MOVIE REVIEWS

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Your Name Engraved Herein review
Your Name Engraved Herein (2020): Repressed Love & Identity

I first discovered Your Name Engraved Herein through its theme song, “刻在我心底的名字” (“Your Name Engraved…

alien romulus review
Alien: Romulus (2024) Review: A Worthy Sequel?

How does Alien: Romulus hold up? Is it a worthy sequel? Or is it another…

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) review
Furiosa (2024) Review: Lady Mad Max Maximus

The post-apocalyptic genre has not seen the likes of Furiosa for a while. Now the…

Demons review
Demons (2024) Review: A Marriage On Edge

Director Rohit Mittal’s Demons is a keenly observed drama and a brilliant character study of…

Dune 2 (2024) review
Dune: Part Two Review: A Fantastic Return To Another World

Director Denis Villeneuve does not disappoint in bringing Dune Part 2, the remainder of the…

Perfect Days (2023) review
Perfect Days (2023) Review: Finding Beauty In The Mundane

With time, people tend to get accustomed to solitude and find contentment in the mundane…

Animal (2023) review
Animal (2023) Review: Cinema As Toxic Art

He’s a strange animal. Brawny, brusque and burning, he seethes with unrequited love for his…

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret review
‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ (2023) Review

In that fragile space between girlhood and womanhood, there exists that magically uncomfortable, yet monumentally…

The Pianist review
The Pianist (2002) Review: A Memoir Of Unyielding Endurance

 The Pianist (2002), adapted by Ronald Hardwood from the 1950 book of the same name…

All That Breathes (2022) review
All That Breathes (2022) Review: A Moving Portrait Of Resilience

Make no mistakes, All That Breathes is a love letter. Saud and Nadeem, brothers accompanied…

Sulemani Keeda review
Sulemani Keeda (2014) Review: Chasing Fireflies

Sulemani Keeda is a romp through the haphazard life of Dulal (Mayank Tewari) and Mainak…

Picnic at Hanging Rock review
Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975): Vanishings In The Outback

A 1970s classic, Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), has become a stylistic manual…

He Took His Skin Off For Me (2014) review
He Took His Skin Off For Me (2014) Review

Ben Aston’s unique and powerful 11-minute film, based on a short story by Mari Hummer,…

The Hustler (1961): The Game Of Life

In the annals of American cinema, few films have managed to capture the raw, gritty…

barbie review
Barbie (2023) Review: Dollhouse To Dreamhouse

With gorgeous animation and a compelling plot, Greta Gerwig’s fantasy adventure Barbie whisks you off…