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Inspector Rishi: The deep woods play host to an evil spirit and silly superstition…March 30 2024
Patna Shuklla: Raveena Tandon starrer makes for a good watch despite Jolly LLB flashbacks...March 29 2024
Cannes Film Festival: What is in the running...March 28 2024
Lootere: Rajat Kapoor starrer brings back memories of Tom Hanks’ Captain Phillips...March 22 2024
Art of Love: An easy watch on a lazy evening...March 15 2024
Madhavan: A man with myriad masks...March 12 2024
The Zone of Interest : Jonathan Glazer’s film deserves Best International Feature Film win at Oscars...March 11 2024
Shaitaan: R. Madhavan scares Ajay Devgn and the audience with his impressive performance...March 8 2024
Oscars 2024: Will Oppenheimer create history by winning a record number of awards...March 5 2024
Operation Valentine: Varun Tej film is visually appealing but lacks punch…March 1 2024
Canadian director Xavier Nolan to head Cannes’ Un Certain Regard jury...March 1 2024
In The Belly Of A Tiger: A Berlinale title that makes you wince at farmers’ plight…February 22 2024
Siren: Jayam Ravi-Keerthi Suresh’s crime drama distracts from its plot, fails to impress...February 16 2024
Sharmila Tagore steps under arc lamps after 13 years in Suman Ghosh’s Bengali work Puratawan…February 15 2024
Captain Miller: Dhanush delivers marvellous performance in this compelling social drama…February 9 2024
Bhakshak: Bhumi Pednekar is fantastic in Pulkit’s intense story about abuse in an orphanage…February 9 2024
Parama: A Journey With Aparna Sen...February 1 2024
Elizabeth Taylor: Will the new BBC series with Kim Kardashian do justice to the Hollywood queen?...January 20 204
Oscar nominations: Big talking points include nod for Indian feature documentary...January 24 2024
Alain Delon: Once a great actor and star, now living a miserable life…January 23 2024
Merry Christmas: Vijay Sethupathi is not just a Tamil boy in this Sriram Raghavan thriller…January 22 20244
Merry Christmas: Vijay Sethupathi, Katrina Kaif give the Andhadhun rush not the high…January 20 2024
Killer Soup: Manoj Bajpayee, Konkana Sen Sharma impress in this meal…January 11 2024
Martin Scorsese to make an 80-minute long movie on Jesus Christ...January 9 2024
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Maestro: Bradley Cooper delivers a brilliant performance and biopic…December 21 2023
Italian film There’s Still Tomorrow on domestically violence proves to be a huge hit… December 19 2023
Barbie director Greta Gerwig to chair 77th Cannes Film Festival jury…December 14 2023
Nocturnal Burger: India’s live action short film for the Oscars is powerful story of sexual abuse…December 12 2023
Mast Mein Rehne Ka: Jackie Shroff-Neena Gupta’s wonderful camaraderie shines despite a tame climax…December 8 2023
Dhootha: Naga Chaitanya starrer OTT series makes an attempt to wow audiences but falls short...December 1 2023
Red Sea Film Festival to close on Dec 7 with Adam Driver starrer Ferrari...November 24 2023
Red Sea International Film Festival to open with Saudi romantic fantasy work…November 17 2023
Europe dominates Oscar submissions...November 15 2023
Red Sea Film Festival announces lineup...November 7 2023
Kennedy: Sunny Leone, Rahul Bhat fail to impress in Anurag Kashyap’s convoluted thriller…October 30 2023
MAMI Film Festival pays tribute to legendary film critic Derek Malcolm...October 30 2023
Tiger Nageswara Rao: Ravi Teja starrer loses focus and wanders all over the place...October 20 2023
Dariush Mehrjui dead…October 16 2023
Paradise: Sri Lankan director Prasanna captures the island’s angst through a young couple…October 6 2023
Khufiya: Wamiqa Gabbi, Ali Fazal steal the show in Vishal Bharadwaj’s spy story…October 5
The Continental: Colin Woodell starrer will surely disappoint John Wick fans…September 23 2023
Mark Antony: Vishal, S J Suryah’s film is a hotchpotch of ideas…September 15 2023
Kay Kay Menon steals the show with his great performance…September 14 2023
Venice Film Festival screens first ever work in competition by woman African American…September 7 2023
Kushi: Vijay Deverakonda and Samantha’s film has little to offer on the performance front…September 1 2023
Love-All: K.K. Menon shines, but Sudhanshu Sharma’s sports drama is very predictable...August 31 2023
