A jumbled and personal play about a queer migrant lost at sea, Marco Calvani’s “High Tide” features an amazing lead performance that keeps the film afloat even when it is weakest. It is knitted together by gentle moments: They follow Brazilian émigré Lourenço (Marco Pigossi) as he waits for his American lover to return in […]
Maharaja Movie Synopsis A hairdresser named Maharaja files a police complaint because ‘Lakshmi’ is lost. The police officers are confused over who Lakshmi is. But what does Maharaja really want? Maharaja Movie Review In this Nithilan Swaminathan directorial, a man called Maharaja (Vijay Sethupathi) files a police complaint because the ‘Lakshmi’ in his house goes
A historical drama about the past, Rithy Panh’s Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot recognizes its politics through a lot of fog. Based partly on true events (and Elizabeth Becker’s writing), but mostly imagining three French journalists trying to interview Cambodian dictator Pol Pot in 1978. Though the outcomes match those of Becker, Scottish academic Malcolm Caldwell
In recent years, cryptocurrency has potentially become one of the largest scams ever to be popularized. Truly, this thing is a con-artist playground; it’s not what they say about being an opportunity for people who don’t want to use banks and need money but rather they are trying to take advantage of rich fools’ fascination
In Japan, star-crossed stories are a common theme in the movies. Rather than the conventional themes of disapproving families or societies, however, it is usually illnesses that force couples to part. Sometimes this does not culminate in tragedy as in “The 8-Year Engagement”, a 2017 hit film by Takahisa Zeze where the protagonist comes out
It’s only been six weeks since Mahesh Manjrekar released his last directorial, Hee Anokhi Gaath. Juna Furniture, his latest offering, gave me the same feeling of déjà vu about viewing experience and I don’t mean that as a compliment. I’m not a fan, but I deeply admire Mahesh Manjrekar as an actor-writer-director. But after watching
Synopsis The film Main Atal Hoon (I am Atal) is based on the Marathi book ‘Atalji: Kavihridayache Rashtranetyachi Charitkahani’ by Sarang Darshane. The movie traces the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s journey from a freedom fighter to one of India’s most loved leaders. It gives a glimpse into the various influences and events that shaped his
Adam O’Brien’s domestic thriller is claustrophobic, and that is an understatement. Part of the Glasgow Frightfest 2024 program, the movie seems to open with a woman and her husband moving into a new house or does it? In a film about trauma where time is cyclical, we orbit around the same problem with our traumatized
Silicon Valley, once a series of sleepy towns on the San Francisco Peninsula filled with hard working tech geeks, has over the past few decades become nothing short of a cultural power center. Nearly every aspect of our lives has been transformed by the industry. Among those to benefit most from this shift have been
Chantal in Fairyland has had an amazing opening at the German box office. Based on the hugely popular Fack Ju Göhte comedies, this Constantin Film title recorded the highest number of admissions ever on an Easter holiday launch day for a local movie as well as the best year-opening day for any film and is
