Drama films
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Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity
Rotterdam film festivalA set of shorts by film-makers from Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Syria and Somalia are s…
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State of Statelessness review – Dalai Lama presides over intimate dramas about Tibetans’ life of exile
Tibetan directors, who all live outside Tibet, deliver a quartet of films that explore the pain of separation …
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Rule Breakers review – rousingly feelgood real life story of Afghan girls’ robotics team
This story of emancipated young women escaping draconian social strictures brims with enthusiasm and features …
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Homebound review – emotionally rich study of friends in rural India trying to get home in the pandemic
Neeraj Ghaywan’s film benefits from excellent lead performances, strong cinematography and an apparent mentors…
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Superboys of Malegaon review – boisterous heartwarmer about movie-loving underdogs
Inspired by a true story, this feelgood Indian film is about some Bollywood superfans making their own movies …
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Girls Will Be Girls review – sexual awakening in Indian boarding school is poised and plausible
Preeti Panigrahi is excellent as Mira, a prefect dealing with first love and, unusually, sex, as she navigates…
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Mr & Mrs Mahi review – Indian cricketing love story is more than just a boys’ own tale
Janhvi Kapoor plays a medical student with the prospect of a pro career in the game, with Rajkummar Rao as the…
- Cannes film festival, Culture, Drama films, Festivals, Film, India, Mumbai, South and Central Asia, World cinema, World news
All We Imagine As Light review – dreamlike and gentle modern Mumbai tale is a triumph
Cannes film festivalPayal Kapadia’s glorious Cannes competition selection is an absorbing story of three nurse…
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Do Aur Do Pyaar (Two Plus Two Is Love) review – refreshingly nonjudgmental infidelity romcom
Vidya Balan shines in this witty remake that sees a married couple, both cheating on each other, on the verge …
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Animal review – Ranbir Kapoor plays one of the vilest protagonists in cinema history
Kapoor plays the scion of a wealthy family whose violence is the result of a craving for love and validation, …
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Bratan review – warm-hearted road movie is all about the journey
Director Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov’s debut feature about two young brothers attempting to find their errant fathe…
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Bawaal review – redemption romcom in spectacularly poor taste
While the premise – an awful man learns from his much better wife – is serviceable, the plot, centring on a to…
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Bheed review – lockdown thriller cuts across India’s class conflict
A tense, state-of-the-nation drama set in Covid-era India successfully exposes how the caste system underpins …
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Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway review – Rani Mukerji goes dowdy in mama-drama ordeal
Adaptation of a nightmare true story about a woman whose children were removed by the Norwegian state gets pas…
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Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom review – heart and feet-warming tale of a Bhutan village
A trainee teacher’s dreams of becoming a singer are interrupted when he is posted to the world’s remotest scho…