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Honestly15 Sep 2025

Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Bandar’ is a problematic addition to the post-#MeToo film canon

The movie, which premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, is a complicated take on cancel culture and India’s flawed judicial system

By Pahull Bains

Entertainment26 May 2025

Films about films, daddy issues, and other themes we spotted in the Cannes 2025 lineup

Notes from Jennifer Lawrence’s gimme-an-Oscar-already performance and other Cannes highlights

By Pahull Bains

Entertainment29 Apr 2025

‘The Pitt’ is over, but Supriya Ganesh is just getting started

The Indian-American actor plays Dr Samira Mohan in the medical drama that has everyone talking

By Pahull Bains

QueenOfMyDreams

Entertainment18 Mar 2025

“People don’t expect actors to be intelligent”: Amrit Kaur

‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ star on balancing acting with activism, having the face of ‘everyone’, and fangirling over Nawazuddin Siddiqui

By Pahull Bains

Entertainment30 Sep 2024

‘Santosh’ will confront you with uncomfortable but important truths

The UK’s entry for the Oscars, the Shahana Goswami-starrer goes way beyond the good cop-bad cop storyline

By Pahull Bains

Entertainment17 Sep 2024

‘Superboys of Malegaon’ is a meta film about filmmaking, undone by its own filmy-ness

After ‘Made In Heaven’ and ‘Gully Boy,’ Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar explore the world of low-budget filmmaking at TIFF

By Pahull Bains