The sequel has stray spark but largely resembles mechanized fare
Debanjan Dhar
About The Author
A film festival-junkie, Debanjan takes a keen interest in tracking and reporting on South Asian independent cinema.
About The Author
A film festival-junkie, Debanjan takes a keen interest in tracking and reporting on South Asian independent cinema.
Sraiyanti’s short documentary drills into equations between women and public space
The Norwegian writer-director’s trilogy offers delightfully queer expansions of modern-day relationships
Gaza docudrama The Voice Of Hind Rajab had its Middle Eastern premiere at the inaugural Doha Film Festival.
Razneesh Ghai dredges up an under-acknowledged chapter in the 1962 Sino-Indian war without specificity or sincere anchoring
The Catalan filmmaker closes her family trilogy (Summer, 1993, Alcarràs) on a stunning, dreamlike high
Spiked with unusual choices, Filho’s romp through 1970s Brazil reflects its “mischief” through clever allusion
The Chinese visionary erects astounding sequences that raze themselves into memory but the saga can exhaust in equal measure.
In the Boyhood director’s latest, a single night is witness to a sinking Broadway artist’s laments
Marking his 100th birth anniversary, a lookback through Ghatak’s life and legacy
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