discord, it starts to lose focus and flair.
Live Wire
After Much Excitement and Edginess, ‘Farzi’ Tapers off Into Easy Resolutions
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After Much Excitement and Edginess, ‘Farzi’ Tapers off Into Easy Resolutions
There’s much in the Raj and DK show that keeps the viewer hooked right from the start.
Culture
Hansal Mehta's 'Faraaz' Brings Nuance and Wit to its Display of Terror
The movie shows us that courage can be quiet and reflective.
Culture
‘Almost Pyaar With DJ Mohabbat’: A Compelling Set-up Struck by the Second Half Curse
Anurag Kashyap's latest offering is a ‘romantic drama’ that, like many modern relationships, shuns labels.
Culture
'Gandhi Godse — Ek Yudh' Is a Muddled Representation of Warring Perspectives
You can make a movie about the warring perspectives but you still need to have your own point of view. I have no idea what this film believes in.
Live Wire
With Pathaan, Shahrukh Gives His Fans What They’ve Been Missing All These Years
Culture
With Pathaan, Shahrukh Gives His Fans What They've Been Missing All These Years
The movie tells its story in a dramatic register without scoring cheap political points or using its star as a crutch.
Culture
By Tackling What Cannot Be Said, 'Trial by Fire' Emerges a Show of Stirring Merits
Its storytelling is confident and controlled. Rajshri Deshpande and Abhay Deol are both terrific, but Deshpande seems to be batting on a different pitch altogether.
Live Wire
By Tackling What Cannot Be Said, ‘Trial by Fire’ Emerges a Show of Stirring Merits
Live Wire
Review: There’s a Disconnect Between What ‘Kuttey’ Is and What It Wants To Be
Culture
Review: There’s a Disconnect Between What ‘Kuttey’ Is and What It Wants To Be
I don’t remember the last time I kept hoping for a Bollywood film to get better, and it only got worse.
Culture
‘Mumbai Mafia’ Has a Few Insights but the Documentary Ultimately Feels Slim and Superficial
Netflix's latest true crime offering is a typical ‘snackumentary’ – a filmmaking equivalent of franchise fast food that aims for the easiest pleasures, not hard-fought longevity.
