Cinema
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Ajit Duara
A Woody Allen romantic comedy minus the wacky humour and curiosity the director is famous for
Band Baaja Baaraat
A bunch of newcomers gets the sound of go-getting Dilli pitch-perfect but slips up on the romance front
The Man with a Ferocious Impulse
Legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog on why 3D leaves him cold, the frictions of filming and why he doesn’t care about his legacy
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
An unconvincing period film that fails to establish the setting, but nevertheless raises some essential points
The Lost Film
Satyajit Ray’s banned documentary Sikkim made an all-too-brief return at the Kolkata film fest. Magical for those who caught it, tragic for those who didn’t.
Break Ke Baad
When the dullest dude in cinema today is made the hero, and bad TV is transferred to the big screen, this is what you get.
Guzaarish
There is no doubting Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s superb sense of aesthetics, but he reduces the issue of euthansia to a TV show debate.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Without those lovely wide-eyed kids, the magic looks like ordinary special effects.
MoTown
The moustache, that original marker of male vanity, has made a comeback. Even a cursory look at Bollywood’s Mo Bros will confirm this.
The Social Network
It is engaging in parts, but is the life of Mark Zuckerberg really such a big deal?
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