Movie Reviews

<i>Murder Mubarak</i> Review: Watchable All The Way

Murder Mubarak Review: Watchable All The Way

Saibal Chatterjee | Saturday March 16, 2024

Murder Mubarak Review: The film does not rely on action for effect. And the script ensures that talk isn't dull. The editing keeps pace with the speed at which the investigation unfolds and the directorial flourishes ensure that the film is never less than riveting.

<i>Yodha</i> Review: Insufferable Scrappy Thriller

Yodha Review: Insufferable Scrappy Thriller

Saibal Chatterjee | Friday March 15, 2024

Yodha Review: No matter how lenient you might want to be and how much of a Sidharth Malhotra fan you are, this pulpy action movie is a bumpy ride that lurches from one misstep to another.

<i>Big Girls Don't Cry</i> Review: Boarding School Adventure Is Frothy, Flimsy And Fun

Big Girls Don't Cry Review: Boarding School Adventure Is Frothy, Flimsy And Fun

Saibal Chatterjee | Friday March 15, 2024

Big Girls Don't Cry Review: Pooja Bhatt lends gravitas. Zoya Hussain is perfect as the teacher who unwittingly sparks an anti-patriarchy insurrection.

<i>Shaitaan</i> Review: Nothing More Scary Here Than The Fluffy Film Itself

Shaitaan Review: Nothing More Scary Here Than The Fluffy Film Itself

Saibal Chatterjee | Friday March 08, 2024

Shaitaan Review: Jyothika is the only one in the cast who is able to rise a bit above the sheer absurdity of the proceedings. The two male characters and the actors playing them don't stand a chance.

<i>Showtime</i> Review: The Series Works If You Don't Expect Any Piercing Insights

Showtime Review: The Series Works If You Don't Expect Any Piercing Insights

Saibal Chatterjee | Friday March 08, 2024

Showtime Review: The principal quintet of actors is a diverse lot who bring different performative styles to bear upon the characters that they play.

<i>Naangal</i> Review: Dispassionate Yet Profoundly Moving Film Hits Home With Phenomenal Force

Naangal Review: Dispassionate Yet Profoundly Moving Film Hits Home With Phenomenal Force

Saibal Chatterjee | Tuesday March 05, 2024

Naangal is in the Asian Cinema Competition lineup at the ongoing 15th Bengaluru International Film festival

<i>Laapataa Ladies</i> Review: Emotionally Engaging Film Laced With Doses Of Wry Humour

Laapataa Ladies Review: Emotionally Engaging Film Laced With Doses Of Wry Humour

Saibal Chatterjee | Saturday March 02, 2024

Laapataa Ladies Review: The film gets so much right that a blip here or a blemish there can do no damage to the way it shapes up.

<i>Fairy Folk</i> Review: Unlike Anything You Would Have Seen Before

Fairy Folk Review: Unlike Anything You Would Have Seen Before

Saibal Chatterjee | Friday March 01, 2024

Fairy Folk Review: The 100-minute film holds firm all the way thanks to a writer-director aware of the medium's suppleness and a pair of actors acutely aware of the extent to which the litheness of their craft can liberate them.

<I>Dune: Part Two</I> Review - Rarely Is A Follow-Up Film This Invigorating And Immersive

Dune: Part Two Review - Rarely Is A Follow-Up Film This Invigorating And Immersive

Saibal Chatterjee | Friday March 01, 2024

Dune: Part Two Review - What could be more exhilarating than the sight of Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) taming a rampaging sandworm and riding it?

<i>All India Rank</i> Review: At Once Charming And Thought-Provoking Film

All India Rank Review: At Once Charming And Thought-Provoking Film

Saibal Chatterjee | Saturday February 24, 2024

All India Rank Review: Watch it because it takes you where Hindi films rarely do - a zone where ideas, feelings and barely stated dilemmas take precedence over the exigencies of plot and exposition.

<i>Crakk</i> Review: Difficult-To-Digest Inanity Starring Vidyut Jammwal And Arjun Rampal

Crakk Review: Difficult-To-Digest Inanity Starring Vidyut Jammwal And Arjun Rampal

Saibal Chatterjee | Friday February 23, 2024

Crakk Review: Marred by terrible acting, disorienting editing, a strident background score and overwrought sound design.

<i>Poacher</i> Review: Powerful Wildlife Crime Thriller Co-Produced By Alia Bhatt

Poacher Review: Powerful Wildlife Crime Thriller Co-Produced By Alia Bhatt

Saibal Chatterjee | Friday February 23, 2024

Poacher Review: A refreshing respite from the hollow bluster and empty rhetoric that the cops and spies, gangsters and terrorists and traitors and patriots that we see in Indian web shows (and movies) usually indulge in.

<i>In The Belly Of A Tiger</i> Review: Incisive And Moving Portrait Of Rural Distress

In The Belly Of A Tiger Review: Incisive And Moving Portrait Of Rural Distress

Saibal Chatterjee | Monday February 19, 2024

In The Belly Of A Tiger premiered at the 74th Berlinale on Sunday

<i>Madame Web</i> Review: Rudderless Origin Story Is Dead-On-Arrival Fare

Madame Web Review: Rudderless Origin Story Is Dead-On-Arrival Fare

Saibal Chatterjee | Friday February 16, 2024

Madame Web Review: With an overload of inanities to deal with and tide over, the cast - besides Dakota Johnson, it includes Sydney Sweeney and Tahar Rahim - is hard-pressed to pull the proceedings out of the fire.

<i>Love Storiyaan</i> Review: Highly Watchable Celebration Of Love Across Man-Made Divides

Love Storiyaan Review: Highly Watchable Celebration Of Love Across Man-Made Divides

Saibal Chatterjee | Wednesday February 14, 2024

Love Storiyaan Review: A new Amazon Prime Video documentary series zeroes in on six real-life married couples who recount the battles they had to fight on multiple fronts to hold on to each other in a conservative society that has little patience for disregard for tradition.