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Director Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov’s debut feature about two young brothers attempting to find their errant father is a deeply humane story about family and responsibilityThere’s a marvellous freshness and gentleness to this 1991 movie, a little like earl…
Read MoreDocumentary follows Somi and her husband, who are struggling to live an ordinary life after their past as Naxalite guerrillasIf it’s the function of a documentary to open a window on the world – a part of the world that isn’t revealed by the nightly TV…
Read MoreNews anchor Kumar stays quietly courageous amid nationalist hysteria in Vinay Shukla’s tense documentary – but its final note of hope has been undermined by recent eventsEvents have overtaken this sombre documentary, which, though interesting and relev…
Read MoreA trainee teacher’s dreams of becoming a singer are interrupted when he is posted to the world’s remotest school in Pawo Choyning Dorji’s gentle dramaThis gentle, sweet-natured movie is the debut feature from Bhutan-born and US-educated film-maker Pawo…
Read MoreSaim Sadiq’s film explores the unsettled social and sexual identities of a widower and his children with delicacy and tendernessThe right way to feel love, and the right way to feel part of a family, are the insoluble difficulties at the heart of this …
Read MoreTwo Indian brothers dedicate themselves to rescuing birds that are being poisoned by pollution in this complex and quietly beautiful filmShaunak Sen’s documentary is a complex, thoughtful, quietly beautiful film about the ecosystem and human community….
Read MoreSombre documentary shot over five years follows two healthcare workers as they deliver babies in a brutally divided societySnow Hnin Ei Hlaing’s documentary is about two midwives – one Buddhist, one Muslim – in Rakhine state in western Myanmar, on the …
Read MoreThe struggles and triumphs of a 1950s Kolkata family whose highest earner is a woman is told with marvellous lucidity in an optimistic masterpieceSatyajit Ray’s magnificent movie from 1963 is now rereleased as part of a Ray retrospective at London’s BF…
Read MoreThere are hints of Sergio Leone and Cormac McCarthy in this Rajasthan-set mystery starring the actor and his sonRaj Singh Chaudhary is the Indian actor, screenwriter and now director who has developed his career under the mentorship of Anurag Kashyap, …
Read MoreAlia Bhatt stars as schmaltz and spectacular fantasy-musical setpieces balance the gruesomeness of this true-crime yarnHere is a luxuriously sleazy-sentimental melodrama about the Mumbai underworld, directed with gusto by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the pow…
Read MoreThis extraordinary tale of the desperate lengths a gay Afghan man was forced to go to in order to escape persecution is a powerful testament to human enduranceThis animated documentary from Danish film-maker Jonas Poher Rasmussen is an irresistibly mov…
Read MoreThis engaging music doc recounts the time the band enjoyed a spiritual summer of love in Rishikesh, and briefly turned the whole world on to IndiaThe memory of the Beatles’ relationship with India is revived in this engaging documentary, and if there i…
Read MoreThe re-release of Mira Nair’s unflinching 1988 story of street children, prostitutes and drug dealers shows it has lost none of its powerMira Nair’s Salaam Bombay! from 1988 was developed through journalistic research into the street children of Mumbai…
Read MoreThis adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Booker-winning novel about aspiration in modern India is teeming with energy and sadnessThe White Tiger is a story of servitude, resentment and love – and what its hero calls “the contented smile that comes to the lip…
Read MoreFrench documentarian Thomas Balmès checks in with the Himalayan monk he filmed back in 2013 to find him addicted to online romanceIn 2013, French documentary-maker Thomas Balmès made a film called Happiness, about an eight-year-old monk called Peyangki…
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