Karma (2024): Engaging but not unique
Karma (2024), an Odia film, drew an almost houseful audience on a Friday evening in Chennai, suggesting it would be an engaging watch—and it was. Starring Anubhav Mohanty, the plot…
World Cinema
Nothing to Declare (2010),
It was unimaginable that in the centre of Europe where two world wars took place, half a century later integration of economies and laws between the involved countries will happen.…
2 Alone in Paris (2008)
During the early days of the pandemic, we saw pictures of the roads of the busiest cities in the world being completely empty and with subsequent lockdowns, the scene became…
What We Wanted (2020)
What We Wanted (Was wir wollten), a German language drama from Austria covers the strained relationship of a married couple who are unable to have a baby. The lead pair…
Spoiled Brats (2021)
Spoiled Brats (Pourris gâtés 2021), a French comedy is a film that is as simple as it gets. It is about a millionaire in Monaco pretending to be penniless so…
Chocolat (2000)
Chocolat (2000) is a comedy-drama that happens in a small village in France during the 1950s. It follows Vianne Rocher, a chocolatier arriving in the quiet community resulting in residents…
Chernobyl 1986 (2021)
Next to the horrific Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bombs, when we think of nuclear disasters what comes to mind are the tragic incidents in Fukushima (Japan) and Chernobyl (in erstwhile…
The Girl with a Bracelet (2019)
The Girl with a Bracelet aka La fille au bracelet (2019) is a french courtroom drama. It was about a teenage girl on trial for killing her best friend based…