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    The Voice of Hind Rajab: India has blocked this film on Gaza, but here's why you must watch it

    Nawaid Anjum
    21 March 2026 2:33 PM IST

    The theatrical release of Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s docudrama, The Voice of Hind Rajab, which was nominated for the Oscar but lost to Sentimental Value, has been banned by the CBFC.

    The Voice of Hind Rajab: India has blocked this film on Gaza, but heres why you must watch it
    Films
    Why Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar films are Indias very own wish-fulfilment military drama
    Films

    Why Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar films are India's very own wish-fulfilment military drama

    20 March 2026 5:48 PM IST
    Are women’s stories finally taking centre stage in cinema?
    Entertainment

    Are women’s stories finally taking centre stage in cinema?

    17 March 2026 12:18 PM IST
    Oscars 2026: Big wins, surprises and historic moments explained
    Films

    Oscars 2026: Big wins, surprises and historic moments explained

    16 March 2026 10:52 PM IST
    Oscars 2026: The night the Academy Awards changed the script

    Oscars 2026: The night the Academy Awards changed the script

    16 March 2026 4:10 PM IST
    Bugonia won no Oscars, but expertly examines the fragile boundary between reason and paranoia

    Bugonia won no Oscars, but expertly examines the fragile boundary between reason and paranoia

    16 March 2026 2:32 PM IST
    How Oscar-winner Jessie Buckley draws Shakespeare’s wife out of the shadows in Hamnet

    How Oscar-winner Jessie Buckley draws Shakespeare’s wife out of the shadows in Hamnet

    16 March 2026 12:04 PM IST
    How Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value weaves poetry through small moments and fragile conversations

    How Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value weaves poetry through small moments and fragile conversations

    16 March 2026 10:24 AM IST
    Oscars 2026: ‘One Battle After Another’ wins the Oscar race

    Oscars 2026: ‘One Battle After Another’ wins the Oscar race

    16 March 2026 5:00 AM IST
    Why the 2026 Academy Awards look set to be a two-film race for the ‘Big Five’

    Why the 2026 Academy Awards look set to be a two-film race for the ‘Big Five’

    15 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    The Bride!: Maggie Gyllenhaal reimagines Frankenstein as a tale of creation, feminist rage

    The Bride!: Maggie Gyllenhaal reimagines Frankenstein as a tale of creation, feminist rage

    14 March 2026 6:18 PM IST
    What makes Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s film, It Was Just an Accident, a riveting watch

    What makes Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s film, It Was Just an Accident, a riveting watch

    11 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Taapsee Pannu interview: ‘If women lose vulnerability, they stop growing as human beings’

    Taapsee Pannu interview: ‘If women lose vulnerability, they stop growing as human beings’

    8 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Boong

    Boong review: Lakshmipriya Devi’s BAFTA-winning debut turns childhood into political cinema

    7 March 2026 2:33 PM IST
    Hamnet review

    Hamnet review: Chloé Zhao’s masterly, intimate portrait of William Shakespeare’s grief

    Nawaid Anjum
    3 March 2026 6:30 AM IST

    Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal lead a tender, devastating adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, which traces how the death of his son Hamnet may...

    How The Kerala Story 2 uses rape as a weapon to push its violent hate propaganda

    How ‘The Kerala Story 2’ uses rape as a weapon to push its violent hate propaganda

    1 March 2026 1:34 PM IST
    Accused

    Accused review: Konkona Sen Sharma anchors a stylish thriller on power, hubris and public shaming

    27 Feb 2026 5:11 PM IST
    Anurag Kashyap

    Kennedy, Bandar: Why Anurag Kashyap the filmmaker needs to snap out of his creative funk phase

    25 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    R. Gowtham-Members of the Problematic Family

    R. Gowtham on his Tamil film, Members of the Problematic Family, and why identity is art-based

    24 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    The Kerala Story

    How The Kerala Story franchise turns manufactured numbers into manufactured rage

    22 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Kennedy-Anurag-Kashyap

    Kennedy review: Rahul Bhat-led revenge thriller shows flashes of vintage Anurag Kashyap

    20 Feb 2026 12:46 PM IST
    Assi

    Assi review: Anubhav Sinha’s thunderclap against rape culture, apathy of legal system

    20 Feb 2026 10:50 AM IST
    Mahesh Narayanan-Patriot

    Mahesh Narayanan on Patriot and how a filmmaker understands politics as human struggle

    19 Feb 2026 1:00 PM IST
    Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

    The Kerala Story 2 trailer: CM Pinarayi slams ‘propaganda’

    18 Feb 2026 9:33 PM IST
    How Sam Mendes’ quartet of films on The Beatles aims to tell Fab Four’s whole story

    How Sam Mendes’ quartet of films on The Beatles aims to tell Fab Four’s whole story

    17 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Arundhati Roy

    Why Arundhati Roy pulled out of Berlinale 2026

    14 Feb 2026 7:23 AM IST
    Wuthering Heights

    “Wuthering Heights”: How Emerald Fennell reworks Emily Brontë’s novel about destructive love

    14 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    O Romeo

    O’ Romeo review: Vishal Bhardwaj returns to form with Shahid-Kapoor-led romantic thriller

    13 Feb 2026 7:15 PM IST
    Tu Yaa Main

    Tu Yaa Main review: Bejoy Nambiar’s lively Gen-Z influencer romance slips on its ambition

    13 Feb 2026 10:10 AM IST
    Mayilaa, Tamil Film

    Semmalar Annam on how Mayilaa, her Tamil film, depicts the travails of a rural woman

    10 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
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