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Cinema

Skyfall

A very different Bond film full of nostalgia for the good ol’ days of the British Empire

The Spirit of Defiance

Alison Klayman on making a documentary on Ai Weiwei, an artist the Chinese government fears

Chakravyuh

A clumsy account of one of the most knotty socio-political issues confronting India today

Argo

Here is another film that reveals an intimate relationship between Hollywood and the CIA

The Man with Many Questions

The strange journey of Anand Gandhi, from being a writer for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi to directing the cerebral film festival favourite Ship of Theseus

Aiyyaa

Writer-director Sachin Kundalkar has no clue how to tie up the ends of the mad film he’s made

A Story to Believe In

A small budget film with non-professional actors could well be the movie of the year. An interview with director Benh Zeitlin, who brought it to the Mumbai Film Festival

Recreating Bombay’s Child

Satya Bhabha plays the Bombay boy in Midnight’s Children, though he has never lived in India. What helped was one long chat with Salman Rushdie

English Vinglish

It’s great to have Sridevi back on screen after such a long gap

Oh My God

Highly entertaining, this film is a refreshing demolition of India’s never-ending divinity

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