Category: Reviews

Nerkonda Paarvai begins with three young women in a cab, all of whom look either distracted or distraught, it is too soon to tell. The […]

If you’ve watched director Rajesh M Selva’s previous endeavour Thoongavanam (2015), you’ll find his recent film, Kadaram Kondan very familiar. There is a lot that’s […]

Ignore the weird duets and the weakly developed characters, and you’re left with a watchable thriller When director Andrew Louis tweeted on Thursday night that […]

And why, why is Sai Pallavi reduced to, bizarrely, a sniffer in this movie? Nandha Gopalan Kumaran (NGK), an extremely committed Suriya, is drenched in […]

This Sivakarthikeyan-Nayanthara starrer is a sexist, misogynistic, transphobic cesspool of abuse passing for love. Mr. Local, Sivakarthikeyan and Nayanthara’s summer release directed by Rajesh M, […]

‘K13’ Movie Review: This Thriller Shows Promise But Lets Down Its Viewers The Arulnithi-Shraddha Srinath starrer comes across as a vacuous idea that desperately wants […]

The Ilaiyaraaja nostalgia and Shweta Tripathi’s acting are the highlights of this choppy tale of love and loss. Mehandi Circus opens with an animated folktale […]

Samantha, Fahadh Faasil and Ashwanth shine in Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s colourful, intelligent film. If a spaceship landed some place in Tamil Nadu and aliens wandered into […]

As a writer, my worst nightmare is the lede. How does one start writing something instantly hooking the reader into my world? I’ve not figured […]

Ranjit Jeyakodi’s film is perfectly in line with recent ‘toxic male’ films like ‘Arjun Reddy’, ‘Kaatru Veliyidai’ and ‘Taramani’. There is a scene in Ispade […]

“Ambalainga panra ellaa ketta vishayathayum panradhillai penniyam” (Doing all bad things that men do is not feminism), they say. 90ML argues that, this is, in […]

Is it satire? Is it serious? Or is it RJ Balaji’s stepping stone into politics? Nobody knows, not even the filmmakers, it would appear. LKG […]

Do you remember the viral song from Oru Adaar Love where Priya Prakash Varrier and Roshan Abdul Rahoof make eyes at each other in slow […]

Sarvam Thaala Mayam is less a story of hope against all odds than it is one of faith in the innate goodness of people, democracy […]

Simba isn’t hinged on a story, but relies on stoner tropes, mind-voice, gimmicks and monologues to keep going. In the Tamil film Simba, the character […]

Viswasam: An inadvertently thoughtful film Star vehicles in Tamil aren’t just films. They are complex potpourri of elements with economic, political, social and cultural (mis)guidances […]

Dek: It’s an ode to Rajinikanth’s superstardom, but has a flimsy storyline, or space for other actors. Five minutes into Petta, a friend who was […]

Maari 2 is the perfect candidate for your Sunday matinee, post Andhra Meals. It might even help reduce Monday morning blues.

Sethakaathi isn’t a regular 2018 Tamil film, it’s certainly not an easy watch. For the attention-deficit generation, Seethakaathi’s first 45 minutes are a test, but when you […]

I can imagine how this film might have looked on paper: an encounter cop, a young girl’s grieving father and a migrant worker lose everything […]