'Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri' is a meditation on vengeance, redemption, skewed gender relations and the complacency of the...

'Lust Stories' (2018) is a mixed bag of short films from four of India's most well-known directors, all ostensibly exploring lust and its...

There is much to admire about the intention behind ‘Veere di Wedding’ (2018) (directed by Shashanka Ghosh): to essentially reclaim the...

'Raazi' (2018) is a taut, edge-of-the-seat spy drama about an Indian girl (a fantastic Alia Bhatt) sent undercover to Pakistan in the...

'Leviathan' ('Leviafan') combines a scathing critique of religion and the state in contemporary Russia with a compelling visual landscape...

'Secret Superstar' (2017) is a lovingly-wrought, unflinchingly and yet somehow unobtrusively observed movie that manages to fit in...

'Muramba' (2017) (dir. Varun Narvekar) is one of those films that seems to try so hard to be real it has characters spouting "don't be so...

'Tu Hai Mera Sunday' (2016) is quite simply the most heartwarming film I have seen in recent times, one that is too nice but miraculously...

Monday. A heritage walk pops up on my feed. The start time (8 am) immediately puts me off. In my current state I’d rather curl up and...

‘Zoo’ (2018), by Shlok Sharma, is an intriguing portrait of young men and women across class lines and their struggles to escape from...

'Call me by your name' is a coming-of-age story about a young boy and his budding but ambivalent sexuality. The film has some nice...

'More' [Original title: 'Daha'] is a powerful film about an abusive father-son relationship against the backdrop of the Syrian refugee...

'Montparnasse Bienvenue' [Original title: 'Jeune Femme'] is a wonderful little film about a young woman having to navigate the streets of...

Somewhere between magic realism, social anthropology, biting satire and dark, laugh out loud humour, 'I am Not a Witch' is the story of a...

It’s been only a couple of days since I moved back from Paris, and I’ve arranged to meet friends every evening in an attempt to reconnect...

I walk into the living room and she’s sitting crouched on the floor, hands up against her head in fatigue and despair. Her hair is pale...

Late October, and still the sea is warm. Still the sun shines above us, warming our backs. Still I bathe in the sea, as you watch...

sprawled across this summer night- strings put together, drawn up to sky -it stands, silent, between me and you, away on your island of...

Another day has come. The sun has risen and set She looks at her fingers Wonders how to get out of bed Not how. Why. The day goes by. The...

Weary from a long day at work, I get into the metro and brace myself for the long ride ahead. Autumn has abruptly turned to winter, and...