In a cinematic landscape often dominated by glossy aesthetics and predictable narratives, true experimentation is a rarity. This makes Anamika Haksar’s debut feature film, Taking the Horse to Eat Jalebis (Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon), not just a breath of fresh air, but an absolute necessity. The film captures the beauty, chaos, and contradictions of life on the margins, serving as a perfect cinematic detox for those suffering from "brain-rot" mainstream Bollywood

If you are looking for an honest The Invite review before heading to the cinema this weekend, the short answer is that Olivia Wilde has delivered a sharply written, incredibly tense relationship comedy. But the most interesting thing about it might actually be the highly controlled, drama-free press tour her team is currently running. I had the trailer open in three tabs by lunchtime on Tuesday and realised the marketing is doing something very specific. After the absolute me

The modern superhero blockbuster has officially entered its late-capitalism phase, operating less like a cohesive narrative and more like a series of high-stakes quarterly product launches. We see this tension explicitly in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, where a fiercely talented lead is forced to anchor an infrastructure that cannot decide whether it wants to be an intimate character study about feminine rage or a launchpad for a multi-year cinematic universe. I noticed this

The defining anxiety of modern parenting is no longer what kids are doing outside, but what the blue light of a screen is doing to them inside. Toy Story 5 takes this exact cultural dread and turns it into the most effective antagonist the franchise has seen in thirty years. Three weeks ago, I was looking at the early box office projections and assuming this was just another cynical Disney cash grab. We have seen this cycle before: a studio dusts off a perfect trilogy, tacks

Indian cinema has spent decades romanticising the unhinged man-child, but Mohit Takalkar’s Toh Ti Ani Fuji refuses to play along or be an apologist. What initially presents itself as a serendipitous, Before Sunset -style fantasy in the streets of Tokyo is actually a surgical dissection of trauma and deeply abusive relationship dynamics. What Actually Happened Seven years after a devastating and chaotic breakup, two unnamed ex-lovers (Lalit Prabhakar and Mrinmayee Godbole) un