Recent Posts

• Interview: SS Karthikeya (Rajamouli’s son, Line Producer of ‘RRR’), on how they did the Oscar campaign
• From the Web (FTW) #6: The New York Times’s AO Scott on quitting film criticism after 23 years
• Readers Write In #564: Thoughts on Tár
• Readers Write In #563: Letters to my Alter Ego: Part 2
• Anubhav Sinha’s ‘Bheed’, based on pandemic-migration, is a solid addition to his series of social cinema
• Interview: MM Keeravani (RRR, Oscar-winner)
• ‘Spotify: Cinema with BR’ Episode 12: Analysing five scenes from ‘Dada’, ‘OK Kanmani’, ‘VTK’, ‘Sarpatta Parambara’, ‘Anbe Sivam’
• Krishand’s crime-comedy ‘Purusha Pretham’ (on SonyLIV) offers a few big laughs, but not nearly enough to sustain its overlong run time
• Interview: Nani (Dasara)
• From the Web (FTW) #5: How OP Nayyar was one of the original disruptors of Hindi film music
• Readers Write In #562: VAALVI (Termite/s) – Marathi
• Interview: Gautham Karthik (Pathu Thala)
• Interview: Daniel Caltagirone (Thangalaan)
• ‘Spotify: Cinema with BR’ Episode 11: Kamal Haasan’s arc in ‘Thevar Magan’
• Interview: Jim Sarbh, Ishwak Singh, Regina Cassandra, Arjun Radhakrishnan (Rocket Boys 2)
• Interview: T Suriavelan (Singapore-based Tamil YouTube hit, Naam)
• From the Web (FTW) #4: The wives who discovered they were gay
• Interview: Santhosh Narayanan (Malaysia concert, future films)
• Readers Write In #561: Letters to my Alter Ego
• Rajeev Ravi’s ‘Thuramukham’ (Nivin Pauly, Arjun Ashokan) is a strong, unsparing 360-degree view of a workers’ struggle
• ‘Spotify: Cinema with BR’ Episode 10: Oscar talk (on campaigning and ‘Naatu Naatu’ and what it takes to make it)
• Readers Write In #560: Lost and Found
• From the Web (FTW) #3: Ananthu, about himself, SPB and MSV
• From the Web (FTW) #2: Sivaji Ganesan, interviewed in the 1980s
• Interview: Siddharth Anand (Pathaan)
• Luv Ranjan’s ‘Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar’, with Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor, is overlong and under-plotted
• Readers Write In #559: BLOG AWARDS, 2022
• Interview: Charle (Kondraal Paavam)
• Interview: Karan Anshuman, Rana Daggubati, Suparn Varma, Sunder Aaron (Rana Naidu)
• ‘Spotify: Cinema with BR’ Episode 9: Lessons for first-time directors, from Ganesh K Babu (‘Dada’)
• Readers Write In #558: Ultimeta Varisu
• Readers Write In #557: Ntikkakkakkoru Premondarnn – A simple, feel-good film with effective performances!
• Mansore’s ‘19-20-21’ is a solid, docudrama-style deep dive into the injustices faced by tribals
• Interview: Avinash Tiwary
• Rahat Mahajan’s ‘Meghdoot – The Cloud Messenger’ is a beautifully imagined tale of a love that transcends time
• Readers Write In #556: Abishekspeare in love
• Interview: GV Prakash / Venky Atluri (Vaathi)
• ‘Spotify: Cinema with BR’ Episode 8: Thoughts on ‘Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya’ (Movie of the Month)
• Readers Write In #555: Call
• Readers Write In #554: Sunny Deol, the man of our times
• Interview: Smriti Mundhra (The Romantics)
• Shan Thulaseedharan’s ‘Dear Vaappi’, starring Lal and Anagha Narayanan, is a modest feel-good drama about chasing a dream
• Vignesh Kumulai’s ‘Karparaa’ is a quiet stunner, an unsentimental look at an aged couple at the mercy of the young
• Readers Write In #553: Vaathi – Predictable, loud and all, but remains passable with moments that work!
• Readers Write In #552: Christy – A love story in which ambiguity could be your deal breaker!
• Readers Write In #551: GVM Crossword
• Readers Write In #550: Memorable mini-moments from our Menon’s movies
• Pattukaran – Rajaism Pannuvom, featuring Baradwaj Rangan
• Venky Atluri’s ‘Vaathi’, starring Dhanush, is a half-decent, not-bad masala movie that could have been much better
• Mohan G’s ‘Bakasuran’, starring Selvaraghavan and Natarajan Subramaniam, is a dull drama about the exploitation of women