Venice Film Festival begins today with Oscar hopefuls and controversial directors...August 30 2023
Adam Driver, Jessica Chastain among others to be at Venice Film Festival…August 29 2023
King of Kotha: Dulquer Salmaan shines in this over-ambitious gangster drama...August 24 2023
Dulquer Salmaan, Rajkummar Rao are the only saving grace in a shoddy series...August 18 2023
Meg 2 – The Trench: The sequel is jaded and a trifle boring, no patch on the earlier one...August 4 2023
Venice Film Festival selects films by Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Luc Besson amid sexual assault claims…July 26 2023
Actors’ strike forces Challengers to be withdrawn from Venice Film Festival…July 24 2023
Hollywood strike may impact Venice Film Festival...July 20 2023
French-American director Damien Chazelle to chair Venice Film Festival jury…July 15 2023
Adam Sandler, Penelope Cruz starrer Ferrari may compete at the Venice Film Festival…July 11 2023
Challengers to open Venice Film Festival on August 30…July 7 2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: A great cast and of course an endearing Harrison Ford...June 29 2023
Lust Stories 2...June 29 2023
Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five novels to be BBC mini-series...June 29 2023
Tiku Weds Sheru: Newcomer Avneet Kaur is a good find in Nawazuddin Siddiqui film...June 23 2023
Wes Anderson makes 37-minute feature for Netflix, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar…June 16 2023
South Korean police probing cinema box-office manipulation…June 14 2023
Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki announces How Do You Live will be his last film…June 5 2023
French film Anatomy of a Fall takes home Cannes Palm d’Or…May 28 2023
Glamour seems to have returned to Cannes this year, but will the good times last?…May 25 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon director Martin Scorsese nervous about Ukraine…May 22 2023
After three somewhat dull days Cannes Film Festival sparkles with a Nazi drama, The Zone of Interest...May 20 2023
Cannes 2023: Michael Douglas says Basic Instinct seemed so scandalous in 1992…May 18 2023
Cannes opens with Johnny Depp’s Jeanne du Barry…May 17 2023
Cannes 2023: Reading Lolita in Tehran to be promoted at the prestigious film Festival...May 6 2023
Cannes Film Festival to present Michael Douglas with honorary Palm d’Or…May 4 2023
Pixar’s fourth work at Cannes, Elemental, to close the Festival on May 27…April 22 2023
French icon Catherine Deneuve is the poster girl for Cannes 2023…April 20 2023
Cannes 2023: Kanu Behl’s Agra to play at Directors’ Fortnight at film festival...April 19 2023
Cannes 2023: Johnny Depp’s Jeanne du Barry as opening film creates controversy...April 18 2023
Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy to be part of the upcoming Cannes 2023…April 14 2023
Cannes 2023: Spanish giant Pedro Almodovar to be at Film Festival with Strange Way of Life…April 12 2023
Cannes 2023: Johnny Depp starrer Jeanne du Barry director Maiwenn accused of assaulting journalist...April 10 2023
Johnny Depp’s French historical drama Jeanne du Barry to open Cannes Film Festival...April 6 2023
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon to screen at Cannes 2023…April 3 2023
Alfred Hitchcock’s masterly Vertigo to be remade — or reduced to nothingness?…March 29 2023
Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga: Chor runs away with Yami Gautam, Sunny Kaushal starrer’s script...March 24 2023
Cannes 2023: International films that may screen this year, but no clarity on Indian titles…March 21 2013
Cannes Iconic Carlton Hotel reopens to add sparkle to the Festival…March 15 2023
Oscars 2023: Will India triumph; the question on everyone’s lips…March 12 2023
Rana Naidu: Rana Daggubati, Venkatesh Daggubati has all the feel of a Telugu drama...March 10, 2023
Gulmohar: Manoj Bajpayee and Sharmila Tagore excel in immensely watchable family drama...March 3 2023
Swedish director Ruben Ostlund to chair Cannes Film Festival jury…February 28 2023
Cocaine Bear: A twisted tale of a drug smuggler and an animal gone berserk...February 26 2023
Movies will never disappear, says Berlin Jury president actress Kristin Stewart...February 20 2023
The Martha Mitchell Effect is a compelling Oscar runner on the Watergate scandal…February 17 2023
