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Review: COW

By |May 27th, 2022|reviews|

A review of Andrea Arnold's bovine documentary, COW, now streaming on Mubi.

Review: All That Breathes

By |February 4th, 2022|reviews|

A Sundance review of ALL THAT BREATHES, Shaunak Sen's stunning award-winning documentary.

“Alma Matters” Interview: Prashant Raj

By |June 7th, 2021|Interviews, Podcasts|

Our latest audio interview features Prashant Raj, the creator of the Netflix series, ALMA MATTERS: Inside the IIT Dream.

The anti-youth of Aunty Sudha, Aunty Radha

By |March 10th, 2020|Critics Speak, reviews, ReviewsDisplayLarge|

Film critic Poulomi Das writes about Tanuja Chandra's intimate new documentary, "Aunty Sudha, Aunty Radha".

Gulabi Gang: What questions to ask, and when

By |November 23rd, 2018|Analysis, Critics Speak, movies we loved, reviews|

A throwback to Nishtha Jain's illuminating 2014 documentary GULABI GANG -- not to be confused with the vapid Madhuri Dixit starrer Gulaab Gang -- by award-winning film critic Tanul Thakur.

Par Ek Din: The haze of city voices

By |September 14th, 2018|Analysis, Critics Speak|

Rahul Desai writes about Par Ek Din, a 89-minute documentary (streaming on Youtube) that features the struggles of an obscure Mumbai-based music band.

The Indian Venal Code

By |September 5th, 2018|Critics Speak, reviews|

Rahul Desai writes about activist Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj's controversial documentary, Martyrs of Marriage.

Documentary in focus: Martyrs Of Marriage

By |April 13th, 2018|Filmmakers POV|

The passionate activist-director of "Martyrs Of Marriage" - a documentary on the misuse of dowry laws - writes about her journey and lists down some valuable pointers for aspiring filmmakers.

History, His-Story

By |January 22nd, 2018|Critics Speak, reviews|

Film critic Tanul Thakur explores the intimacy of the award-winning documentary on late film archivist P.K. Nair: CELLULOID MAN, directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur.

Hardik Mehta: Musings of a “Mindie”

By |November 7th, 2017|Interviews|

Our chat with National award-winning film maker, Hardik Mehta, about his inspirational journey and status as a Bombay "outsider".

In Focus: Rahul Jain’s “MACHINES”

By |October 18th, 2017|Film Festivals, Interviews|

A short chat with Rahul Jain, the director of acclaimed Indian documentary, MACHINES, which had its World Premiere at Sundance 2017, winning the Cinematography award.

The Struggle for Beauty

By |May 2nd, 2017|Filmmakers POV|

Documentary maker Ashish Kumar writes about what made him put together his new film on acid attack survivors, "Beauty of Life."

MAMI 2016: Alka Raghuram’s ‘Burqa Boxers’

By |October 23rd, 2016|Film Festivals, Interviews|

We speak to Alka Raghuram, the filmmaker of the documentary 'Burqa Boxers,' which premiered back at Locarno in 2012, and plays in the India Story section at the Mumbai Film Festival.

Jio MAMI MFF 2016: Pankaj Johar’s ‘Cecilia’

By |October 15th, 2016|Film Festivals, Interviews|

An interview with documentary filmmaker Pankaj Johar about his moving first feature length-film 'Cecilia,' which plays in the India Story section of the Mumbai Film Festival.

A dawn of recurring darkness

By |July 1st, 2016|reviews|

Our review of 'Fireflies in the Abyss', an affecting and well-constructed documentary about the lives of immigrant Nepali miners in Meghalaya.

Long Live Cricket. Cricket Is Dead.

By |May 4th, 2016|reviews|

We review a startling sports documentary (released in India on TVFPlay) about two journalists out to explore "cricket's biggest ever scandal."


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