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Sardar Udham Review: A film like no other
Bafflingly large in scale, immaculately detailed, resoundingly acted, Shoojit Sircar’s Sardar Udham is revolutionary filmmaking in the context of the patriotic Bollywood film.
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Why Atrangi Re’s view of mental health made me furious
Filmmakers these days want to espouse social issues and stigmas but if Atrangi Re’s treatment of mental health is anything to go by, these issues would be better left to those who know a thing or two about it.
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Avengers: Infinity War Ek Dhokha Hai
Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel’s biggest and bravest film, vehemently insists that you feel the full brunt of grief, anger, and disbelief like never before. In doing so, it also serves as a fine example of grief porn.
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Darlings Review: Great Performances Propel a Slow-Burn Dramedy
Darlings take its sweet time to get going, but is shouldered by three impeccable performances that become the mainstay of a film happy to avoid genre clichés.
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Milind Soman and Subtle Art of Male Elegance
Almost three decades apart, Soman plays the prize with pride, and embodies the kind of masculinity, both on screen and off it, that is rare to see.
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Looop Lapeta Review: Dizzying, chaotic fun
Time loop films have been around for decades, but Loop Lapeta’s biggest strength is its texture and directorial improvisation. It isn’t for everyone, but it sure as hell is fun.
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House and the Arrival of the Asshole
Hugh Laurie, as House MD, epitomised the TV Asshole, a modern update on the Byronic Hero. What does it say about us that we enjoy seeing a flawed man at the centre of a narrative?
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What Makes Mrs Maisel Marvellous is Her Pursuit of Perfection
The Marvellous Mrs Maisel, which drops its second season today, is one of the most anticipated TV events of the year. The show subverts the conventional trope of “the perfect female lead” by having a heroine whose perfectionism isn’t a temporary product of her circumstances.
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New York Times’ Modern Love is Lost in Translation: Therapy is Best Delivered in Text
It was with great anticipation that I awaited Modern Love, the Amazon Prime Original show which dramatises, with fictional flourishes, some well-loved Modern Love columns. But I needn’t have held my breath. The show takes everything that makes the column series profound, and flattens the hell out of it.
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Jalsa review: Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah in top form
Suresh Triveni’s Jalsa is an unsettling story about two mothers who though miles apart in class, caste and social standing, speak the same language of motherhood.