Oscar nominated All Quiet on the Western Front underlines the futility of war…February 9 2023
Iranian director Jafar Panahi of No Bears fame walks out of prison after hunger strike…February 5 2023
Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke: Srijit Mukherji tries to sell old wine in new bottle…January 26 2023
Jailed Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi may be out on bail soon…January 22 2023
All Quiet on the Western Front gets a record number of Bafta nominations…January 21 2023
The Banshees of Inisherin clinches three Bafta nominations after winning three Golden Globes...January 20 2023
Trial by Fire: An eminently watchable Netflix series on the Upahaar cinema tragedy…January 14 2023
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D.H. Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover on Netflix is sensual and seductive...December 10 202
At Red Sea Fest, Gurinder Chadha reveals film with Disney on an Indian princess is on the cards...December 7 2022
Red Sea Film Festival: Blonde director was ‘pleased’ Marilyn Monroe biopic ‘outraged’ Americans…December 5 2022
Red Sea Film Festival: Akshay Kumar to make film on sex education…December 4 2022
At Red Sea Film Festival, Sharon Stone says Basic Instinct destroyed her peace of mind...December 3 2022
Shekhar Kapur’s What’s Love Got To Do With it opens Red Sea Film Festival enriched by Bollywood magic...December 2 2022
India Lockdown: Madhur Bhandarkar brings back horrors of pandemic but a little late in the day...December 2 2022
Khakee:The Bihar Chapter — The show is gripping and thrilling…November 25 2022
Legendary American director Oliver Stone to chair Red Sea International Film Festival jury…November 24 2022
Shah Rukh Khan to be honoured at Red Sea International Film Festival…November 21 2022
Jafar Panahi’s Venice title No Bears seems have seen the present Iranian upheaval coming...November 11 2022
Red Sea Film Festival unveils Spectacular movie selections…November 10 2022
Tokyo Film Festival: Opium is an incisive take on religious prejudice and beyond...November 4 2022
Tokyo Film Festival: Spanish rural thriller, The Beasts, clinches three top awards…November 3 2022
Shekhar Kapur’s What’s Love Got To Do With It? to open Second Red Sea Film Festival on December 1…November 1
Tokyo Film Festival: Macedonian director Milcho Manchevski’s Kaymak is hugely disappointing…November 1 2022
Tokyo Film Festival: A Place of Our Own highlights the problems of LGBTQ...October 28 2022
Tokyo Film Festival: Fragments of the Last Will a true story of Japanese soldier who suffered Russian brutality…October 27 2022
Tokyo Film Festival all set for grand opening today with Fragments of the Last Will…October 24 2022
Shantaram: A messy take on a foreigner’s exploits in India…October 14 2022
Tokyo Film Festival to honour Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Kuji Fukada and Naomi Teruyo...October 10 2022
Tokyo Film Festival: Aman Sachdeva’s Opium seems like an exciting cocktail...October 8 2022
Ponniyin Selvan 1: Mani Ratnam handles a complex plot with motley group of characters...September 30 2022
Babli Bouncer: Tamannaah shoulders this novel narrative impressively…September 23 2022
At upcoming Tokyo Film Festival India’s opium and A Place of Our Own make the cut…September 22 2022
Tokyo Film Festival to open with prisoner of war drama Fragments of the Last Will…September 18 2022
Jogi: Diljit Dosanjh film is honest depiction of the brutality Sikhs suffered in 1984…September 16 2022
Venice Film Festival 2022: Other People’s Children explores a woman’s cry for a child...September 10 2022
Venice Film Festival: Blonde star Ana de Armas says she felt close to the Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe…September 9 2022
Venice Film Festival: Argentina 1985 explores landmark trial that put powerful military men in the dock...September 7 2022
At Venice Film Festival, Immensity headlined by Penelope Cruz is a haunting look at domestic violence…September 5 2022
At Venice Film Festival, Master Gardener plants tension amidst a colourfully regal setting…September 4 2022
Venice Film Festival: Timothee Chalamet’s Bones and All plots cannibalism and receives standing ovation…September 3 2022
Venice Film Festival kicks in with White Noise…September 1 2022
