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Exodus-Gods and Kings, Review: Wrath and bloodbath

Exodus-Gods and Kings, Review: Wrath and bloodbathExodus is the name of a long novel by Leon Uris, published in 1958, about the establishing of the modern state of Israel, and set in 1947, but this...

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Bhopal--A Prayer for Rain, Review: In vain

 Bhopal--A Prayer for Rain, Review: In vainMass deaths and long-term disabilities, going into the next generation as well, due to poisonous gas leak from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal 30...

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Gulzar, Garden of Elegance

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IFFI 2014 Homage to Richard Attenborough, the man who re-introduced Indians...

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Truffaut, French New Wave Pioneer, at IFFI 2014

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Badlapur Boys is a film about an old team-game, set against the water crisis...

Badlapur Boys is a film about an old team-game, set against the water crisis in rural IndiaSynopsis‘Kabaddi’ is a contact sport, born in ancient India, and has since gained popularity in the...

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IFFI Goa 2014, Festival Diary, Part III

      IFFI Goa 2014, Festival Diary, Part IIIA bit of luck meant that I got a room at Hotel Neptune Deluxe at an affordable rate. My room was on the fourth floor, and, for an inexplicable reason, the...

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Badlapur Boys, Review: Noble cause, familiar ploys

Badlapur Boys, Review: Noble cause, familiar ploysAfter films about cricket, hockey and football, here comes one about the indigenous game called ‘kabaddi’. The Badlapur Boys (BB) is named in the...

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Jessabelle, Review: Voodoo in the Bayou

Jessabelle, Review: Voodoo in the BayouJessabelle, co-incidentally similar in its title and name of its central character to another recent horror film, Annabelle, follows the time-tested setting of a...

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The Babadook, Review: Spook or self-help book?

The Babadook, Review: Spook or self-help book?It’s a ghoulish game! It’s a bed-time horror story! It’s a horrific riddle! It’s Babadook! It’s a self-help book! Not to be confused with Indian/Middle...

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The Hobbit—Battle of the Five Armies, Review: 5 times the fight fest, in 4DX...

The Hobbit—Battle of the Five Armies, Review: 5 times the fight fest, in 4DX and 3D*So snow comes after fire, and even dragons have their endings. *Where there's life there's hope.― J.R.R. Tolkien, The...

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Kieslowski retrospective at IFFI Goa 2014: "Live carefully with your eyes...

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Jeon Soo-il and his films at IFFI Goa 2014: Eloquent silences

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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Review: Lancelot, Camelot, Huge...

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Review: Lancelot, Camelot, Huge Ackman and Amen!In this year’s Hollywood Christmas release, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, 'Santa Claus' is...

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IFFI Goa 2014: Master Class on screenplay-writing by Atul Tiwari

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IFFI Goa 2014: Master Class by director Budhhadeb Dasgupta

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IFFI Goa 2014: Master Class by Lutz Konermann

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IFFI Goa 2014: Country Focus on China

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The Woman in Black, 2—Angel of Death, Review: Hammer misses the nail

The Woman in Black, 2—Angel of Death, Review: Hammer misses the nailThe Woman in Black, 2: Angel of Death (TWIB 2,-AOD) is made by the same production team behind the original Woman in Black, with a...

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Unbroken, Review: Life of Pi meets Bhag Milkha Bhag meets Forrest Gump

Unbroken, Review: Life of Pi meets Bhag Milkha Bhag meets Forrest GumpI know, Milkha was a real character and the others are fictional, so where does Unbroken meet these other three? Endurance against...

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