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Hot take: Gulabo Sitabo
'Gulabo Sitabo' (2020) is, on the surface, a slow-paced and somewhat meandering story about the spiteful, penny-pinching landlord of a...
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Hot take: Shubh Mangal Zyaada Savdhaan
'Shubh Mangal Zyaada Savdhaan' (2020), written and directed by Hitesh Kewalya, is like a unicorn: I spent most of the film open-mouthed...
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Hot take: Jawaani Jaaneman
'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...
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Hot take: 1917
'1917', director Sam Mendes' latest war drama is above all a technical and technological feat. The storyline is slim—two low-ranking...
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Hot take: A Kid like Jake
'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...
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Hot take: Marriage Story
'Marriage Story' is the story of a couple whose marriage has fallen apart, and a slow look at how their relationship progresses and...
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Hot take: Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha
'Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha' (2019) is a short documentary about two women in the golden years of their life. Director Tanuja Chandra takes...
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Hot take: Queen of Hearts
‘Queen of Hearts’ ('Dronningen') opens with a swirling shot of the Nordic woods—the camera spins dizzily before finally straightening up...
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Hot take: Judy and Punch
'Judy and Punch' is a dark fairy tale, taking the cultural convention of the Punch and Judy puppets and revealing their latent misogyny....
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Hot take: By the Grace of God
'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...
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Hot take: Babyteeth
‘Babyteeth’ is a tragicomedy about a young cancer-stricken girl who develops an attraction for an older drug-dealer. Fortunately, though,...
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Hot take: Axone
'Axone' (2020) is a dramedy about a group of Northeasterners trying to sneakily cook a Naga specialty for their friend’s wedding in...
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Hot take: Little Joe
‘Little Joe’ is an unlikely horror film about a group of bio-engineering scientists that creates a plant designed to release a heavenly...
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Hot take: Honey Boy
The kinetic opening sequence of ‘Honey Boy’ is an adrenaline rush and an undeniable hook into the remembered life of a child actor for...
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Hot take: Wet Season
In ‘Wet Season’, director Anthony Chen tells the story of a lonely housewife (Yann Yann Yeo) who forms an unlikely friendship with one of...
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Hot take: Honeyland
‘Honeyland’ is a documentary about a middle-aged woman who is the last of the traditional beekeepers. Such a plain subject could have...
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Hot take: The Souvenir
‘The Souvenir’ is a semi-autobiographical story of a young, privileged woman setting out to find her voice as a filmmaker, who gets into...
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Hot take: Sindhustan
‘Sindhustan’ is a documentary about the Sindhi community in India and Pakistan. First-time director Sapna Moti Bhavnani’s project started...
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Hot take: The Art of Self-Defense
‘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...
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Hot take: Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim
‘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...
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