Venice Film Festival to protest Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s arrest...August 26 2022
Vikram Vedha teaser: Hrithik Roshan lacks Vijay Sethupathi’s vileness…August 25 2022
Streaming Sites sprint, theatres crawl...August 24 2022
American director Walter Hill to be feted at Venice Film Festival…August 17 2022
Viruman: Karthi, Prakash Raj starrer is a disappointing watch…August 12 2022
Blonde: Marilyn Monroe biopic director warns Ana de Armas starrer has ‘something to offend everybody’…August 8 2022
Sita Ramam: Dulquer Salmaan is convincing, Rashmika Mandanna compelling in this period drama…August 5 2022
79th Venice Film Festival unveils complete lineup: All about Iran and Netflix...July 27 2022
Adam Driver starrer White Noise to open Venice Film Festival on August 31...July 26 2022
The Gray Man: Dhanush takes on Ryan Gosling in Russo Bros film that has little originality…July 22 2022
Hollywood actress Julianne Moore to head Venice Film Festival jury…July 16 2022
Persuasion: Dakota Johnson dazzles as Anne Elliot in this adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel…July 15 2022
There is no stopping Woody Allen at 86...July 2 2022
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect — A disappointing directorial debut from R. Madhavan…July 1 2021
Forensic: Vikrant Massey sparkles in this gripping crime caper set in the hills…June 24 2022
Will El Gouna Film Festival take off again, now that it has been cancelled this year…June 21 2022
O2: Nayanthara starrer fails to sustain its dramatic appeal…June 17 2022
Masoom: Boman Irani stands out with a compelling performance in his OTT debut…June 17 2022
Vikram: Fahadh Faasil outshines Kamal Haasan in this loose narrative…June 3 2022
Venice Film Festival 2022 to honour French diva Catherine Deneuve…June 2 2022
Cannes 2022: Palm d’Or goes to Ruben Oslund’s Triangle of Sadness...May 29 2022
Cannes 2022: Elvis created by Baz Luhrmann is dream come true…May 28 2022
Cannes Film Festival: Pakistan’s Joyland critiques age-old traditions…May 27 2022
Cannes 2022: Crimes of the Future director David Cronenberg says ” US is completely insane”…May 25 2022
Cannes Film Festival shocks and rattles us with titles from David Cronenberg and Ruben Ostlund…May 24 2022
At Cannes 2022, Holy Spider provokes unholy smoke inside the theatre and outside…May 23 2022
Cannes 2022: Director of Boy from Heaven says his love for Egypt unrequited…May 22 2022
Cannes 2022: Armageddon director James Gray says ” a bunch of authoritarians taking over planet” … May 21 2022
12th Man: Mohanlal struggles to grapple with underwritten part in Agatha Christie lookalike plot...May 20 2022
At Cannes Film Festival, Tom Cruise promotes cinema and his daredevilry to delirious crowds...May 19 2022
Cannes 2022: Chinese animated movie pulled out of Directors’ Fortnight at the eleventh hour…May 18 2022
Cannes Film Festival begins with witty French zombie film Final Cut...May 18 2022
No party for Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick at Cannes Film Festival…May 16 2022
Marilyn Monroe biopic: Anna de Armas’ Blonde misses out on Cannes, Will it head to Venice now?…May 15 2022
Film or no film, Indian stars always hit the Cannes Red Carpet…May 12 2022
Cannes Film Festival says no to Russian journalists who support Putin on Ukraine…May 10 2022
Thar: Anil Kapoor dose decent job, Harshvarrdhan fails to impress in convoluted film…May 6 2022
Satyajit Ray’s Pratidwandi and Aravindan’s Thamp to screen as part of Cannes Classics…May 5 2022
Cannes Film Festival: A history of sex and violence…April 28 2022
Pakistani movie Joyland on sexual revolution at Cannes Film Festival this year…April 23 2022
Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes, to be screened at Cannes, documents undying love for kites...April 21 2022
Cannes Film Festival poster pays tribute to Jim Carrey starrer The Truman Show…April 20 2022
A grieving mother turns Miss Marple to nail daughter’s killers...April 15 2022
Indian documentary All That Breathes to be part of Cannes Film Festival...April 14 2022
Cannes Film Festival and the buzz around it…April 9 2022
Dasvi: Abhishek Bachchan headlines this no holds-barred political satire…April 7 2022
Sharmaji Namkeen: Rishi Kapoor and Paresh Rawal brilliantly blend into one character in this novel experiment…March 31 2022
