'Kerala Crime Files: Season 2' review: Malayalam cinema just delivered its best crime series yet

Directed by Ahammed Khabeer, the introduction of writer Bahul Ramesh ("Kishkindha Kaandam") to the new season helps the series soar to great heights, with a complex crime scenario that throws around a lot of stimulating questions

By Sajin Shrijith
'Kuberaa' review: Sekhar Kammula's film boasts stellar lead performances, but falls short on plot

With a runtime that extends over three hours, the plot is stretched wonderfully thin. The pace is choppy, and despite an interesting storyline, the narrative is flat and rushed

By Anannya Rajesh
'Sitaare Zameen Par' review: Aamir Khan's film doesn't break any new ground but its existence isn't without justification

Perhaps 'Sitaare Zameen Par' doesn't want to be seen as an 'intellectually superior' film — or a technically superior film, for that matter. In terms of craft and storytelling approach, it's a far cry from 'Taare Zameen Par' but it's not trying to be the same

By Sajin Shrijith
'Crude Nation: How Oil Riches Ruined Venezuela' review: Tracing the decline of a resource-rich nation

The Venezuelan politics has remained as a roulette of dictators, populists, coups, booms and busts. Since its independence in 1811, the country has had twenty-three different constitutions

By R. Viswanathan
'Once Upon A Summer' review: A simple colonial-era love story with many layers

'Once Upon A Summer' is an interesting read, one that will transport you into different worlds simultaneously; this is where the strength of the book lies

By Shubhangi Shah
Murder under the dreaming spires: Travelogue tangoes with mystery in this ‘destination thriller’

So craftily is Ms Prabhu's plot woven that you begin to believe even the location has had a hand in the crime

By Jairam N. Menon