There are almost exclusively two kinds of characters in the films of Robert Bresson:

(i) the weak but saintly protagonist, silently suffering through endless injustices and humiliations, and
(ii) sadists, i.e., every other character in the film

There are maybe three or four moments in Mouchette when our young protagonist is shown any hint of kindness. Arsénse, a drunkard, shelters her from a storm after she gets lost. But only to rape her a few moments later. A shopkeeper offers…

Ken Loach's films have always been centered on working class characters. It's A Free World..., focusing on the exploitation of immigrant workers in the UK, is no different.

Loach, however, chooses to tell this story from an unexpected perspective. Angie, the protagonist - an ambitious woman in her 30s - is not an immigrant worker; rather, she is the one who is exploiting them. This choice of protagonist is significant.

In films (or in any other kind of storytelling), it…

I haven't quite seen anything like this before where a cinema set is so intentionally used as a psychological safe space for exploring traumatic memories.

Four Daughters is the real story of four siblings growing up in a conservative and patriarchal Tunisian society. Matters are made worse after the Arab Spring, when the political vacuum in Tunisia is filled by religious fanatics affiliated with ISIS.

The two older sisters are radicalized, and they eventually flee from home to neighboring Libya…

Director - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Starring - Farhan Akhtar

Some airlines provide their customers with pillows during flights, they also usually provide paper bags into which one could puke if the necessity arrived. Cinema halls in India would do well to learn a trick or two from these airlines.

Where do I start? Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is disgusting. Kirby Dick's film, This Film Is Not Yet Rated is about how whimsical and ridiculous the MPAA is. The Indian Censor Board…

I liked how the film began - it shows the Indian Army blowing up the home of doctor Halil Meer (who had hidden a wounded "militant" so that his wounds could be treated) as he looks on helplessly, unable to protest (because there is no one to protest to, the Army is blowing up his house). His wife, Ghazala, looks on equally helplessly as the doctor is taken away, "disappeared", never to be found again.

This feeling of helplessness in…