Plus: The sweet story of a 93-year-old grandma getting even with a scammer. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
We go into 2025 with hope and trepidation. Hope that the strain of individualistic filmmaking, which resulted in such movies as All We Imagine As Light and Girls Will be Girls, will persist in 2025. Trepidation over another less welcome kind of persistence, of propaganda cinema.
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The year didn’t lack drama – or tragedy, as the case may be. Here are the top stories of 2024 from The Reel.
Plus: The best films and web series of the year. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
From the archives: In the sly company of Vijay Sethupathi. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
Also, reviews of Bandish Bandits season two and Despatch. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
From the archives: Decoding the rise of the dubbed film in the light of the release of ‘Pushpa 2 – The Rule’. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
From the archives: Ahead of the release of ‘Pushpa – The Rule’, a look back on the journey of the pan-Indian film. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
Plus: The week’s releases and Tamil director C Premkumar analyses the appeal of his fan favourite ‘Meiyazhagan’. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
Plus: How the Sri Lankan civil war made its way into a French film about an undercover cop. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
Also: Why you should revisit Umesh Kulkarni's Valu. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
Also: In a new Tamil movie, a woman battles a dress code imposed by her son. Read this and other top stories from The Reel this week.
From the archives: Satyadev Dubey transformed Indian theatre – but many forget his maverick film projects. Here's a list of this week's top reads from The Reel.
The stories behind some of the films screened at one of India’s leading festivals.
Also: Reviews of Paani, Like Aani Subscribe, Snakes and Ladders. Here's a list of this week's top reads from The Reel.
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Also: Reviews of the ‘Joker’ sequel, ‘Manvat Murders’ and ‘Wolfs’. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
Also: Reviews of Ghaath, Taaza Khabar S2, Binny and Family and Love, Sitara. Here's a list of this week's top reads from The Reel.
Also: Read Atul Sabharwal’s original story ‘The Decipherer’, on which his movie ‘Berlin’ is based. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
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Also: Reviews of The Greatest of All Time, Visfot, Call Me Bae, The Perfect Couple and Tanaav season 2. Here's a list of this week's top reads from The Reel.
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