'Gulabo Sitabo' (2020) is, on the surface, a slow-paced and somewhat meandering story about the spiteful, penny-pinching landlord of a...

'Shubh Mangal Zyaada Savdhaan' (2020), written and directed by Hitesh Kewalya, is like a unicorn: I spent most of the film open-mouthed...

'Jawaani Jaaneman' (2020) is a slight caper about a 40-something man-child being suddenly faced with the prospect of having a 21-year old...

'1917', director Sam Mendes' latest war drama is above all a technical and technological feat. The storyline is slim—two low-ranking...

'A Kid like Jake' opens with sunlit, close-up shots of an ordinary upper middle class New York family. The mother Alex (Claire Danes) is...

'Marriage Story' is the story of a couple whose marriage has fallen apart, and a slow look at how their relationship progresses and...

'Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha' (2019) is a short documentary about two women in the golden years of their life. Director Tanuja Chandra takes...

‘Queen of Hearts’ ('Dronningen') opens with a swirling shot of the Nordic woods—the camera spins dizzily before finally straightening up...

'Judy and Punch' is a dark fairy tale, taking the cultural convention of the Punch and Judy puppets and revealing their latent misogyny....

'By the Grace of God' ('Grâce à Dieu') recounts the real-life news story of a cardinal of the Catholic church accused of carrying out a...

‘Babyteeth’ is a tragicomedy about a young cancer-stricken girl who develops an attraction for an older drug-dealer. Fortunately, though,...

'Axone' (2020) is a dramedy about a group of Northeasterners trying to sneakily cook a Naga specialty for their friend’s wedding in...

‘Little Joe’ is an unlikely horror film about a group of bio-engineering scientists that creates a plant designed to release a heavenly...

The kinetic opening sequence of ‘Honey Boy’ is an adrenaline rush and an undeniable hook into the remembered life of a child actor for...

In ‘Wet Season’, director Anthony Chen tells the story of a lonely housewife (Yann Yann Yeo) who forms an unlikely friendship with one of...

‘Honeyland’ is a documentary about a middle-aged woman who is the last of the traditional beekeepers. Such a plain subject could have...

‘The Souvenir’ is a semi-autobiographical story of a young, privileged woman setting out to find her voice as a filmmaker, who gets into...

‘Sindhustan’ is a documentary about the Sindhi community in India and Pakistan. First-time director Sapna Moti Bhavnani’s project started...

‘The Art of Self Defense' is an absurd comedy about a diffident man who takes up karate lessons from a mysterious yet sinister Sensei in...

‘Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim’ ('Ali Mizah wa Ibrahim') is a story about two young men battling their inner demons who happen to cross paths...