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A still from ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan hit the road in Ethan Coen’s solo directorial Drive-Away Dolls. Ethan, one half of directing duo Coen brothers, has co-written the road-trip comedy caper with his…

Express News Service Kuttey begins as a happy jolt of Vishal Bhardwaj. The word ‘Azaadi’ makes a dignified comeback to Hindi film lyrics. We hear it in Sukhwinder’s piquant, inimitable voice. We also see Naxals take…

Express News Service Kuttey’ begins as a happy jolt of Vishal Bhardwaj. The word ‘Azaadi’ makes a dignified comeback to Hindi film lyrics. We hear it in Sukhwinder’s piquant, inimitable voice. We also see Naxals take…

Tabu in a still from ‘Kuttey’ | Photo Credit: T-Series Like how too much saccharine spoils a melodrama, spilling too much acid on a crime thriller for the heck of it burns the palate. The realisation dawns after meeting debutant …

Giancarlo Esposito and Tati Gabrielle in a still from ‘Kaleidoscope’ | Photo Credit: Netflix Heists are always fun — no, I am not confessing to criminal intent. Heists on screen always remind me of whiling away summer vacations reading…

Poster of ‘Kuttey’ | Photo Credit: T-Series The trailer of Kuttey, starring Naseeruddin Shah, Tabu, Arjun Kapoor, Konkona Sensharma, Kumud Mishra, Radhika Madan, and Shardul Bhardwaj was released by the makers today. The film marks the…

Express News Service If it isn’t already, there needs to be a screenwriting course focusing only on second halves. And, of course, Bollywood screenwriters and filmmakers should be chained to the first bench and made to…

Express News Service The two thugs in 1744 White Alto— the one who speaks, the other mute—might evoke Coen Brothers’ Fargo, but Senna Hegde’s new film is not as vicious. It’s not interested in showing all the violent…

A still from ‘1744 White Alto’  To conceptualise a car chase scene, involving a few policemen and two men on the run, a filmmaker has only so many options. In 1744 White Alto, director Senna Hegde does not choose any of these, leading to a…

A still from ‘1744 White Alto’  To conceptualise a car chase scene, involving a few policemen and two men on the run, a filmmaker has only so many options. In 1744 White Alto, director Senna Hegde does not choose any of these, leading to a…