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What makes a horror movie good? Depends on who you are asking. Some like theirs with ample jump scares, while others seek heavy themes like familial grief. However, both sides can agree that basically, all they want is to be frightened by a horror film. If it has raised your …

If you grew up in the 1990s and 2000s watching Malayalam movies, you came to associate certain actors with certain types of roles. Mammootty always fit very well into the role of a morally upright police officer or the lawyer championing the underdog while spouting heavy-duty English dialogue. But one …

Nila Madhab Panda might not be one of the most popular names amongst contemporary filmmakers, but he definitely has one of the most interesting and singularly focused oeuvres to his credit. After having made films extensively rooted in other ground realities, like Kadvi Hawa, Kaun Kitne Paani Mein, and Halkaa, …

Director: Delhiprasad DeenadayalanWriter: Balaji TharaneetharanCast: Vijay Sethupathi, Raashi Khanna, Parthiban, Manjima Mohan, Sathyaraj, KarunakaranLanguage: Tamil Tughlaq Durbar has a great premise that reminded me of one of my favorite Jim Carrey comedies, Liar Liar. Carrey‘s Fletcher Reede is a shit-talking lawyer who does anything to win a case. One day, …

At Film Companion, we have curated playlists from noted musicians like T.M.Krishna and Varun Grover. This edition of Your Weekend Playlist, we curate songs of fertile music, lush poetry, and honeyed hammer beats.  Vaanil Meghan (Annabelle Sethupathi) by Armaan Malik and Chinmayi Sripada Armaan Malik’s controlled melody, when placed against …

The new Mortal Kombat (2021) movie hits Amazon Prime Video on September 11 (also in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil) – and long-time fans of the ultra-bloody, ultra-gory video game franchise are in for a rollicking fun ride. In case you’ve been living under a rock, or didn’t catch the movie’s theatrical release, here …

Director: Karthik YogiCast: Santhanam, Yogi Babu, Anandaraj, Munishkanth A time machine is the centerpiece of Dikkiloona, and it’s something that all of us have wished for. We could go back in time and fix things we wish we had done differently, whether it’s to do with family, relationships or work. …

Directed by: Nikkhil Advani, Nikhil GonsalvesWriter: Yash Chhetija, Nikhil Gonsalves, Anushka Mehrotra, Sanyuktha Chawla ShaikhCast: Mohit Raina, Konkona Sen Sharma, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Tina DesaiCinematography: Kaushal ShahEdited by: Maahir ZaveriStreaming on: Amazon Prime Video In episode 4 of Mumbai Diaries 26/11, a doctor tells a cop, “Hum doctor hain, Sir. Human …

Director: Delhiprasad DeenadayalanWriter: Balaji TharaneetharanMusic: Govind VasanthaCast: Vijay Sethupathi, Raashi Khanna, Parthiban, Manjima Mohan, Sathyaraj, KarunakaranLanguage: Tamil Spoilers Ahead… At first, Tughlaq Durbar seems to follow the template of a familiar moral drama: a ground-level political worker, Singam (a superb Vijay Sethupathi) faces tests of conscience as he tries to …

Director: Sampath NandiCast: Gopichand, Tamannaah, Digangana Suryavanshi, Preethi Asrani Gopichand is one of the few actors who is keeping alive a certain kind of Telugu ‘mass’ cinema which is different from ‘masala’ cinema in one crucial way. While masala moments focus on enhancing emotional drama, mass cinema tries to deify …

Director: Karthik Yogi Cast: Santhanam, Yogi Babu, Anandaraj, Munishkanth In Oh My Kadavule (a very likeable reinterpretation of Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life) we got Vijay Sethupathi playing God to enable a divine intervention to allow Ashok Selvan’s character a second chance at love and love. Instead of magic or …

