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Jersey review: An unlikely hero
Shahid Kapoor’s wholehearted lead performance can’t save this sports drama, a remake of a Telegu film, from dead-weight clichés that usually afflict the genre.
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Grime, guts and glory: Women and the OTT
Clean Slate Filmz’s own OTT platform to stream stories about and by women could be a game-changer in the evolving standards of stories by and about women. Are Indian stories on screen finally women-forward?
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Colour correction: The Supreme Court has ruled against an FTII decision to bar film students with colour blindness. Now what?
What’s common between Christopher Nolan and Ashutosh Kumar, a 30-year-old filmmaking-aspirant from Patna—and why the Supreme Court upheld Ashutosh’s right to be a film editor.
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The analog fix: Nostalgia in Linklater’s 'Apollo 10 1/2' and Paul Thomas Anderson’s 'Licorice Pizza'
Richard Linklater’s ‘Apollo 10 1/2’, about growing up near NASA in the 1960s, has the director’s best signature touches. Plus, two recent American films tell us why nostalgia is comforting as well as engaging.
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Dasvi review: A fun satire with a big message about the transformative power of education
Tushar Jalota’s chuckle-worthy comedy stars Abhishek Bachchan, Nimrat Kaur and Yami Gautam.
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Sharmaji Namkeen review: The last Rishi Kapoor gem
Rishi Kapoor’s last film, co-helmed by Paresh Rawal after Kapoor's death in April 2020, is big on humour and performance—a moving reminder of the loss of one of Bollywood’s most loved actors
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Oscars 2022 roundup: Back to offline hilarity and ceremonial pomp, and one standout viral TV moment
The hosts, the jokes, the performances, the awards - and the facepalm Oscar Moments.
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Oscars 2022 | Why ‘Writing with Fire’ can create history if it wins Best Documentary Feature
A win for Writing with Fire will be historic, partly because it is the only film which is truly an independent project, without the backing of any big studio or OTT platform.
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Oscars 2022 | What’s “international” in a movie?
It’s time American awards shows dropped the “international” or “foreign” category and judge a movie as just a movie.
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Bridgerton Season 2 review: A woke Mills & Boon-like saga that gets somewhat tedious
The biggest triumph of Bridgerton Season 2 is its Indian heroine.
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'Eternally Confused and Eager for Love' review: Gen Z troubles
A 20-something is desperately looking for love and validation in a verbose Netflix series.
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Jalsa review: A seamless duet between Vidya Balan and Shefalee Shah
An emotionally rich exploration of motherhood with terrific performances by Shefalee Shah and Vidya Balan.
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50 years of The Godfather: The Frank Coppola-Mario Puzo spell
What this writer-director partnership of ‘The Godfather’, released 50 years ago on this date, tell us about one of the most lucrative content creation models we are seeing thrive in post-OTT India: Book-to-screen adaptations.
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Covid pandemic 2nd anniversary | The end of cinema (again) or its glorious rebirth?
The small screen got bigger in the pandemic years—and is getting bigger. The movie exhibition industry lost an estimated Rs12,000 crore worldwide. Where does filmmaking go from here?
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Women’s Day 2022: Female stand-up comedians are now a critical mass in entertainment
The new frontier in cutting-edge entertainment is no longer just the tent pole movie or the OTT docudrama series. It’s funny women.
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The Batman review: Dark, and technically brilliant
Robert Pattinson is the most dour and nihilistic Batman on screen—and this is a technically dazzling, most noir Batman movie ever.
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Jhund review: Amitabh Bachchan and the ghetto
Amitabh Bachchan is the elegant, controlled lead in a film about caste, social isolation and the transformative powers of slum football.
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Gangubai Kathiawadi review: Alia Bhatt is a powerhouse in this bedazzling film
After 25 years of perfecting his signature style, Sanjay Leela Bhansali takes it a notch further in ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’, a spellbinding exercise in gorgeous grime.
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A Thursday review | Cathartic and relevant, but the film suffers from too much ardor
A thriller that replicates the common man vigilantism of Neeraj Pandey’s ‘A Wednesday’—but with far less potency and skill.
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Bappi Lahiri obituary: The undeniable and continuing importance of Bollywood's Disco King
Bappi Lahiri, the composer-singer who brought synthesised disco to India, was known for his prolific oeuvre spanning more than 40 years, his sartorial signature and cult status in countries like Russia.
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Gehraaiyan review: A beautifully calibrated relationship drama
Shakun Batra’s Deepika Padukone-starrer on Amazon Prime Video is an inventive take on family maladies and relationships between men and women damaged by past trauma.
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The Great Indian Murder review: Much ado about nothing
An adept ensemble cast including Pratik Gandhi and Richa Chadha can’t lift Hotstar’s new crime series, lost in a cluttered sprawl of settings and twists.
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Tribute: The queen of soul, Lata Mangeshkar leaves a legacy that is unforgettable
Lata Mangeshkar, supreme artiste of Indian playback singing, her voice the crucible of our emotions and sentiments, whose talent drew from both our sacred and secular traditions, passed away at 92 on February 6, 2022.
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Looop Lapeta review: Frenzied tempo and visual fireworks, but nothing experimental about it
'Looop Lapeta' is an inspired but insipid remake of the cult film 'Run Lola Run', with Taapsee Pannu and Tahir Raj Bhasin in the lead.
