MAMI 2023: 26 movies to watch at Mumbai Film Festival
Akhil Arora’s list features movies from Argentina, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Tunisia, Vietnam, Ukraine, and the US.
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Khufiya review: the exact opposite of a spy thriller
The new Netflix movie—with Tabu, Ali Fazal, and Wamiqa Gabbi—is an overlong slog.
Jaane Jaan review: Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma thrill in solid Netflix movie
Kareena Kapoor Khan is the least interesting element in Sujoy Ghosh’s new Netflix movie, his most mature work yet.
Heart of Stone review: new Mission: Impossible? Not even close
Netflix’s second attempt at an action franchise with Gal Gadot is marginally better than the first.
Kohrra review: toxic masculinity will be the death of us all
Police apathy, failed fathers, and a foggy future make a deadly cocktail in this spiritual successor to Udta Punjab.
The Witcher season 3 review: time runs out
In Henry Cavill’s final season as Geralt, as the Netflix series loses its star attraction, it makes a bigger case for Ciri as the future.
Extraction 2 review: rinse and repeat, warts and all
Chris Hemsworth-led Netflix sequel is bigger and more personal—but it fails to be any better.
Murder Mystery 2 review: Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler deliver utter garbage
A murder mystery comedy of the lowest possible denominator.
Indian Matchmaking is what we deserve
Netflix keeps making regressive reality TV because people keep watching it. Akhil Arora Earlier in July, a section of Indian Twitter—involving those from the country and many of Indian origin across the world—blew up hate-watching Indian Matchmaking, a new Netflix reality series that follows a Mumbai-based matchmaker’s millennial clientele across the US and India as […]