Film Criticism

In the Mood for Love: The romantic imposters of Wong-kar Wai’s transcendental narrative

The general consensus is that In the Mood for Love is one of the greatest love stories ever made. This is because, in many ways, In the Mood for Love is the greatest love story never made.

It’s in our blood: Thoughts on watching 50/50, and being by a friend's side through cancer

Cancer, by nature, lacks the fullness of a film. It is in fact the intermission of other films — of family dramas, workspace comedies, psychological thrillers...and silent bromances.

Kabir Singh makes Rs 275 crore, reviving a crucial debate: Do movie reviews influence box office performance?

A film review is a marketing tool for the filmmaker, but double-edged because it’s one they can’t control.

Shah Rukh Khan claims he's taking a break to introspect before his next film — why this may serve him well

Shah Rukh Khan's speech at the first ever Critics Choice Film Awards showed how he is trying to go beyond the star within.

No Business like Snow Business at Sundance!

A young film hack looks back at his first-ever experience at Sundance and says the biting cold of Park City only makes it an ideal venue for the film festival, because you don’t want to do anything but sit inside a theatre and watch movies all day

In St Petersburg, courting culture, Russian cinema, and a chance sighting of Vladimir Putin

In St. Petersburg, uncovering a little bit of Russia through its cinema | #FWeekend

Tubelight: Understanding the sentiments of the anti-war film by looking at Hollywood, WW II

Tubelight expresses feelings at odds with the belligerent ones in the public space today, not taking an anti-war position vis-à-vis Pakistan, but using the India-China war of 1962 as the context on which to mount its sentiments

Dear Zindagi to Lamhe: Love stories with an age difference have a mixed box office record

Alia Bhatt-Shah Rukh Khan in Dear Zindagi might not be paired as romantically as popular Hindi cinema might be used to, but if it works it could help the genre of May-December romances become more real

'Analyse, don't make personal comments': Shah Rukh Khan on film criticism in India

"There is nothing like constructive criticism,” says Shah Rukh Khan.

Mumbai Mirror 'revises' Tanu Weds Manu Returns rating: Tabloid should be ashamed

It's a pity 'reader feedback' and 'research' hadn't taught Mumbai Mirror's writer how to use commas, but faulty syntax is the least of the tabloid's shames.