“‘Brief Tender Light,’ with all its cultural complexities, offers an access point for worldwide viewers willing to look beyond lazy stereotypes and reductive interpretations of not just Africans but fellow humans in general.”
“General audiences can access and appreciate The Adams Family’s ‘Where the Devil Roams’ from various perspectives – the mark of an enduring film.”
‘Agra’ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2023 movie with filmmaker Kanu Behl.
“Grief is a quiet but unrelenting presence within ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ that gradually reveals itself the more viewers learn about the death of Mike Timlin, the protagonist’s friend and singing partner.”
“‘All of Us Strangers’ is a film that becomes all the more haunting the further from it you get.”
“Children and adults are complex; they behave differently depending on who they are with, performing various roles to survive. ‘Monster’ underlines this lesson by masterfully harmonizing writing, performance, cinematography, sound and more.”
“I much prefer DiCaprio’s more comedic performances to his dramatic ones, but ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ feels like career-best dramatic work from the actor…”
“In our attempt to fill in the gaps of the Oswald character, we recast him again and again, hoping that the latest iteration will reveal a previously hidden angle.”
“‘Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World’ is a jolt of energy, one that bounds forward — always a few leaps ahead of its audience.”
“‘Detour’ plays like a fever dream powered by guilt and dread; an existential noir about an American male lost in the nothingness and vastness of the country.”
“‘May December’ has the initial feel of a heightened, vaguely trashy soap opera, revealing new layers to its central figures the more they question their perceived roles.”
“‘Yellow Bus’ tries to manufacture misunderstandings that may naturally exist in a country that has a diverse immigrant population, but Bednarz’s heavy-handed sociology lesson ultimately aligns with the pseudo-intellectual drivel of ‘Crash’ and ‘Babel.'”
“The differences between the equally impressive ‘The Assistant’ and ‘The Royal Hotel’ prove that there is more room for subversive thrillers directed by Green.”
‘Ghaath’ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2023 film with director Chhatrapal Ninawe.
“‘Failure!’ is a failed experiment that grates more than it excites.”
“‘Astrakan’ is most intriguing when not trying to explain everything away.”
“‘The Holdovers’ tries a little too hard to swerve melancholic moments into a hokey optimism, as it’s indebted to a screenwriters’ seminar-style narrative.”
“If one is willing to meet ‘The Zone of Interest’ on its own terms, Glazer’s film offers an uncompromising glimpse at the lengths people will go to avoid seeing the horrors around them…”
“‘Hit Man’ is easily one of Richard Linklater’s most entertaining and emotionally satisfying films.”
“‘Mickey Hardaway’ is the real deal.”