Movie review: ‘The Social Reckoning’ is an analogue call-to-action for a digital dystopia
By Tatsam Mukherjee One might get a sense that the movie doesn’t have a full handle on the mayhem Facebook has caused. Or Aaron Sorkin didn’t think it would make for compelling cinema.
Movie review: ‘Digger’ is a blockbuster-sized waste of a carbon footprint
By Tatsam Mukherjee Starring in his first non-action film in 14 years, Tom Cruise is wasted in this self-satisfied satire.
‘Last Man In Tower’: Ben Rekhi’s film dilutes its source material’s amused cynicism
By Tatsam Mukherjee Rekhi’s film on Aravind Adiga’s novel is passable in theory but leaves more to be desired towards the end.
‘Toxic: A Fairytale for Grown-Ups’ sells its soul to burn bright in its excesses
By Tatsam Mukherjee All the stars aligned in the film’s last 15 minutes. It’s unfortunate that it’s buried under the debris of watching three hours of world-burning.
In ‘One foot in front of the other’, four runners build their utopia on the road
By Tatsam Mukherjee Biradar’s documentary follows four runners on a 340-kilometre journey, where endurance gives way to an unexpected sense of community.
A rom-com that learns to let go
By Tatsam Mukherjee Sharanya Rajgopal's ‘Musafir Cafe’ outgrows its rom-com clichés to become a thoughtful meditation on love, ambition and the grace of moving on.
‘Made in India: A Titan Story’ harks back to a more idealistic time in the country
By Tatsam Mukherjee Though the series, in parts, looks like a corporate film, the story and the acting make it an engaging watch.
‘Matka King’: Nagraj Manjule’s series falls into familiar traps
By Tatsam Mukherjee The series rests on a bravura performance by Vijay Varma, but the rest makes for a less-than-satisfactory streaming debut for Manjule.
‘Dhurandhar’: Aditya Dhar’s spy saga is as subtle as a troll
By Tatsam Mukherjee The hyper-nationalistic drama leaves nothing to chance in its messaging to the audience.
‘Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari’ is ideal for an audience perpetually on their phones
By Tatsam Mukherjee Dharma Productions returns to the familiarity of platforming undeserving nepo kids, sidelining the ‘outsiders’ with underwritten parts.
In ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’, Aamir Khan is needy for the audience’s love
By Tatsam Mukherjee An official adaptation of the Spanish sports drama, ‘Campeones’, the movie is full of questionable taste and needy filmmaking.
‘Mrs.’ can’t replicate ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’s’ viscerality
By Tatsam Mukherjee Ultimately, it remains a low-stakes film, not willing to take the risks of the original.
Rohit Shetty goes for loud Hindutva populism for box office bucks
By Tatsam Mukherjee Even the presence of several top stars cannot save ‘Singham Again’ from being a sloppy effort.
In ‘Jigra’, Alia Bhatt successfully reinvents the cornered anti-hero of 1970s Bollywood
By Tatsam Mukherjee Vasan Bala’s smart thriller draws from various influences but loses momentum towards the end.