Masters of the Air review: Apple’s $250 million bet (mostly) pays off
It’s unlike Band of Brothers and The Pacific in more ways than one—and possibly the last of its kind in the dusk of TV’s fading golden age.
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Killer Soup review: chaotically overcooked
A persistent serving of melodrama and a jar of convenience overwhelm the rare tongue-in-cheek black comedy bits in this dish.
Echo review: Marvel’s slump drags on
Good thing Echo has been handed Marvel’s new label for a standalone series. It means you can ignore it and move on with your life.
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan review: lost in the malaise
The new Indian Netflix movie about the ennui of the digital age is wayward, just like its characters.
The 10 best TV series of 2023
From Beef to Succession, Film Critics Guild member and Rotten Tomatoes-certified critic Akhil Arora lists his favourite TV shows from 2023.
The Archies review: cotton candy
Zoya Akhtar’s Indian take on Riverdale, with Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor, and Agastya Nanda, is a soft serve.
The Railway Men review: incompetence is the name of the game
YRF’s first Netflix series, centred on the 1984 Bhopal tragedy, lacks virtually everything it needs to be Chernobyl or Trial by Fire.
Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, ranked
From Iron Man to The Marvels, Rotten Tomatoes-certified film critic Akhil Arora ranks all 33 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies.
The Marvels review: too lightweight
The sequel to Captain Marvel, with Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris and Iman Vellani, is fun in spurts but never the film it needs to be.
MAMI 2023: 8 best movies at Mumbai Film Festival
Film Critics Guild member and Rotten Tomatoes-certified film critic Akhil Arora picks his favourite films and documentaries. And just like that, MAMI 2023 (officially, the Mumbai Film Festival) is done. The awards have been handed out—the fishermen documentary Against the Tide, which I noted as one of the promising Indian titles in the pre-festival roll, […]