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The Week India Accidentally Programmed a Film Festival
10 March 2026 10:28 PM ISTIn contemporary India, the difference between history and mythology is packaging
Assi: Counting Without Looking
1 March 2026 10:17 PM ISTIn ‘Assi’, violence is not merely committed. It’s administratively managed through selective sight by families, institutions and even the camera...
Wuthering Heights: Catherine Earnshaw and The Fluency of Confinement
18 Feb 2026 11:15 PM ISTA tightened corset, repeated dialogue, colours that discipline rather than decorate. The 2026 ‘Wuthering Heights’ reframes Catherine not as a victim...
Mayasabha: The 35mm Isolation Ward
11 Feb 2026 11:28 PM ISTRahi Anil Barve’s film turns a defunct cinema hall into an architecture of control, where objects, memory and inheritance quietly train people to stay
When 'Sarvam Maya' Finally Sits Down
2 Feb 2026 11:39 PM ISTThe nicest trick ‘Sarvam Maya’ pulls is that it makes you feel slightly uneasy for a long time and then, without announcing anything, it suddenly...
When Cinema Pauses, Gandhi Enters
28 Jan 2026 11:13 PM ISTA look at how cinema has engaged with Gandhi through tone, hesitation and presence
Cheekatilo: A Film Built on Restraint
25 Jan 2026 11:27 PM ISTThe film trusts the viewer to notice shifts without being guided toward them








