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His latest feature film, 'It Was Just An Accident', uses a child's morality to demand what it means to be human in a world shaped by power

Satyajit Ray's 1969 musical-fantasy film responded to a world on the brink of a nuclear catastrophe - with music and hope

Pier Paolo Pasolini's last film 'Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom' looks uncompromisingly into the horror of authoritarian rule

A 4K restored version of 1989 film 'In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones' will be screened at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival next month

Deepening inequality makes working-class lives increasingly precarious in India

The Ranveer Singh-led blockbuster is another example of Bollywood's appropriation for propaganda, but ubiquitous spy memes have diluted its gravitas

As Goa marks its Liberation Day this month, efforts to incorporate the former Portuguese enclave into India's mainstream culture continue relentlessly

As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iconic Bollywood film 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge', the Indian diaspora that it had wooed is in troubled waters

As we enter the 100th year of the matinee idol, it is important to revisit his legacy without falling into the lure of nostalgia

Not surprisingly, rewatching Deewaar now is still an enriching experience

In Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light, the symbolic protest of two working-class women echoes a rich and radical tradition in Indian cinema

Western and Japanese artists found inspiration for post-humanist visions in the years following Hiroshima and Nagasaki

While an Indian documentary captured the hopes and fears of young citizens in 1967, a French film depicted the chaos

Fans obsess over celebrity weddings such as Ranbir-Alia. But the big fat Indian wedding is inalienable from Bollywood

Re-watching Newton is a must during the election season to remind ourselves of the essentially performative nature of Indian democracy

Anand Patwardhan's film Prisoner of Conscience, on political prisoners in India during the Emergency, has some deep resonances for our times

Chaitanya Tamhane's Court has eerie echoes for our contemporary times

The stunning narrative and music of Haqeeqat tried to spin India's defeat in the 1962 China war as a tale of sacrifice

The precarious existence of millions of people in the unorganised sector was thrown into sharp relief by the lockdown

As uneasy calm settles on Delhi, there is little hope for sprouting love like between Mr and Mrs Iyer