U Turn (2016) Review: Promising Build-up Yields Lackluster Payoff
Whodunit mysteries can be tricky; the reveal to the big build up may not always satisfy viewer expectations. This is …
Articles for author: Arun Kumar
Aandavan Kattalai (2016) Review: Nuanced, Meaningful Entertainer
If you’re following Vijay Sethupathi’s meteoric rise in Tamil film industry, you know the brands of cinema he’s part of. …
Confirmation (TV Movie 2016) Review: Gripping Political Drama
Directed by Rick Famuyiwa, HBO’s Confirmation (2016) shows us everything that’s wrong with the power-hungry politicians and sensation-hungry media. The …
Why You Shouldn’t Miss Raam Reddy’s ‘Thithi’
Raam Reddy’s excellent debut feature Thithi is a rare Indian film. There’s great interest in providing textures (ingrained with realism) …
Iraivi (2016) Review: Hard-hitting Tale Of Arrogant Men
Midway into Karthik Subburaj’s fantastic Iraivi (Goddess, 2015), there comes a familiar slow motion shot, which is usually a signal …
Aligarh (2016) Review: Appeal To Conformist Society
Noted critic Roger Ebert’s words “Movies are like a machine that generates empathy” resonate strongly when we watch works like …
24 (2016) Review: Mediocre Film With Glossy Production Value
Vikram Kumar’s Surya-starrer 24 is the kind of film that would be fiercely defended by casual movie-goers, especially in the …
