LIFF 2018 Special Review: Mehsampur June 21, 2018 | by Katherine Matthews One of the pleasures of film festivals is the exposure to films that one might not normally have access to,…
LIFF 2018 Special Review: What Will People Say June 20, 2018 | by Katherine Matthews Teenager Nisha (Maria Mozhdah) lives a double life: at home, she speaks Urdu and follows her family’s rules; outside, she…
LIFF 2018 Special Review: Doob: No Bed of Roses June 19, 2018 | by Katherine Matthews “Why does your father always cast you in his films?” a young Nitu asks Saberi as the two eat from…
LIFF 2018 Special Review: Eaten By Lions June 16, 2018 | by Katherine Matthews After the death of their beloved Gran (Stephanie Fayerman), two half-brothers, Omar (Antonio Aakeel) and Pete (Jack Carroll) set off…
LIFF 2018 Special Review: Venus June 15, 2018 | by Katherine Matthews After struggling with gender identity, Punjabi Canadian Sid (Debargo Sanyal) finally makes the decision to live a life as a…
LIFF 2018 Special Review: T for Taj Mahal June 14, 2018 | by Katherine Matthews In the village of Bajjar, Uttar Pradesh, not far from Agra where the Taj Mahal sits in splendour and attracts…
Book Review: Bollywood Kitchen is a must-have for those who love Indian films and cooking April 22, 2018 | by Katherine Matthews I awaited the arrival of my review copy of Bollywood Kitchen with a wee bit of trepidation: my experience has…
Special Review: Shakespeare Wallah November 10, 2017 | by Katherine Matthews One evening in India, a troupe of travelling players, the Buckingham Company, finds themselves stranded after one of their vehicles…
Special Review: Ritesh Batra’s Our Souls At Night October 22, 2017 | by Katherine Matthews A Netflix Original production, Ritesh Batra’s third film is an adaptation of Kent Haruf’s final novel, Our Souls At Night,…
LIFF SPECIAL REVIEW: Sexy Durga June 29, 2017 | by Katherine Matthews One dark night in Kerala, Durga (Rajshri Deshpande) and Kabeer (Kannan Nayar) hitch a ride to the railway station. We…