Arjun Menon

Kalamkaval, like any good work of art, suggests more than it shows, raves Arjun Menon.

Akhanda 2: Thandavam may appeal to Nandamuri Balakrishna's fans and will be a madcap awakening for those uninitiated in Boyapati Sreenu's no goofball ideas in constructing action, notes Arjun Menon.

Vrusshabha feels like a ChatGPT prompt gone wrong, where the lazy ask for a sure-shot 'Pan Indian' blockbuster formula gives us a flimsy period epic in the guise of an incompetently drawn 'reincarnation drama', observes Arjun Menon.

The Raja Saab is a poorly judged effort to appease to the lowest hanging fruit, and is not sincere in its ambition to entertain, notes Arjun Menon.

Around the world, Alphonso mangoes have long been prized for their sweetness and aroma. Yet for many urban households, the relationship with the fruit has becom

The strength of the human spirit in the face of oppression and collective action is a theme well suited to these divided times, but Pallichattambi needed to be more precise and focused in its imagination to the make the noble intentions stick, notes Arjun Menon.

A coalition of five student religious groups and the Earl Hall Center for Religious Life hosted an interfaith banquet at Faculty House on April 22—an opportunity for students across faith traditions to share a meal and conversation with the broader Columbia community.

Dhruv Sarja's KD: The Devil attempts to deliver a grounded action experience but ultimately succumbs to a loud, generic gangster narrative, muddled storytelling, and excessive theatrics, sighs Arjun Menon.

A field that once seemed like a direct path to stable, lucrative work is becoming less certain under AI, students and faculty told Spectator.

For the four graduating seniors awarded with the highest academic distinctions in Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science—the valedictorians and salutatorians—the recognition came as a surprise.