Tag: Cinema of India

Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) | Review

Ripe Fruits: Kanawade Taps the Bittersweet Rind of Going Home Again While there’s been an uptick in contemporary LGBTQ+ films from India over the past...

Sister Midnight | Review

Crazy On You: Kandhari’s Strange Fantasy of Madness It’s been nearly twenty years since director Karan Kandhari’s 2005 debut Bye Bye Miss Goodnight (since then working on...

Thrice as Nice: Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine as Light’ is Part of Mumbai Trilogy

We got a quick blurb update from the folks at Variety: After campaigning since Cannes, Payal Kapadia has offered a glimpse into the near...

All We Imagine as Light | Review

The Big City: Kapadia Designs Lovely Portrait of Friendship and Free Will Mumbai is a city of illusions, a character remarks in Payal Kapadia’s debut...

In Retreat | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

A Man of Constant Sorrow: Ali Explores the Network of Disconnection There’s an inescapable sense of mournfulness throughout Maisam Ali’s debut In Retreat, in which...

Interview: Tarsem Singh – Dear Jassi

There is a moment in Dear Jassi where the film tonally comes to a halt. A psychologically disturbing full stop that should come as...

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