CODA: Family or music, an enthralling essay on a girl’s dilemma…March 29 2022
Marilyn Monroe biography adapted to screen by Netflix with Ana de Armas playing the Hollywood icon…March 25 2022
Cinema and social responsibility…March 20 2022
Jalsa: Vidya Balan, Shefali Shah’s film leaves a trail of unanswered questions…March 18 2022
Tom Cruise’s Top Gun Maverick to screen at Cannes Film Festival…March 15 2022
Maaran: Dhanush disappoints in an absurd drama with a senseless screenplay…March 12 2022
The Adam Project: Ryan Reynolds wants to save the planet in this pulse-pounding adventure…March 10 2022
Cannes Film Festival may not welcome Russian delegations this year…March 2 2022
The Fame Game: Madhuri Dixit’s debut web series loses focus and dilutes the thrill...February 25 2022
#Homecoming: A delightful delve into the past on a Durga Puja night…February 18 2022
The Worst Person in the World: A confused Julie whose life goes zig zag…February 12 2022
Gehraiyaan: Deepika Padukone, Ananya Panday film is too tame for a triangular romance…February 11 2022
Cannes Film Festival titles get Oscar nominations in seven categories…February 9 2022
Looop Lapeta: Taapsee Pannu film slips and falls in its race to retell German classic Run Lola Run...February 4 2022
Here’s Looking At You, 80 – Casablanca completes eight decades this year...January 30 2022
A Hero: Asghar Farhadi give an incisive comment on Iranian society’s morality…January 21 2022
Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein: Tahir Raj Bhasin, Sweta Tripathi star in a muddled up Netflix series…January 14 2022
Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Swayamvaram, a landmark in Malayalam cinema, came 50 years ago...January 5 2022
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Murder at Teesri Manzil 302: Late Irrfan Khan lights up the screen with his charming presence…December 31 2021
Ten Best Shows of 2021…December 27 2021
Decoupled: R. Madhavan is amazing in this fun-filled, naughty Netflix series…December 17 2021
420 IPC: A courtroom drama that despite an able Vinay Pathak falters…December 17 2021
Aranyak: Raveena Tandon and Parambrata Chatterjee are saddled with a sloppy script in Netflix series...December 10 2021
At Red Sea Film Festival, Kerala’s Paka is a bleak and bloody story of two feuding families...December 9 2021
Bob Biswas: Abhishek Bachchan plays a softer version of Kahaani assassin…December 3 2021
The Power of the Dog: Jane Campion is out with a covertly brutal cowboy drama...December 2 2021
Drushyam 2: Venkatesh starrer Telugu remake lacks the pulse-pounding excitement 0f first part…November 26 2021
NFDC Film Bazaar: In Bitter Sweet, Ananth Narayan Mahadevan show horrific practice in sugarcane industry...November 25 2021
NFDC Film Bazaar: Withering and Alpha Beta Gamma focus on acceptance and reconciliation...November 24 2021
NFDC Film Bazaar: 50th Anniversary, Nikas talk about disappointment, pain...November 23 2021
NFDC Film Bazaar: Rhoya and Bena are all about dreams…November 22 2021
NFDC Film Bazaar: Geometry Box and You Changed Me, two films explore feelings and attitude...November 21 2021
Dhamaka: Kartik Aaryan film is a pacy, though somewhat exaggerated thriller...November 19 2021
Red Sea Film Festival to have 16 titles competing for the top Golden Yusr Award…November 18 2021
Red Sea Film Festival to honour two women directors...November 17 2021
Red Sea Film Festival will present extraordinary global storytelling with international titles…November 16 2021
Saudi’s Red Sea Film Festival to feature Malayalam work Paka as part of competition…November 11 2021
Tokyo Film Festival title Arisaka is a thrilling battle between a policewoman and a gangster…November 10 2021
At Tokyo Film Festival, South Korea’s Hommage is a tribute to the art of cinema and women...November 9 2021
Tokyo Film Festival: Payback focusses on the grim realities of The Philippines…November 7 2021
Tokyo Film Festival: The Dawning of the Day underlines horrid chapter from Pablo Neruda’s life...November 4 2021
Jai Bhim: Suriya is riveting as Advocate Chandru in this gripping watch…November 1 2021
Tokyo Film Festival: Clint Eastwood’s Cry Macho is a delightful opener…October 30 2021
Dybbuk: Emraan Hashmi headlines a demonic plot set in picture-postcard Mauritius...October 29 2021
