The Haunting Of Hill House (2018): Among Netflix’s Best Originals
I am not a huge fan of horror or paranormal drama but this Netflix’s new original series is so intelligently …
Articles for category: MOVIE REVIEWS
Tumbbad (2018) Review: Heady Whirlwind Of Greed, Gore, Horror
Set during the British Raj and divided into four chapters, the central premise of Tumbbad rests on a family secret. …
Lust Stories (2018) Review: Genre-Defying Cinema
It’s hard not to associate ‘lust’ with ‘sex’ when you think Hindi cinema. Films that explore this subject fail to …
Bunkar (2018) Review: Heartwarming Attempt To Rekindle Past Glory
Bunkar: The Last of the Varanasi Weavers (2018) aims to narrate the travails of a dying industry and skill. An industry …
Manmarziyan (2018) Review: Love’s A Beautiful Wreck
Anurag Kashyap doesn’t make love stories in the conventional sense. His cinema is visceral, chaotic, and brutally honest—where romance isn’t …
Stree (2018) Review: Riveting, Refreshing Horror Comedy
Like all unusual, inexplicable ghost stories we’ve grown up watching, here too we’re served with a tale that defies easy …
Parched (2016) Review: Feminist Daring At Its Best
Three women in a parched land. Feisty, fulsome, intrepid, they dream of freedom. And sexual nirvana. Their men are predators …
The Endless (2018): Remarkably Eerie Exploration Of The Unknowns
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s horror thriller The Endless opens with a H.P. Lovecraft quote: “The oldest and strongest emotion …
Ghost Stories (2018): Smartly-Staged Horror With Campy Value
The portmanteau (anthology) horror films of the 60s and 70s from Britain-based Amicus and Hammer Film Productions offered spine-chilling and …
Raman Raghav 2.0: Delves Into The Subterranean Of The Soul
With Raman Raghav 2.0, Anurag Kashyap is back and how! A dystopian study of two amoral, beyond-the-pale characters who are beyond …
Insidious (2010): Tastefully Crafted, Suspense-Driven Horror
Despite brimming with classic horror movie devices, James Wan’s Insidious continues to attract considerably more attention than other haunted house films even 8 …
My Friend Dahmer (2017): Subtle, Engrossing Portrait of a Budding Sociopath
Jeffrey Dahmer in Marc Meyers’ My Friend Dahmer (2017) is a mid 1970s teenager, going to sub urban high-school in …
The Breadwinner (2017) Review: Timeless Tale Of Survival, Self-Empowerment
The Breadwinner is both universal and deeply personal, about the healing power of stories and countless struggles women face in an …
I Am Not A Witch (2017): Intriguing Satire On An Archaic, Unjust Practice
I am Not a Witch employs absurdist comedy to inventively present a tale of dogma and institutional corruption. A tourist van …
‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ Review: Dreams, Desires, Defiance
A mid-size town in Middle India. Four feisty women dare to dream. To break the shackles of their inane, repressed …