A film of menacing subtlety. "We are at a purification phase... parasites must be eradicated" Private banker Ivan De Wiel (Fabrizio...

Blomkamp's newfound 'neatness' is even worse than his messiness. Listless and dull, Demonic is a purported change of pace for the...

Interesting, but oddly uninvolving. During a tropical vacation, a family discovers themselves trapped on an 'exclusive' island where time...

Visually uninspired wanna-be Giallo. Malignant is being touted by some as the film James Wan would have made much earlier in his career...

Zahler's film wears its blood-splattered grindhouse influences on its sleeves. Broken teeth, smashed-up faces, shattered limbs, and...

Konchalovskiy's film admirably prefers nuance over propaganda. In 1924, a former Red Army soldier is sent to the remote village of...

Fuqua goes for 'The Matrix' but delivers 'Jupiter Ascending'. Infinite's casually tossed flimsy opening exposition tells us that the...

Entertaining, yes. But also a cop-out. Agreed that Cruella DeVil is not exactly one of the great villains of children's fiction. But the...

Atmospheric and involving, yet oddly unsatisfying. After a prank that involves reconjuring the ghost of a girl who had killed herself on...

Joe Wright's foray into the noirish world is thin, unsatisfying, and very Netflix. Plot: An agoraphobic woman Anna Fox (Amy Adams)...

Mostly, a softening of Aja's chops as a genre director. Currently, for Indians, the word oxygen is loaded with heartbreak and anger. As I...

Thankfully, the film's economy is not confined to its budget. Released as a double-bill along with Roger Corman's The Wasp Woman, Beast...

The film effectively plumbs down the depth of a mind losing its grip on reality. French playwright and novelist Florian Zeller makes his...

The unrealized subtext is more powerful than the film. Just like My Name is Julia Ross squanders its potential for commenting on class...

An underseen & intriguing attempt at a Gothic thriller misses its mark. A down-on-her-luck Julia Ross (Nina Foch) recovering from an...

A heady mix of trashy exploitation and undeniable artistry. Body horror fans expecting any gross out transformation scenes are bound to...

Handsome soap-opera! Two sisters, Marriane and Marguirette (Lana Turner and Donna Reed, respectively) compete for the attention of the...

Chilling satire of state's invasion into the personal. In the late '60s, Czechoslovakia enjoyed a brief period of Liberalisation, known...

The Japanese still know how to do this right. Shin Godzilla is Toho Studio's 30th incarnation of Godzilla, making it the longest-running...

Miranda July's movement towards more expansive pastures parallel her protagonist's. It is wonderfully bracing to see women directors...

Palmer struggles against two sets of clichés - of its story and of its location. In the trailer review of Palmer, that Abha Dhyani wrote...

The great Ingmar Bergman's debut is an uninteresting melodrama. Part of Early Bergman, #1 of Criterion Collection's Eclipse Series, a...

A powerful, stylish takedown of toxic masculinity. Set to throbbing all-women, pop soundtrack, Promising Young Woman is a powerful and...

A rare courtroom drama that puts the audience into the position of a jury. What do you think when you think of courtroom dramas? Blazing...

Ken Russell's one-of-a-kind attack on conformity still has the power to shock. In "De Palma", a documentary on Brian DePalma, the...

Criterion's blu-ray does justice with late-career Clouzot triumph starring a great Brigette Bardot. Sometimes while watching a film the...

Bleak and atmospheric, Bertino knows what he's aiming for. The family has been an important component of horror cinema. Most horror...

I propose that Veronica/Eden is actually a white person who happens to be Black.

Tretya meshchanskaya is a mysteriously lesser-known masterpiece of silent cinema. Made allegedly in support of the state-sponsored...

Adam Sandler reprises his man-child act for the umpteenth time with surprising results. If you have taken time out to watch an Adam...

This is homage without feeling... but you can do a lot worse with your night. A troubled teenager Ben (John-Paul Howard) comes to stay...

The film's style has more heft than the content. One of the main problems I had with 2018's critical darling Hereditary was that its...

For better or for worse, this is one of the most overtly political horror films you'll see. Also known as "The Weeping Woman", this film...

Disney's scariest film? The horror scene changed considerably since the release of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). It brought forth...

Today, Beckett's film can be deciphered as a warning against Social Media excesses and surveillance. Samuel Beckett wrote only one...

Kaufman's literal mindedness is at odds with his 'Lynchian' dream logic. The work of Charlie Kaufman has been nothing if not cerebral....

Proof that silent Russian cinema is not only required viewing for serious film appreciation students. Thanks to their lofty presence in...

Germaine Dulac's psychological drama pre-dates what came to be called 'Hitchcockian'. One of the first women director's working in the...

Writer & Director Alejandra Márquez Abella skewers the Mexican high society against the backdrop of '82 financial crisis. In the '80's...

A love letter to the iconic city goes nowhere. If interlocking multiple story lines a la Amores Perros or Love, Actually is not your...

Megan Fox's attempt for an image change looks destined to meet the same fate as G.I.Jane.

The time when families used to plan going out for an 'event' summer flick seems to be a thing of the past. The best they can do currently...

The new Christopher Nolan film has been in news since its teaser arrived. Last year, Christopher Nolan fans got something to be really...

Indistinct chanting. It is widely believed that there are two kinds of fiction writers: Plotters and Pantsers. Plotters, as the name...

Spectacle without fun. Hollywood has always enjoyed and entertained its audiences by bringing humanity to the brink of destruction....

“Home Alone on steroids”. You can almost hear the elevator pitch for this film. And no doubt, the producers will have a good reason to...

A muddy field. Slowly, some cattle arrive and start to explore it. Most try to graze at the slim picking the ground has to offer, some...

Despite its popularity, David Copperfield has been mostly ignored by filmmakers comparatively. As Armando Iannucci, the director of the...

Though it was his teaming up with Thelma Schoonmaker that helped him hone his style to perfection, Martin Scorcese’s debut feature plays...