Namrata Joshi

In this weekly column, the writer explores the non-Indian films that are making the right noise across the globe. This week, we talk about Aaron Schimberg's A Different Man

Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man took me back in a quaint way to some resonant lines from the TS Eliot classic “The Hollow Men”. It’s a film that inhabits, as

Lawrence Valin’s Little Jaffna is a pulsating new addition to the growing genre of South Asian diaspora cinema. About a French-Tamil cop Michael Beaul

Fanu's style is marked by a distinct delicacy even when she mines the ugly and unpalatable emotions. Updated on min read

French director-writer Coralie Fargeat’s second feature The Substance had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this year where it won the be

French director-writer Coralie Fargeat's second feature The Substance had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this year where it won the best screenplay award. The body horror film stars Demi Moore as an ageing star Elizabeth, who gets dropped unceremoniously from her long-running TV show.

This Diwali, Bollywood has been praying more fervently than ever before to Lakshmi as the fate of two big franchise films—Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3—ha

The French film Jouer avec le feu (that translates as playing with fire, English title The Quiet Son) deals with a phenomenon that extends beyond the boundaries

At first glance, Pedro Almodovar’s new film, The Room Next Door, his maiden effort in English, feels quite unlike any of his previous works. Even though it is m

At first glance, Pedro Almodovar's new film, The Room Next Door, his maiden effort in English, feels quite unlike any of his previous works. Even though it is more involving than his recent shorts—The Human Voice (2020) and Strange Way of Life (2023)—it still doesn't come across as emotionally lush and robust as his Spanish classics.