LIFF Special Movie Review: Nirbashito
Churni Ganguly’s National Award winning film Nirbashito (The Banished) is both an unflinching and compassionate look at the idea of…
LIFF Special Movie Review: Saari Raat
On a stormy evening, a married couple (Konkona Sen Sharma and Rittwik Chakraborty) on vacation takes refuge from the rain…
LIFF Special Movie Review: One Crazy Thing
Out-of-work actor Jay (Ray Panthaki) struggles to make ends meet while managing his family’s London tandoori restaurant. Jay was once…
LIFF Special Movie Review: M Cream
In writer-director Agneya Singh’s first feature film, M Cream, four entitled, privileged Delhi twenty-somethings — Maggie (Auritra Ghosh), Niz (Raaghav…
LIFF Special Movie Review: Haraamkhor
In a village in Gujarat, a married schoolteacher, Shyam (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), begins a relationship with one of his teenaged students,…
LIFF Special Movie Review: Monsoon
It was no surprise that Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson’s very fine documentary, Monsoon (which was part of the Official Selection…
LIFF Special Movie Review: Dhanak
Pari (Hetal Gada), 10, and her younger brother, Chotu (Krrish Chhabria), 8, live with their aunt and uncle after their…
The World of Apu (1959) – the last part of The Apu Trilogy
There is a most beautiful moment in Apur Sansar (“The World of Apu”) where Apu (Soumitra Chatterjee) stands looking at…
Aparajito (The Unvanquished) 1956 – the second part of The Apu Trilogy
There is a pivotal moment in Satyajit Ray’s film Aparajito: Apu’s mother, Sarbajaya (Karuna Banerjee) descends a staircase, obviously torn…
Pather Panchali – part of the Apu Trilogy
I could tell you all sorts of things about Pather Panchali (“Song of the Little Road”) and the Apu Trilogy…
