In a wordless opening sequence that launches “The Currents” (2025) designer Lina (Isabel Aimé González-Sola) graciously receives a professional award…
Browsing: World Cinema
The Philippines has become so used to absence that we sometimes forget how strange our family arrangements can look from…
Death leaves behind a room nobody quite knows how to enter. People can sit with you, feed you, distract you,…
When the Maguindanao massacre happened in 2009, I remember making a conscious effort not to watch any footage from it.…
In “Kartavya” (transl: Duty), Anand Shri (Saurabh Dwivedi), a cult leader preaches joy to his loyal devotees but is actually…
Set in the hills of Himachal and starring noted Indian actor Vinay Pathak—along with Shalmalee Vaidya, and Rachita Arke—filmmaker Anshul…
Memories are a tricky thing. I’ve had moments in my life that I felt certain I would never forget, only…
Spanning time, poet, lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar’s “Lekin” is an adaptation of “Kshudhit Pashaan /The Hungry Stones,” a short story by…
Trigger warning: Mention of sexual abuse/violence. Vikram Bhatt’s Horror-Verse seems to be long dead and resting, no longer in demand…
New Yorker film critic Richard Brody wrote that there “are two ideal durations for a feature film: sixty-three minutes ……