Sardar Udham: Vicky Kaushal film recreates horrors of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre...October 16 2021
Udanpirappe: Jyotika-starrer is sorely disappointing…October 14 2021
Busan Film Festival: Aparna Sen’s The Rapist with Konkana Sensharma, is one of her finest works…October 12 2021
Bhramam: Prithviraj somewhat saves this Malayalam version of Andhadhun...October 7 2021
Sunny: Jayasurya film is a one-man show that falls flat…September 23 2021
Maestro: Nithiin’s movie is frame-by-frame account of Andhadhun, could have improved on it...September 17 2021
The Mad Women’s Ball: Restraint and subtlety mark film set in 19th century mental hospital…September 15 2021
The Voyeurs: It aims to be Hitchcock thriller Rear Window, but is far from it…September 11 2021
Mumbai Diaries 26/11: Mohit Raina, Konkana Sen Sharma’s series could have been tighter…September 9 2021
Venice Film Festival: Indian filmmaker’s Venice outing wanders off midway...September 8 2021
Helmet: Aparshakti Khurana sleepwalks through film not in syn with modern India...September 3 2021
Roberto Benigni steals the show as Venice Film Festival begins…September 2 2021
Venice Film Festival: Charmers on the Lido…August 30 2021
The Empire: Mughal Emperor Babur’s life retold but in messy manner…August 28 2021
#Home: A crowded canvas that dilutes that dilutes the story of a technologically challenged man...August 19 2021
Netrikann: Nayanthara somewhat salvages a mishmash of a thriller…August 13 2021
Shershaah: A miscast Sidharth Malhotra does little justice to a Kargil War hero…August 12 2021
Kuruthi: A haunting look at inclusiveness in society divided by religious bigotry…August 11 2021
Dial 100: The thriller loses its fizz midway, and even Manoj Bajpayee can’t save it...August 6 2021
Spanish master Pedro Almodovar’s Parallel Mothers to open Venice Film Festival…July 30 2021
Venice Film Festival 2021: Once Upon A Time in Calcutta to premiere on the Lido...July 27 2021
Cannes Film Festival 2021: Freda – Fascinating interplay of the personal and the political...July 23 2021
Sarpatta Parambarai: Arya is raging bull in boxing film that leads to predictable goal-post…July 22 2021
Cannes Film Festival 2021: Women Do Cry is a damning look at patriarchy at Bulgaria…July 19 2021
Toofan: Farhan Akhtar is exceptional as boxer Aziz Ali but the film is not...July 16 2021
Malik: Fahadh Faasil is simply brilliant despite a stretched out story…July 15 2021
Cannes Film Festival 2021: Jodie Turner-Smith robbed of jewels from hotel room…July 12 2021
Cannes Film Festival 2021: Director Paul Verhoeven’s lesbian nun drama Benedetta creates a storm…July 11 2021
Collar Bomb: Jimmy Sheirgill starrer begins with a bang and ends in a whimper...July 10 2021
Haseen Dillruba: Vikrant Massey, Taapsee Pannu are compelling in this thriller…July 2 2021
Cold Case: A hotchpotch of a crime thriller that wastes Prithviraj Sukumaran…June 30 2021
Ray: Screen adaptations of the Master’s stories are largely disappointing…June 25 2021
NFDC to present seven projects at Cannes Film Market…June 24 2021
Spike Lee becomes first jury president to feature on Cannes Film Festival poster…June 22 2021
Jagame Thandhiran: Weak script, careless editing make Dhanush-starrer a bore…June 19 2021
Cannes Film Festival: British director Andrea Arnold to head A Certain Regard Jury...June 15 2021
Skater Girl: A village girl who dreams on wheels…June 11 2021
Those Who Wish Me Dead: Angelina Jolie-starrer takes us through raging fire…June 10 2021
Cannes 2021 Selections: Sean Penn, Francois Ozon, Asghar Farhadi in, India absent...June 3 2021
American actress Jodie Foster to get Cannes Honorary Palm dÓr…June 2 2021
The Mauritanian: Tahar Rahim brilliantly captures the anguish at Guantanamo Bay…May 28 2021
The Secrets We Keep: A post-WWII story about trauma...May 21 2021
Cinema Bandi: Honest effort to explore an auto rickshaw driver’s passion for filmmaking…May 14 2021
Cannes 2021: From French Dispatch to Pig, films that may make the cut…May 11 2021
Photo-Prem: A paranoia dealt with little conviction…May 8 2021
Meel Patthar: A journey where every milestone cries in despair…May 6 2021
Lazy camera and writing fail to highlight an important theme…April 30 2021
