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65 movie review: Adam Driver's sci-fi thriller both salutes and subverts the idea of heroism and hope
Vinamra Mathur •Writers and directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods present a story about survival, and design it with style with their new film 65.
The School For Good And Evil review: Young adult fairytale hits Hogwarts road with Disney cliches
Vinayakc •Despite its bid to dissect good and evil in a novel way, the film’s storytelling lacks impact.
Catherine Called Birdy review: Bella Ramsey lends Lena Dunham’s coming-of-age romp a rebel spirit
Prahlad Srihari •Bella Ramsey is delightful as a young girl ahead of her time in Lena Dunham’s effervescent adaptation of Karen Cushman’s novel.
Rainbow movie review: Update of The Wizard Of Oz adds diversity, loses focus
Vinayakc •Writer-director Paco Leon fumbles for rhythm to bring alive his vision amidst banal storytelling.
Don’t Worry Darling review: Florence Pugh comes out as sole survivor in this car crash of a movie
Prahlad Srihari •Florence Pugh delivers another strong performance, but even she can’t steer the misfiring Don’t Worry Darling into a perceptive psychodrama.
Everything Everywhere All At Once movie review: Michelle Yeoh in the multiverse of madness
Prahlad Srihari •The Daniels take us on a freewheeling adventure where metaphysics and martial arts don’t exactly make for the strangest bedfellows.
Three Thousand Years of Longing is a fantasy film that asks political questions
Chintan Girish Modi •What happens when a narratology professor meets a djinn trapped inside a bottle? Filmmaker George Miller makes them fall in love instead of forcing them into a master-slave relationship. His new film Three Thousand Years of Longing engages with themes such as love, desire, storytelling.
Men movie review: Symbolism and literalism vie for control in Alex Garland’s horror freakout
Prahlad Srihari •Alex Garland’s third feature, Men, is a glossy but garbled horror movie about the waking nightmare of misogyny.
Netflix series Hollywood is a revisionist retelling of the classic showbiz story that could have been so much more
Menon •Set in the golden age of Hollywood soon after World War II, Hollywood has been co-created by Netflix regular Ryan Murphy (American Crime Story, The Politician) and Ian Brennan