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Hot take: Wet Season
In ‘Wet Season’, director Anthony Chen tells the story of a lonely housewife (Yann Yann Yeo) who forms an unlikely friendship with one of...
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Hot take: Honeyland
‘Honeyland’ is a documentary about a middle-aged woman who is the last of the traditional beekeepers. Such a plain subject could have...
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Hot take: The Souvenir
‘The Souvenir’ is a semi-autobiographical story of a young, privileged woman setting out to find her voice as a filmmaker, who gets into...
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Hot take: Sindhustan
‘Sindhustan’ is a documentary about the Sindhi community in India and Pakistan. First-time director Sapna Moti Bhavnani’s project started...
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Hot take: The Art of Self-Defense
‘The Art of Self Defense' is an absurd comedy about a diffident man who takes up karate lessons from a mysterious yet sinister Sensei in...
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Hot take: Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim
‘Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim’ ('Ali Mizah wa Ibrahim') is a story about two young men battling their inner demons who happen to cross paths...
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Hot take: The Sky is Pink
'The Sky is Pink' (2019) is a fictionalised biopic, telling the inspirational story of a family dealing with their daughter's terminal...
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Hot take: War
Both the title and the trailer of War (2019) make the intent clear: this is an action film and star vehicle not to be taken seriously....
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Hot take: Last Flag Flying
'Last Flag Flying' is a film about three war veterans that get thrown together many years later under unfortunate circumstances. The...
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Hot take: Chhichhore
'Chhichhore' (2019) (dir. Nitesh Tiwari) is a campus film told entirely in flashbacks. 90s nostalgia is mined for those of us who lived...
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Hot take: A Suitable Girl
'A Suitable Girl' (2017) is a documentary that follows the trials and tribulations of three young girls and their families as they search...
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Hot take: Article 15
‘Article 15’ (2019), directed by Anubhav Sinha, is a stark and unflinching look at caste dynamics in India that manages to find room for...
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Hot take: Mard ko Dard Nahin Hota
'Mard ko Dard Nahin Hota' (2018) is a zany, comic-book style action comedy powered by director Vasan Bala and his writing team's crazily...
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Hot take: Soni
In 'Soni' (2018), director Ivan Ayr takes us into the lives of two female police officers trying to run a decoy operation in nighttime...
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Hot take: Badla
'Badla' (2019) is the Hindi-language remake of the 2016 Spanish hit 'Contratiempo' (available for viewing on Netflix). After catching the...
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Hot take: Gully Boy
‘Gully Boy’ (2019) (dir. Zoya Akhtar) is that rarity: a film that deserves every bit of its pre-release hype. Set in Dharavi, the giant...
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Hot take: Ek Ladki ko Dekha to Aisa Laga
‘Ek Ladki to Dekha to Aisa Laga’ (2019) is first and foremost a brave and well-intentioned film. It knows not to tackle deep-seated...
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Hot take: Searching
'Searching' is a thriller about a father going in search of his missing adolescent daughter. Set in today's day and age, all the...
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Hot take: Christopher Robin
'Christopher Robin' takes the timeless characters of AA Milne and weaves a whole new story around them. Christopher Robin, played here by...
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Hot take: Roma
‘Roma’ is a strikingly intimate, quiet and absorbing look at the life of a maid in the Mexico of the 70s. Fellini’s mark is present in...
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