Anek doesn’t have characters as much as argumentative Political Uncles — the embodiments of insufferable PhD theses one desperate moment away from saying “subaltern”.
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‘Men’ Is Terrifying – Until It Succumbs to Its Big Ideas
Alex Garland’s latest is a horror movie about how awful it is to be a woman. But all the terror drains out of the film by the end, and only …
The ‘Firestarter’ Remake Fails to Ignite
Stephen King’s original novel was a product of post-Watergate rage toward the CIA. But horror production company Blumhouse’s second adaptation can’t keep the flame alive.
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Defamation Trial Shows the Dangers of Fan Culture
What appears to be normal social media activity exposes a much darker reality: fan culture often leads to deeply harmful conversations shaping how people address and redress violence.
In ‘Modern Love: Mumbai’, it Is the Simple Emotions That Score
Six films try and interpret the idea of love in the metropolis-the result is patchy yet has surprising moments.
Illogical Leaps Propel ‘Jayeshbhai Jordaar’, Making It Lose Sight of Basic Things
The film's set up is credible. But it is also the kind of film where a husband mock-beating a wife – Jayeshbhai claps and shouts behind a closed door to …
‘The Northman’ Is an Honorable Failure
I wanted to love Robert Eggers’s follow-up to 'The Witch' and 'The Lighthouse', but maybe a big-budget Viking saga just isn’t the right fit for a wonderful weirdo like him?