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Film review: ‘Thappad’ is on-message—and a little exhausting

The film, while perceptive about the many slights women face, hammers the audience on gender inequality and violence until its nuances are lost

4 min read28 Feb 2020
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Film Review: ‘Little Women’ is a bracing rearrangement

By radically altering the book’s chronology of events, Greta Gerwig allows us to look at Louisa May Alcott’s story anew

5 min read7 Mar 2020
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Film review: For all its charm, 'Jojo Rabbit' is unmoving

Taika Waititi's comedy about a budding young Nazi exhausts its satire early

2 min read2 Feb 2020
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Film review: The anatomy of a comeback in ‘Panga’

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s easy-going, empathetic film centres on a kabaddi player who, years after giving up the sport for her family, decides to play again

3 min read24 Jan 2020
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Film review: Despite its top-line cast, 'Dolittle' does very little

The latest Doctor Dolittle reboot, starring Robert Downey Jr as the vet who can speak to animals, is flat and lazy

1 min read17 Jan 2020
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Film review: Tom Hanks lights up 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood'

Marielle Heller's film about TV host Fred Rogers' relationship with a troubled writer doesn't break any psychological ground but is seen through by a sublime turn by Hanks

3 min read17 Jan 2020
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Film review: ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’ is cartoon history

Om Raut’s film has fluent action and a gleeful Saif Ali Khan, though its view of history is slanted and broad

3 min read10 Jan 2020
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Film review: ‘Good Newwz’ pairs ‘spam’ and cheese with humour

Raj Mehta’s film revolves around a mix-up at the fertility clinicKareena Kapoor Khan is the best thing about this amusing, melodramatic film

2 min read27 Dec 2019
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Film review: 'Panipat' gives a sense of history falling into place

Ashutosh Gowariker’s film is about the 1761 Battle of Panipat, between Maratha and Afghan forces‘Panipat’ plays up invader/patriot stereotypes, but is attuned to historical maneuvering

4 min read6 Dec 2019
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Film review: ‘Hotel Mumbai’ is a haunting reminder of sacrifice

The film is based on the 26 November 2008 terrorist attack on the Taj Mahal HotelAnthony Maras directs with a sure hand and the actors convey the unfolding horror with sensitivity

2 min read29 Nov 2019
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