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…
LIFF REVIEW: Hotel Salvation June 27, 2017 | by Katherine Matthews One evening at the dinner table, Dayanand Kumar (Lalit Behl) announces to his family that he has had a dream…
LIFF Special Review: The Argumentative Indian and A Billion Colour Story June 27, 2017 | by Katherine Matthews It might seem strange to juxtapose a documentary featuring an economist with a fictional feature about a family of filmmakers,…
LIFF Short Take Special Reviews: What to see at London Indian Film Festival June 24, 2017 | by Katherine Matthews This year’s London Indian Film Festival boasts an incredible selection of film viewing over the next week. Not sure what…