Reading Time: 6 minutes In ‘Maidaan’ and ‘Chamkila,’ the lead characters race against time to pack in as much as they can, even as their actions compress that time.
Reading Time: 5 minutes In the TV show Poacher, director Richie Mehta uses the true story of India’s biggest ivory haul to spotlight human greed and our inevitable destruction.
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Merry Christmas, director Sriram Raghavan looks at the past to evoke nostalgia and some tender emotions. And an improbable murder.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Director Ashish Avinash Bende throws out a zingy, conjubilant fare of hope even as he takes potshots at the pitfalls of non-solutions.
Reading Time: 6 minutes Top TV of 2023. Because it’s never too late to look back, innit?
Reading Time: 6 minutes The top movies of 2023, ranging from the guilt of an explosion to letting a loved one down to understanding the meaning of true love, and more.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sam Manekshaw never quite played it safe. Director Meghana Gulzar does, and yet there’s a compelling story and Vicky Kaushal’s fine act.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Director David Fincher creates a bracing look at an assassin’s arc of a final cleanup. Even killers eventually feel job ennui.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Director Vishal Bharadwaj spins a terse and dead-pan humor tale for wannabe spies. The domestic price is a high one to pay.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Director Sujoy Ghosh comes up with a crafty point of view for a triangular relationship. Perfect murder, sure. Perfect love? Umm.