Nadikar by Jean Paul Lal begins with the luxurious and extravagant life of a ‘superstar’ David Padikkal. There is humor and some of it effective as foreshadowing too, but some are just too hard to catch. What’s interesting is that it’s not as angsty as you would think with such subject. There is a casual […]
The gay short film series “Boys on Film 24: Happy Endings” is out now. The collection anthologizes nearly a dozen international gay male shorts produced between 2019 and 2023. Like any shorts program, it’s a mixed bag, but that’s not to say anything about quality. Every entry is worthy and well done, it’s more about
In the beginning of Bikechess, we see two women being told to play chess while cycling in a gym. And once the camera starts rolling, the main character does ‘announce’ a new sports era in Kazakhstan with the ‘invention’ of a sport that was somehow Government Initiated. One of my favorite things about watching films
Poet Eva Baltasar, the author of ten volumes of poetry, is a Catalan bestseller, this short novel marks her fiction debut. Permafrost’s chapters follow an unnamed narrator from her adolescence to her forties while women remain the object of her desire throughout. Women in her family are curious about it: “What is it like to
The past is heavy in King Frankie, Dermot Malone’s low budget feature debut that shows great potential as it delves into a life burdened by guilt, grief and regret. A cast of experienced Irish actors should give some local appeal to this polished, well acted character study, which could benefit from further festival exposure beyond
Beginning with Hud Hud Dabangg, which is the first story that hits you like a brick, ‘Lantrani’ is a collection of parables set in rural India. The policeman (Johnny Lever) at the center of this 25 minute short has finally been given some work after 25 years on desk duty. He’s handed a loaded gun
A record breaking box office success when it was first released, Sunny Chan’s Hong Kong comedy Table for Six is built around a series of family dinners that go spectacularly wrong, and features an appealing ensemble cast. Most of them are back for this long-awaited sequel, which Chan also directs as a Lunar New Year
It may look as if this is a long promotion of Pride Month to help Netflix’s 2022 special, Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration, but in the Q&A that followed the successful opening night of Provincetown Film Festival, Page Hurwitz, the director answered all the questions and cleared up confusion on whether the event was inspired
Boomerang might look like a sci-fi series or movie that lovers of such genres will find familiar (like Teri Baaton Me Aisa Uljha Jia, Are You Human, I’m Not a Robot), but the smartly crafted script and funny dialogues transform what would have been an ordinary story. In the course of their arguments, scientist Samar
BARBARA is a good movie, but it’s very German. Nina Hoss gives a standout performance as the heroine. The settings of the movie are also top-notch. Andre, the head doctor at the hospital Barbara works at, is an attractive man her age. He tries to befriend her, but she exposes him as just wanting to
