Sakshi is a sub-editor at the Outlook Entertainment Desk. She’s also a documentary filmmaker and mixed-media artist based in Mumbai.
Directed by M. Manikandan and B. Ajith Kumar, one of the greatest strengths of this JioHotstar series lies in its portrayal of human complexity and the many lives a person is capable of living.
The “indie” has long remained both an aesthetic and systemic outlier. Yet through it all, the industry endures—continually discovering creative, innovative and logistical pathways that empower the art of guerrilla storytelling.
Riz Ahmed’s ‘Bait’ (2026) examines the brown celebrity (and family) through a self-aware comic frame that is at once incisive and reflective.
Amid the state-aligned censorship of ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ (2025) by the CBFC, here are ten films on Palestinian lives that remain accessible to watch in India.
Aditya Dhar’s second instalment in the franchise reveals clear ambition, but raises a pressing question: does it genuinely register the suffering of victims of war, or does it reduce them to instruments of provocation for a gory spectacle?
US and Israel’s war on Iran has sparked reactions across the political spectrum. The most troubling response, however, comes from influencers who now seem to be replacing journalism for the global population.
Red Lorry Film Festival 2026 | This Jaeden Martell and Asa Butterfield starrer resists a simplistic diagnosis of a “crisis in masculinity,” probing the cultural conditions that amplify disconnection instead.
Red Lorry Film Festival 2026 | Bradley Cooper’s intimate drama examines the uneasy space between separation, self-discovery and the faint possibility of emotional renewal.
Jessie Buckley won the Best Actress award for Hamnet (2025), becoming the first Irish performer to claim the honour. She was nominated alongside Emma Stone, Kate Hudson, Renate Reinsve and Rose Byrne.
At the 98th Academy Awards, Javier Bardem used his brief appearance on stage to highlight anti-war sentiment and solidarity with civilians affected by Israel’s war on Gaza.
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