New Delhi, April 17 -- It's about an hour into Jewel Thief (1967). The plot is cheerfully sordid but the music has been respectable. Lata Mangeshkar has sung two chaste songs. Now it's time for some f... Read More
New Delhi, April 4 -- Long before The Drama unveils its central conflict, the filmmaking clues us in on where we're headed. Kristoffer Borgli's film opens with a Hitchcockian closeup of Zendaya's ear.... Read More
New Delhi, March 22 -- A small group of Shakers looking for a piece of land to base their operation are lost in the wild. By nightfall, the oldest, Hocknell (David Cale), seems to take leave of his se... Read More
New Delhi, March 19 -- Of all the possible callbacks to Dhurandhar, there was one scene that was always going to be revisited in the sequel. At the start of the first film, Intelligence Bureau chief A... Read More
New Delhi, March 6 -- Throughout Subedaar, various characters tell retired army man Arjun Maurya (Anil Kapoor) that he's no longer on the border. Sometimes it's a threat, sometimes a plea, but the imp... Read More
New Delhi, March 2 -- I first heard it about 15 minutes into the film, when Agnes tells the village tutor whom she likes, and who's crazy for her, that she can read landscapes on his hand. "You saw a ... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 27 -- The most wrenching moment in The Voice of Hind Rajab comes late in the film. The Red Crescent despatchers have lost contact with the Palestinian girl they've been talking to. The... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- Imagine you're on the fringes of the Delhi arts scene in the late 1980s. A friend invites you to see a rare movie shoot in town. You head to the School of Planning and Architectu... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- There are, broadly speaking, two types of Vishal Bhardwaj films. The first kind unfold with control and fixity of purpose: Maqbool, Omkara, Haider. The second, films like Matru K... Read More
New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Desperate for money, Marty Mauser (Timothee Chalamet) enlists his friend Rachel (Odessa A'zion), who's married but likely carrying his unborn child, for a hopelessly long shot in... Read More