review

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?

The Arconia’s trio residents remain TV’s most endearing sleuths in the latest season of Only Murders in the Building!

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck continue raising the bar with their latest Netflix offering

Here’s a debut poetry collection that unfolds as an intimate dialogue between the individual soul and the conscience

A student’s tribute, a biography of rare devotion, tracing a composer whose music shaped decades of cinema and echoes

The series Younger shows culture obsessed with youth, age a liability, adaptability an asset, relevance a performance

Land of Sin shows how land entitlement, patriarchy, and drug abuse sustain cycles of violence across generations

Dogs get spa days, cats own outfits, one grumpy vet stands as voice of reason

Powered by Paul Rudd and Jack Black, this part satire and part thriller, is fully aware of its own absurdity

Huma Shaikh’s 'Item' may have looked good on paper—but it should have been written, filed, and forgotten in the 1960s.

A haunting Argentinian film that begins inside a psychiatric ward but ends in our conscience.

A murder no one saw, a congregation full of motives, and a detective who doesn’t believe in miracles.

What once belonged to cafés, classrooms, and literary clubs now unfolds on WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube

Hollywood’s most lovable star finally reveals his best-kept secrets in his memoir that fans have waited for

Six years, countless promises, and one undercooked film. The disappointment is louder than the applause.

Rule Breakers highlights the transformative impact of mentorship, technology, and courage

The horror in both del Toro’s film & Shelley’s original emerges when ingenuity is divorced from responsibility

In House of Guinness, Steven Knight turns 19th-century Dublin into a living, breathing character

My Life With the Walter Boys wrangles grief, love, and family chaos into a binge-worthy ride

Francesca Orsini’s deportation from India exposes a nation’s growing fear of dialogue

Cillian Murphy’s portrait of emotional exhaustion is restrained yet haunting in Netflix's newly released film

Warrior Poet captures the grandeur & flaws of the man who shaped Pashto literature & Afghan self-understanding

The series proves that the funniest comedies don’t need to shout. They just need sharp writing, quirky characters

Shueyb Gandapur’s travel memoir chronicles his journey through India amid rising religious fanaticism

Woman of the Dead plunges viewers into a cold, snow-drenched world where a funeral director hunts down killers

The English translation of Syed Mohammed Taqi’s book reintroduces his study of Karbala to a new generation

Gone are the days when politics was confined to fiery debates & ballot boxes. Today, the battleground is virtual

As Stranger Things and Squid Game bow out, what's next for Netflix?

Exploring themes of motherhood, loss & resilience, Pernille doesn’t ask for attention, It earns it, scene by scene

Inspired by a real-life restaurant, this film is a celebration of food, memory & the indelible bond between generation

Political complexity aside, the film relies on tired tropes & slapstick over substance, even as Hania Amir dazzles

Danish Javeed’s book charts India’s shift from its secular foundations to Hindutva extremism

Brig Naseem Akhtar saw history unfold during his ISI career. He recounts his experiences in Caught in the Crossfire

Ginny & Georgia is a raw, unfiltered look at the ties that bind us, break us, and redeem us

In Hiroshima, John Hersey holds a mirror to today's fractured global order

The book unfolds at the intersection of love & revolution, where personal dreams are swept away by political storms

Through the stories of a young student & seasoned surgeon, it explores the struggles of faith, freedom & identity

A taut & moody whodunit, it will grip you with its satisfying dose of shock & acerbic Scottish wit

Set in the sultry, blood-soaked heart of 1930s Mississippi, the movie hits like a thunderclap across time

Set around a vibrant Inuit community, it shows human connections thrive even in the iciest of landscapes

A haunting murder in a quiet town is half the story. The other half lies in the mind of the author.

Secrets We Keep does not shy away from peeling back the layers of class divide and false comforts of privilege