Movie Reviews

Coward movie review: Lukas Dhont delivers striking new trench warfare romance

Coward movie review: A war can also create moments of startling beauty, in painting, and in theatreis the burden of Lukas Dhont’s film, performed by Emmanuel Macchia, Valentin Campagne beautifully....

22nd May 2026

System movie review: Sonakshi Sinha-Jyotika drama starts with promise, ends with an eye-roll

System movie review: The strength of Sonakshi Sinha-Jyotika film is showing the two women bent upon earning their living their way, and making their choices. It goes well until it falls into Bollywood...

22nd May 2026

The Man I Love movie review: Rami Malek’s Cannes drama is among the best this year

The Man I Love movie review: Rami Malek’s Jimmy may remind you of his Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody. Malek won an Oscar then, and I won’t be surprised if this turn garners him more prizes....

21st May 2026

Minotaur movie review: A brilliant, cold-blooded portrait of a marriage and Russia on the brink

Minotaur movie review: Easily one of the best of the Cannes competition films this year, this Andrei Zvyaguintsev film goes beyond the telling of a tawdry affair....

20th May 2026

Fjord movie review: Cannes’ favourite leaves too many open ends

Fjord movie review: What could be thornier than when children are the at the centre of the conflict, with the family unit up against the might of the state?...

19th May 2026

All Of A Sudden movie review: Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s film explores the difference between living and dying

All Of A Sudden movie review: Ryusuke Hamaguchi's deeply observant style suits the central thrust of the film, which is mainly set in a home for the elderly, where the big themes accompanying end-of-l...

16th May 2026

Kartavya movie review: Cop jeep has more character than any human in Saif Ali Khan film

Kartavya review: Despite heavyweights like Saif Ali Khan, Rasika Duggal and Sanjay Mishra in the Netflix film, it comes undone due to lazy, formulaic writing....

15th May 2026

Fatherland movie review: Sandra Huller shines in a haunting masterpiece of a divided Germany

Fatherland movie review: Fatherland could loosely be considered a trilogy with ‘Ida’ and ‘Cold War’, even if it’s the first time the Polish auteur has portrayed a version of real-life charac...

15th May 2026