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Cocktail 2" review " A glam, messy love story, 2000s style
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (518+ words) Always At The Cinema To nobody's surprise, Cocktail 2, written by Ranjan and Tarun Jain and directed by Homi Adajania, follows a similar template. The result is a story where the man is positioned as a beacon of decency (naturally) and…...
Sad Girlz" and the brutal cost of silence | TRIBECA REVIEW
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (675+ words) Filmy Sasi How vulnerable is it to be female in 2026? A girl could simply be walking down the street, only for it to become the site that might alter her life forever. The more intimate the surroundings get, the greater…...
Funk" turns raw art into a volatile anthem of rebellion | TRIBECA REVIEW
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (787+ words) Filmy Sasi Does art born far away from society"s cr'me de la cr'me ever receive the appreciation it deserves? Art that is crude yet powerful, carrying the scent of sweat, struggle, and repression. Aly Muritiba"s Tribeca-bound Funk is…...
'Main Vaapas Aaunga' review: Come for love, stay for history
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (145+ words) Always At The Cinema Like many Imtiaz Ali protagonists before him, he quits his full-time job and finds himself drifting through a relationship with the far more practical Kaveri (Banita Sandhu). These are two familiar Imtiaz Ali worlds that are…...
'Deepfake' chronicles the vibrant alleys of modern loneliness | TRIBECA REVIEW
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (700+ words) Deepfake" puts a price tag on modern loneliness | TRIBECA REVIEW Filmy Sasi As I experienced Deepfake at the 2026 Tribeca Festival, I reminisced about the time when we would challenge technology by asking, "Can it print food yet?" Turns out, it…...
'Backrooms' review " The impossible architecture of horror
1+ week, 1+ day ago (211+ words) Always At The Cinema Among the film's most horrifying moments are the ones where the camera pans from room to room, top to bottom. There are no creatures in the frame, just differently structured, meticulously designed rooms in disarray. The…...
'Bandar' review " Bobby Deol anchors a gutting prison drama
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (377+ words) Always At The Cinema Samar lands in jail, and his charge sheet is filled with flirty chats and an image of his genitals, a rather unusual thing to send as a casual text to a stranger " even for a tech-noob…...
'The Great Grand Superhero' review " A living comic-strip
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (408+ words) Always At The Cinema In an era where children's cinema has almost disappeared from theatres, replaced either by loud spectacle or violent and jingoistic content, The Great Grand Superhero arrives like a relic from another time. And yet, to call…...
'Drishyam 3' review " Georgekutty plans less, suffers more
3+ week, 5+ day ago (923+ words) Drishyam 3" review " Georgekutty plans less, suffers more Filmy Sasi "Everything was planned" When Ajnabee had Bobby Deol exposing Akshay Kumar in a corny yet wildly entertaining climax, we watched with amusement while tapping our feet to an infectious Anu Malik…...
Dacoit" review " A heart, a heist and a hot mess of a film
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (317+ words) Always At The Cinema Shaneil Deo's film, however, delivers none of that. Instead, Dacoit tries to be everything else, none of which resembles a dacoit. Also, they never fight. Not once. This is a relationship set in the era of…...