Noir

Meanwhile on Instagram: Get up close with @blackbraille's 'charcoal-dyed world'

On Instagram, @blackbraille takes us on a journey through landscapes of black and white haze, and mysterious portraits

Ram-Leela review: A slyly fun movie with plenty of masala

Romance, humor, action, drama - there's a lot of everything in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Ram Leela, almost to a fault.

Sexually assertive women still new for Indian screen: Writer Sikka on BA Pass

The noir film BA Pass opens with the title "Based on the short story Railway Aunty by Mohan Sikka". Sikka, who lives in the US, weighs in on the film, frontal nudity and femme fatales.

Doctor Dread: A taste of Urdu detective noir

For the fans of larger-than-life villains, genius detectives, and beautiful femme fatales, here's a brief glimpse of the delights that await in an Ibne Safi potboiler.