Tanul Thakur

For a film centred on horrific depravities, Thar is quite sheepish about most scenes of violence Published 15 May, 2022 11:10am

Given the blatant communal climate in India, the implications in the film are unmistakable: that terrorists = Muslims Published 31 Mar, 2022 09:00pm

The recently released Bollywood film The Kashmir Files is a laughable piece of right-wing propaganda. But its over-simp... Published 27 Mar, 2022 07:06am

Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers tells an interlocked story of two women struggling to locate their distant pasts, wounding... Published 20 Mar, 2022 08:13am

With a long, tedious rant against Pakistan, Bhuj is a film where religion, caste and even feminism are all referenced to serve the Published 12 Sep, 2021 09:24am

Only once does Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra surprise the audience with an element of subversion that comes as a pleasant surprise. Published 31 Jul, 2021 11:11am

Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Toofaan, starring Farhan Akhtar, has one surprise subversion in it. The rest is a mediocre Published 25 Jul, 2021 07:48am

Haseen Dillruba wants to reach a certain point, but its journey is devoid of convincing reasons or considered nuance Published 11 Jul, 2021 08:07am

An uncomfortable watch, Bittu examines a fundamental question of why we are the way we are Published 14 Mar, 2021 06:56am

Paula Hawkins’ novel The Girl on the Train was an intense seesawing thriller. Ribhu Dasgupta’s film butchers it Published 07 Mar, 2021 06:55am

Koozhangal, which won the top prize at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, unfolds as a day in the life of a village, where Published 28 Feb, 2021 07:17am

The Argentinian drama The Sleepwalkers has intriguing subplots but they don’t quite produce a unified meaning Published 31 Jan, 2021 08:57am

Amazon Prime’s Tandav nods at contemporary events and politics, but is marred by poor acting and its misplaced belief in its Published 24 Jan, 2021 06:44am

Kornél Mundruczó’s film Pieces of a Woman is not one laden with dialogues. Yet it says a lot Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:55am

While A Call To Spy’s look at the lives and work of three female spies during WW2 is smart and shorn of tokenism, it lacks an Published 03 Jan, 2021 08:25am

In the firmament of Bollywood, only few stars are allowed to shine. But Irrfan Khan was that rare actor who fought that Published 10 May, 2020 07:00am

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan wholeheartedly accepts that love is love Published 05 Apr, 2020 06:26am

Hardik Mehta’s Bollywood-centric film is about a ‘character actor’ trying to rewrite his story after the end credits Published 29 Mar, 2020 08:27am

Angrezi Medium portrays the parent-child relationship in a new light, breaking free of clichés. Too bad the rest of the Published 22 Mar, 2020 06:49am

Directed by Sooni Taraporevala, Yeh Ballet it’s a curious amalgamation of two films: Gully Boy (2019) and Whiplash Published 15 Mar, 2020 08:54am