Cannes Film Festival to open with Annette on July 6…April 19 2021
Ajeeb Daastaans: Four short stories, some with a whiff of freshness…April 16 2021
The Priest: Mammootty plays Sherlock Holmes in a bad script…April 15 2021
Paramapadham Velaiyattu: Trisha shines, but story telling is archaic…April 14 2021
The Big Bull: A cock and bull story overly dramatising a scam...April 9 2021
Irul: Fahadh Faasil plays Mr Broody all over again in a thrilling theme…April 2 2021
The Father: An intensely brilliant Anthony Hopkins walks us through dementia...March 29 2021
Pagglait: Netflix drama is a subtle study of selflessness...March 26 2021
The Illegal: A plot with enormous possibilities is wasted…March 25 2021
Sound of Metal: Riz Ahmed is excellent, but the writing disappoints...March 18 2021
Cherry: A miscast Tom Holland in a film which is unreal in every sense…March 12 2021
Any Day Now: Berlin Film Festival title underlines simple joys of living in uncertain times…March 11 2021
Coming 2 America: Eddie Murphy is fun, but the movie a tad silly…March 6 2021
Allen V. Farrow: The man who gave us magical movies seems dumped…March 1 2021
Theeni, starring Nasser and Ashok Selvan, delights us with its culinary spirit..February 26 2021
Drishyam attracts empathy for Georgekutty, I Care A Lot does not for Marla...February 25 2021
Drishyam 2: Mohanlal sparkles but this sequel is not as gripping as first one…February 19 2021
Live Telecast: Kajal Aggarwal’s film is a tasteless cocktail of TRP and supernatural...February 12 2021
News of the World: Tom Hanks is brilliant as soldier rescuing a little girl from ravages of Civil War...February 12 2021
Palmer: Justin Timberlake starrer is a moving story of how an ex-convict begins to adore a little kid…January 29 2021
Cannes Film Festival announces new dates, but let us keep our fingers crossed...January 28 2021
Cannes Film Festival likely to be delayed till July…January 27 2021
NFDC Film Bazaar: Inkblot knits together the real and imaginary…January 24 2021
NFDC Film Bazaar: Two titles that talk about human struggle…January 21 2021
NFDC Film Bazaar throws up movies on beef ban and trade in mother’s milk…January 18, 2021
One Night in Miami: A riveting chamber pieces about kinship and prejudice…January 15 2021
A power-packed punch at corporatisation of farms…January 14 2021
Film Bazaar to be held virtually from Jan 16…January 11 2021
Maara: R. Madhavan and Shraddha Srinath dazzle in this remake...January 8 2021
Kaagaz: Pankaj Tripathi’s emotive range is laudable in this social documentary…January 7 2021
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The Midnight Sky: George Clooney looks like a glum Santa Claus, does not bring cheer...December 24 2020
Unpaused: Soothe your lockdown blues with innovative storytelling…December 20 2020
Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy out of Oscars International Feature category...December 19 2020
Paava Kadhaigal: Stories of sin traverse a boringly beaten path...December 18 2020
Torbaaz: Sanjay Dutt’s effort to turn a bomb into a ball misfires...December 11 2020
Darbaan: This Rabindranath Tagore drama adaptation is an insipid affair…December 6 2020
Mank: A depressed Hollywood that created a masterpiece called Citizen Kane…December 5 2020
Uncle Frank: A sweet American tale of fetters and freedoms…November 26 2020
The Undoing: Infidelity, lust and murder make this miniseries exhilarating…November 16 2020
Soorarai Pottru: Suriya Starrer has a turbulent flight…November 12 2020
At Tokyo Film Festival, The Old Town Girls fails to rise above the mundane…November 11 2020
At Tokyo Film Festival, The Last Bath explores aunt-nephew relationship with Judgement...November 10 2020
At Tokyo Film Festival, The Real Thing is ‘Teen Diviyan’ Japanese style…November 9 2020
At Tokyo Film Festival, No Choice is a minimalistic and matter-of-fact narrative of a deep malaise…November 6 2020
At Tokyo Film Festival, Come and Go: Wonderful study of inter-racial tensions through gripping stories…November 5 2020
Miss India: Poor script makes Keerthy Suresh film a tedious watch…November 4 2020
At Tokyo Film Festival, Ashes on a Road Trip, subtle but powerful look at how relationships change after tragedy, …November 2 2020
India-born Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy is Canada’s Oscar submission...October 31 2020
