The White Tiger(Netflix) Directed by Ramin Bahrani Rating: **** There are so many layers to this drama of demoniacal discrimination that defines the New India, that you may need to watch the ...
Netflix India is off to a flying start with a slew of new films to be shot over the next six months. One such project is...
Tandav, the eagerly awaited webseries on Netflix , has dared to venture into dangerous territory. The violence on the Jawaharwal Nehru University in 2019 has been...
Tribhanga(Netflix) Starring Kajol,Tanvi Azmi,Mithila Palkar,Kunaal Roy Kapur,Vaibhav Tatwawaadi Written & Directed by Renuka Shahane Rating: *** ½ Just like life, Tribhanga is somewhat off-kilter, a little askew, at times uneven and even patchy. But the story...
Pieces Of A Woman(Netflix) Starring Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Molly Parker, Sarah Snook, Iliza Shlesinger, Benny Safdie, Jimmie Fails Ellen Burstyn. Directed by Kornél MundruczóRating: *** After seeing this sobering film I was discussing it...
The Midnight Sky(Netflix) Starring George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Demián Bichir, Kyle Chandler, and Caoilinn Springall Directed by George Clooney Rating: ** George Clooney is one of the most important voices of...
We Can Be Heroes(Netflix) Starring YaYa Gosselin, Priyanka Chopra Directed by Robert Rodriguez Rating: * ½ After seeing this juvenile mishmash of the super-hero film about extra-cocky kids who ...
AK Vs AK(Netflix) Starring Anil Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap Directed by Vikramditya Motwane Rating: ** 1/2 Like the gimmick that one AK pulls on another in this interesting misfire script(whoever wrote it should...
A lot of what followed after Advantage Covid on the OTT platform was plain garbage. There were sparks of excellence all through the year. Here’s my pick of the best...
With Durgamati(previously entitled Durgavati, though it makes no difference trash by any other name stinks just as much, to paraphrase Shakespeare) and Torbaaz scraping the bottom of the creative barrel...
Mank(Netflix) Starring Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey, Sam Troughton, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Burke, Joseph Cross, Jamie McShane, Toby Leonard Moore, Monika Gossmann, Charles Dance. Directed by David Fincher...
Mosul(Netflix) Starring Suhail Dabbach as Major Jasem,Adam Bessa as Kawa Directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan. Rating: ** Lensing some violent encounters on the ruined streets of Iraq, Mosul pertains to be one of those war and...
Bhaag Beanie Bhaag(Netflix) Starring Swara Bhaskar, Ravi Patel , Varun Thakur Rating: *** ½ Besides being trolled by Kangana Ranaut, what is the scariest experience in the world? Being up there on stage all...
In Mira Nair’s widely acclaimed series A Suitable Boy , the Hindu heroine Lata Mehra (Tanya Maniktala) loves the Muslim hero Danesh(Kanir Durrani). Their shared kiss in a temple has caused a...
Girl(French, Belgian. Available on Netflix) Starring Victor Polster as Lara Verhaeghen,Arieh Worthalter as Mathias Verhaeghen Directed by Lukas Dhont **** ½ Watching first-time actor Victor Polster nailing the role of a young transgender in the painful...
The Life Ahead(Italian, Netflix) Starring Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye and Abril Zamora. Directed Edoardo Ponti Rating: *** ½ Some experiences are forever. For those of us who grew up worshipping the ground on which...