The most brutally panned film in the Competition section had to be At the Sea, directed by the Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó and starring Amy Adams. I could not […]
Berlinale 2026 Diary 10 – Amy Adams in a new movie, and laughing at movies Read More
The geek in me peeked out for a second when I heard the title of Australian (and Aboriginal) director Warwick Thornton’s new movie. It’s Wolfram… and instantly, my mind went
This has been a relatively short visit to Berlin. At a press screening, a friend asked if there was a movie I was especially bummed about missing out
Srikanth Srinivasan is a film critic and programmer from Bengaluru, India. He has been involved in the selection of films at the Berlin Film Festival, the Berlin Critics
R Gowtham’s Members of the Problematic Family (Sikkalaana Kudumbathin Uruppinargal) is structured like a memory piece – though it might be incorrect to use the word “structured”. This
It happens all the time, and yet, when it happens again, it seems amazing. I’m talking about how someone can be very talented and yet relatively under the
Berlinale 2026 Diary 3: ‘Rose’, Sandra Hüller, and gender politics in 17th-century Germany Read More
The first time I covered the Berlin International Film Festival was in 2015. I got trolled endlessly about watching Fifty Shades of Grey on an IMAX screen (a world premiere,
Sunny Deol plays Father India. Varun Dhawan plays the Army. Diljit Dosanjh plays the Air Force. Ahan Shetty plays the Navy. They unite during the 1971 Indo-Pak war
Anurag Singh’s ‘Border 2’ is a solid, satisfying old-school war film Read More
A terrific Sobhita Dhulipala plays a true-crime journalist who begins to track a serial killer. What works better than the genre parts of the film is the subtext,
Sharan Koppisetty’s ‘Cheekatilo’ is a solid serial-killer drama, narrated with empathy Read More
The story of the martyr Arun Khetarpal, the youngest recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, is told in a non-linear style. The film doesn’t quite deliver the emotional
Sriram Raghavan’s ‘Ikkis’ is an anti-war drama that’s different but also distant Read More
Mohanlal plays two characters over two timelines. The plot is about a curse that persists through reincarnation, but the film fails to make anything worthwhile of this premise.
Nanda Kishore’s ‘Vrusshabha’ has a fine idea that’s lost in the execution Read More
From ‘Pushpa – 2’ on screens to ‘Heeramandi’ on Netflix, the biggest successes seem to indicate a return to desi flavours in terms of filmmaking. There was a
Is 2024 the year ‘Indian’ storytelling returned? Read More