Cannes Film Festival readies a contingency plan for 2021 edition…October 29 2020
Faithful: Engaging exploration of Algerian independence movement through an ordinary man…October 23 2020
Putham Pudhu Kaalai: Amazon Prime’s Tamil anthology is remarkable for its emotional quotient...October 16 2020
Bad Boy Billionaires: Netflix tries, but there is nothing new…October 7 2020
Ka Pae Rajasingam: An unimaginable grief perfectly conveyed by Aishwarya Rajesh...October 3 2020
Nishabhdam: R. Madhavan is superb in ghost story which takes midway U-turn…October 2 2020
Tehran: A series that reveals a rather tame spy adventure…September 27 2020
Ratched: Netflix series has eye-catching settings, but fails to make an impact…September 21 2020
The Paramedic: A shoddily scripted Netflix work with sheer cliches…September 18 2020
The Duchess: To create something funny, it slips into highly implausible situations...September 14 2020
Oscars 2024: New rules may be an impediment for the deserving…September 12 2020
Hostages 2: A crime caper that could have sieved off its fat…September 11 2020
V – It keeps running into one blind lane after another…September 5 2020
Italian title to open Venice Film Festival, Indian work in Competition after 19 years...September 2 2020
C U Soon: A weather-beaten subject narrated with amazing imagination…September 1 2020
Prakash Jha’s web series, Aashram, lacks sparkling narrative, reflects poor grip on the medium...August 31 2020
Masaba Masaba: Neena Gupta starrer barely goes beyond the surface…August 29 2020
Coronavirus plays spoilsport to screen sex…August 27 2020
Venice Film Fest to roll with stringent safety protocol…August 22 2020
Project Power: A superman story with profound social message…August 21 2020
Lockup: A murder mystery that slips out of the realm of reality…August 14 2020
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn – Tackles racial intolerance with dignity…August 13 2020
Father Soldier Son: A story that is gripping most of the time...July 23 2020
Greyhound: A stirring sea battle with Tom Hanks in command...July 12 2020
The Old Guard: Dismissing Charlize Theron starrer as yet another superhero stuff will be unfair…July 10 2020
Desperados: It is silly but rollicking comedy…July 10 2020
Perry Mason...June 26 2020
Sweat – A beautifully textured film conveying the angst of modern living…June 24 2020
Penguin — A thriller merely out to turn protagonist into a superwoman...June 19 2020
Cannes Film Festival announces 56 titles, none are Indian…June 4 2020
Ponmagal Vandhal: A superb Jyotika fails to lift an unoriginal plot…May 29 2020
Four Indian titles make it to online We Are One-A Global Film Festival…May 28 2020
Venice will have many obstacles to cross during Coronavirus pandemic…May 26 2020
Joe & The Shawl underlines dogmatism so humorously…May 14 2020
An Enigma called Cannes Film Festival...May 13 2020
It is final, No Cannes this year, at least not in the form we have known…May 11 2020
Are drive-in theatres set to make a comeback amid coronavirus pandemic?...May 7 2020
The Half of It: Where teens messed and missed, raced and risked…May 4 2020
During pandemic, movie producers call camera-lights-action under innovative conditions…May 2 2020
Irrfan Khan — Remembering the humble actor who never shied away from criticism…May 1 2020
Will Jyotika’s Ponmagal Vandhal open on a streaming platform?…April 26 2020
Venice Film Festival scheduled for September, organisers rule out possibility of virtual format…April 18 2020
Will Cannes and Venice collaborate to hold a film festival in September?…April 16 2020
Coronavirus puts a big question mark over Cannes Film Festival…April 14 2020
Cannes Film Festival will not go digital come what may, says Chief Thierry Fremaux…April 9 2020
Corona is the first movie on the current pandemic…April 2 2020
Cannes Film Festival Palace turns into a shelter for the homeless during Coronavirus outbreak...March 28 2020
Red Sea International Film Festival postponed amid Coronavirus scare...March 4 2020
Roman Polanski’s Cesar win sees more protests than appreciation…March 1 2020
Red Sea International Film Festival to kick off with Saudi Arabia’s The Book of Sun...February 17 2020
Roman Holiday, a romantic comedy that never ages…February 14 2020
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