Uyir: Malayalam movie review
At first glance, Uyir appears to follow a familiar template: a young police officer, a disturbing death, a case that slowly opens…
Welcome to the Jungle Review: A Film So Contemptuous of Its Audience It Forgot to Be a Film
There is a particular insolence to a film that is about a deliberately terrible movie and then proceeds to become one. Welcome to…
Raja Shivaji Review: A Grand, Heartfelt Tribute You Admire More Than You Feel
Ambition is written into every frame of Raja Shivaji, and ambition, it turns out, is both its great strength and the source of…
Nooru Saami Review: A Tender, Quietly Defiant Drama Carried by a Luminous Swasika
In a season crowded with spectacle, Nooru Saami arrives almost on tiptoe, a small, unhurried village drama with no grand canvas and no appetite…
Parimala and Co Review: A Golden Cast Trapped Inside a Half-Cooked Caper
Some films are undone by a shortage of talent. Parimala and Co suffers from the opposite affliction: it has talent to spare, a premise…
With Love Review: A Soft, Sincere Tamil Romance With Warmth and Memory
With Love is a gentle, charming, and quietly affecting Tamil romantic drama that works best when it keeps things simple. It is…
Parasakthi Review: A Fierce Subject Rendered Strangely Cold
There are films that fail because they reach for too little, and there are films that fail because they reach for a…
Youth Review: A One-Man Debut That Proves Heart Can Outsell Star Power
Every so often a film succeeds not because of who is in it, but in spite of who is not. Youth, the coming-of-age…
Kara Review: Dhanush and Vignesh Raja Mount a Gritty Period Heist That Promises More Than It Delivers
There is a great deal to admire in Kara, and a little to lament, and the two are so closely entwined that one…
Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil Review: Jiiva Anchors a Warm, Wickedly Observed Village Satire
Every so often a film arrives without the thunder of a grand release, makes no promises of spectacle, and then proceeds to…