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…
LIFF SPECIAL REVIEW: Ondu Motteya Kathe (“Egghead”) June 22, 2017 | by Katherine Matthews Kannada director Pawan Kamar (Lucia, U-Turn) brings his considerable talents to act as producer and promoter for Ondu Motteya Kathe…
LIFF SPECIAL REVIEW: Badman June 21, 2017 | by Katherine Matthews In a career spanning three decades, Gulshan Grover has played the villain many times – but the film that earned…
LIFF SPECIAL REVIEW: Pinneyum June 20, 2017 | by Katherine Matthews Malayalam master filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s first film in eight years, Pinneyum (“Once Again”) opens with the discovery of a dead…
LIFF SPECIAL REVIEW: Ticket – The Movie June 19, 2017 | by Katherine Matthews Avinash is a self-professed “nutty professor” – he’s rarely seen without his trademark Leonardo da Vinci stuffed doll, and although…