review

Dan Jolin's The Complete Unofficial Guide to Christopher Nolan explores the films, ideas and craft of a modern master

Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s novel about widowhood can also become a story of freedom and rediscovery

Tom Holland’s Spider-Man gets a fresh start but only after Marvel realised what made Peter Parker special

Andy Webb’s Dianarama revisits the scandal behind Princess Diana’s explosive 1995 Panorama interview

Is the foul-mouthed animated series Alley Cats the cultural crime critics claim it is?

After a lifetime inside the machinery of power, Saeed Mehdi shares memories of the history made during his time

He-Man’s return to the big screen for the first time since 1987 is both a triumph and a missed opportunity

Why we savour crime on screen while fearing it in real life

Kyle Balda's delightful adaptation of Three Bags Full blends mystery, humour, and emotion into a family film

As our society confronts issues a conservative American town explored 24 years ago Everwood feels startlingly relevant

Afshan Shafi's Quiet Women blurs the boundaries between poetry and visual art

Spider-Noir revives hard-boiled detective fiction with a stylish superhero mystery steeped in classic noir aesthetics

In his latest book, Ashok Swain offers a chilling analysis of a world drifting toward climate apartheid

Spin-offs rarely work, but Boston Blue proves some franchises still have life left in them

Why are so many Pakistanis growing up without a language they can truly call their own?

When director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams collaborate on a sci-fi film, the result is always grand.

David Flusfeder’s Something Might Fall arrives as a compelling reminder of the novella's unique, minimalistic power

Netflix’s relentless commitment to adapting Harlan Coben’s bibliography brings another high-octane thriller to screens

Elsbeth proves that knowing the killer can be just as entertaining as catching them

Nathan Fillion’s police drama continues to balance action, humour, and emotional storytelling without losing its charm

A marital drama and a storytelling masterclass show the strengths and pitfalls of Karachi’s restless theatre scene

Deadpan humour and mafia masterminds meet again in the new season of Murder Mindfully

A powerful look at domestic trauma and the quiet, fierce struggle of a mother trying to reclaim her life and identity

Why does RJ Decker seem fresh and nostalgic at the same time?

How Western media made monstrosity cool—and blinded us to real-world atrocities

Despite being set thousands of miles away and decades ago in the past, Legends feels remarkably close to home

Desperation meets audacity in this French heist drama inspired by real events, where survival blurs morality

In emergency rooms, death is witnessed everywhere—but not always held the same way

Kathy Bates anchors a revival that finds its own voice

Behind cinematic mask, Meena Kumari emerges as a haunted poet; Tanha Chand traces solitude, longing, and resilience

It thrills, it dazzles, it remembers—but does it truly reveal Michael Jackson?

The Museum of Innocence is a love story trapped in memory, where obsession turns into archive

A snowbound standoff where Western grit collides with modern mayhem

Reels and nonstop social media, with shrinking attention spans and overload, are pushing books to the margins

From optimistic, thinking women to endless cycles of misery

The verdict did not matter as much as the mystery around it, which remains unsolved even today

In an era of dark, complex thrillers, High Potential returns to the joy of the classic whodunit

Ghalib, Faiz, and Hallaj echo through a contemporary English voice

A star vehicle that sails on ambition but sinks under weak storytelling and unconvincing performances.

This young version of the great fictional detective in a parallel universe suffers from too many ideas

Season 4 of The Lincoln Lawyer flips the script, testing Mickey Haller’s credibility, loyalty, and survival

With cinemas battling the rise of OTT platforms, this Eid’s film releases carry more weight than ever

Moving beyond Bollywood, this ambitious collection reveals cinemas negotiating nation, gender, caste and capital

Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo shine in this reunion as Bart Layton crafts a meticulous cat-and-mouse thriller

In Rory Kennedy’s Queen of Chess, Judit Polgár’s rise to the top 10 reshapes a male-dominated game

How veiled characters—from Alan Moore to Thomas Moore—echo a controversial figure from early Muslim history.

Iqbal Khursheed portrays oppressed lives through irony and dark humour, creating characters that linger in memory

As a morality tale, The Gavel and the Lotus turns an intimate gaze on how justice is defined, enacted and withheld

Despite two knockout actors, His & Hers is a frustrating thriller with too many twists and turns

What does colonial power do to the subject, and why does it continue to do so, long after the empire’s formal demise?