Feature Films/Documentaries:
January 2024
1. Chithha (2023/S. U. Arun Kumar) [****]
2. Parking (2023/Ramkumar Balakrishnan) [****]
3. Dono (2023/Avnish Barjatya) [**1/2]
4. The Missouri Breaks (1976/Arthur Penn) [***]
5. Collateral (2004/Michael Mann) [***1/2]
6. Maestro (2023/Bradley Cooper) [***]
7. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008/Mark Herman) [***1/2]
8. Shastry Virudh Shastry (2023/Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee) [**]
9. Lone Wolf McQuade (1983/Steve Carver) [***]
10. 800 (2023/M.S. Sripathy) [**1/2]
11. Hi Nanna (2023/Shouryuv) [***]
12. Garudan (2023/Arun Varma) [***]
13. Merry Christmas (Hindi) (2024/Sriram Raghavan) [***1/2]
14. Talk To Me (2022/Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou) [***]
15. Platoon (1986/Oliver Stone) [****]
16. Red River (1948/Howard Hawks) [***1/2]
17. Fallen Leaves (2023/Aki Kaurismäki) [***1/2]
18. Dancer in the Dark (2000/Lars von Trier) [***1/2]
19. Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire (2023/Prashanth Neel) [**1/2]
20. Mangalavaaram (2023/Ajay Bhupathi) [**1/2]
21. Medicine for Melancholy (2008/Barry Jenkins) [***]
22. Neru (2023/Jeethu Joseph) [***]
23. Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye (2023/Raj B. Shetty) [***1/2]
24. Aayitha Ezhuthu (2004/Mani Ratnam) [***1/2]
25. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961/Stanley Kramer) [****]
26. Annapoorani (2023/Nilesh Krishnaa) [***]
27. The Manchurian Candidate (1962/John Frankenheimer)
February 2024
28. Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A (2023/Hemanth M. Rao) [****]
29. Hanu-Man (2024/Prasanth Varma) [***]
30. Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B (2023/Hemanth M. Rao) [****]
31. Hahaha (2010/Hong Sang-soo) [**]
32. The Mother and the Whore (1973/Jean Eustache) [***1/2]
33. Capote (2005/Bennett Miller) [***]
34. Winter Sleep (2014/Nuri Bilge Ceylan) [***1/2]
35. One-Eyed Jacks (1961/Marlon Brando) [***1/2]
36. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934/Alfred Hitchcock) [***]
37. Vidyapati (1937/Debaki Bose)
38. Beau is Afraid (2023/Ari Aster) [****]
39. Bhakshak (2024/Pulkit) [**1/2]
40. Lantrani (2024/Kaushik Ganguly, Bhaskar Hazarika, Gurvinder Singh) [***]
41. President (1937/Nitin Bose)
42. Kadhala Kadhala (1998/Singeetam Srinivasa Rao) [***]
43. Fighter (2024/Siddharth Anand) [**1/2]
44. Anweshippin Kandethum (2024/Darwin Kuriakose) [***]
45. Bramayugam (2024/Rahul Sadasivan) [****]
46. Premalu (2024/Girish A D) [***1/2]
47. The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018/Peter Bogdanovich)
48. