Can we truly grasp how many people live inside us—or who we could become? There are moments, as we look in the mirror—much like Arthur Fleck does—when the reflection staring back feels alien, a stranger wearing our skin. Now imagine the world glorifies that reflection, craves it. What remains of our humanity when we are…

While emotionally-driven set pieces invigorate SS Rajamouli’s spectacular period epic, shortcomings in writing spoil the party First things first. SS Rajamouli is a master at transforming the ordinary into extraordinary. He raises the stakes, slows the action, captures the awe of onlookers in a scene… We saw it all in the Baahubali films. This is a rare…

Even at a duration of a little more than two hours, this film seems interminable, trudging from one uninspired development to another Even as early as about five minutes into Maaran, it’s hard to care. The craft seems to belong in a bad TV serial, and the dialogues and performances don’t help either. During these opening…

This Suriya-starrer trades the opportunity to explore sensitive themes for claps and whistles A trauma dark and deep lies at the foundations of the Kannabiran (Suriya) family, an event so permanent and painful that it must be impossible for the family members—Kannabiran, his father (Sathyaraj) and his mother (Saranya)—to have a normal life. The event…