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Director Devashish Makhija slowly ramps up the tension with a sharp eye for oppressive realism and social satire as a father tries to out run his oppressors in this gritty thrillerWhere many thrillers programmatically crank up tension with every scene …
Read MoreInternet references conflating the two films drew anger in Japan, which was twice attacked by nuclear weapons during the second world warAudiences in Japan will finally get to see Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan’s hit biopic about the creator of the nu…
Read MoreKapoor plays the scion of a wealthy family whose violence is the result of a craving for love and validation, in a regressive Bollywood blockbusterAlready topping the box office in India, Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s bombastic action film is high on shock tac…
Read MoreMeghna Gulzar’s somewhat episodic biopic of Indian army officer Sam ‘The Brave’ Manekshaw presents him in terms of outright, if charming, heroismSam Manekshaw – AKA Sam Bahadur (“Sam the Brave”) – lived through some extraordinary periods of change. Bor…
Read MoreAmanda Nell Eu’s drama is up for an Oscar but conservatism means viewers in her own country will see a version she disownsIt should be a moment of celebration for Malaysian cinema. Amanda Nell Eu’s Tiger Stripes became the country’s first film to win t…
Read MoreDocumentary traces a 21st-century American evangelical’s reckless efforts to convert an isolated tribe, and his fatal encounter with themOne of the most isolated Indigenous people on Earth, the Sentinelese of India’s North Sentinel Island remain a myst…
Read MoreThe story of girl’s refusal to be shamed by her gang-rape and a father’s fight for justice, defying a village’s hostility and the dead weight of patriarchy, is told in Nisha Pahuja’s film To Kill a TigerWhen his 13-year-old daughter stumbled home six y…
Read MoreBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is revered as a founder of modern India and for his work fighting the caste system. A new documentary looks at his lasting popularityThere may only be a few people outside the subcontinent who have heard of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar…
Read MoreDirector says it is both ‘bizarre’ and ‘nice’ that the film, recorded 20 years ago using a handy-cam and a karaoke microphone, has remained so popularTwenty years ago, a group of New Zealand martial arts students pooled their dollars, bought a pricey l…
Read MoreSeries with 370m views echoes Chinese state media calls for return of cultural relicsA viral series on the Chinese version of TikTok about a jade teapot that turns into a woman and escapes from the British Museum is to be adapted into an animated film….
Read MoreDirector 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 MoreIt’s no surprise that Ibrahim Nash’at’s documentary lacks in-depth interviews – his subjects barely tolerate his presence as he reveals the fighters’ lack of purpose after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan The spoils of war are a chore in this fascina…
Read MoreAnam Abbas’s documentary records the preparations for and dangerous execution of a countrywide rally against patriarchal violenceChronicling the weeks leading up to – and the day of – the 2020 edition of the “aurat march”, a multi-city women’s demonstr…
Read MoreThe stars of The Elephant Whisperers accuse Kartiki Gonsalves of failing to give them a house, car and lump sum – claims she deniesThe couple who were the subject of an Oscar-winning Indian documentary have accused the film’s director, Kartiki Gonsalve…
Read MoreCritics point to patriarchal society where feminist themes can still be regarded as tabooWhile Barbie continues to achieve box office success around the world, the film’s performance in South Korea has been lacklustre, with critics and activists citing…
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