Earlier today, the first look of Rajinikanth-starrer Annaatthe was revealed on the occasion of Ganesh Chathurthi. It revealed a Rajinikanth in a traditional veshti-shirt, surrounded by golden bells, and a rustic background. The makers have now released an exciting motion poster with Rajinkanth again in a shirt and veshti — …

Director: SP JananathanCast: Vijay Sethupathi, Shruti Haasan, Jagapathi Babu, Kalaiyarasan, Daniel Annie Pope Spoilers ahead… It’s really tragic when a director cannot see the release of his own film. As a filmmaker, SP Jananathan was a bit like Pa. Ranjith in the sense that he wanted to use his movies …

Directed by: Pawan Kriplani Writer: Sumit Batheja, Pawan Kripalani, Devashish Makhija, Anuvab Pal, Pooja Ladha Surti Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Yami Gautam, Arjun Kapoor  Cinematography: Jayakrishna Gummadi Streaming on: Disney+ Hotstar Whacky Saif ™ is an independent genre. Over the years, the middle-aged actor has reinvented himself as …

Directed by: Pawan KriplaniWriter: Sumit Batheja, Pawan Kripalani, Devashish Makhija, Anuvab Pal, Pooja Ladha SurtiCast: Saif Ali Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Yami Gautam, Arjun KapoorCinematography: Jayakrishna GummadiStreaming on: Disney+ Hotstar At one point in Bhoot Police, a character, addressing a crowd, advises them not to believe in the two tantric babas …

Across 14 feature-length films and a two-decade-long career, Anurag Kashyap has developed finely tuned filmmaking process. From doing his best work only on chaotic sets to giving his collaborators a lot of space, we revisit interviews in which the director talks about how he approaches his craft: He only thrives …

Director: Sean DurkinWriter: Sean DurkinCast: Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Charlie Shotwell, Oona RocheCinematographer: Mátyás ErdélyEditor: Matthew HannamStreaming on: BookMyShow Stream A decade after his first feature, the excellent Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), writer-director Sean Durkin returns with another tale of a family whose members may mean well, but are unable …

I always wondered where Rajshree Ojha went after directing Aisha (2010), a defining film and moment — the first time we saw fashion and style as integral and not peripheral to storytelling, where the flounce of the burnt-orange dress, bouncing to Amit Trivedi’s tango, and the emotional turmoil of jealousy …

The last time Gulzar directed a film was Hu Tu Tu, way back in 1999. The celebrated artist continues to express through poetry, lyrics and screenwriting, but has said his directing days are over. He made his first film, Mere Apne, 50 years ago. Each of the 19 features he …

Cast: Nani, Jagapathi Babu, Aishwarya Rajesh, Ritu Varma Director:  Shiva Nirvana From a distance, director Shiva Nirvana’s third film (after Ninnu Kori and the much-liked Majili) is a story about blood. On an obvious level, it is about the same blood that’s spilled in most big-star Telugu movies, with its slo-mo …

The Matrix Resurrections trailer opens with Neo (Keanu Reeves) back in the matrix, having reverted to his Thomas Anderson persona, forgetting his past and his exploits as Neo. Flashbacks of life outside the matrix appear to him via dreams, and he asks his therapist (Neil Patrick Harris, a caricature of the …

Andrew Garfield On Loss, Art And Honouring His Mother The actor best known for his roles in Spider-Man and The Social Network returns to the big screen after two years. In this interview, he talks about his upcoming projects (both biopics), the loss of his mother and his experience of playing …

Director: VijayCast: Kangana Ranaut, Arvind Swami, Nassar, Samuthirakani, Jisshu Sengupta Vijay’s Thalaivi, starring Kangana Ranaut and Arvind Swami, is finally out in theatres after a very, very long time. And I must say that the film deserves the large screen. One reason I say this is because the film’s got …

Portrayal of women in Hindi cinema, and cinema in general, has been a point of debate and discussion among film enthusiasts around the world. From being treated as props or ‘objects’ of desire to being reduced to lesser fleshed-out roles as compared to their male counterparts, characterizations of women in …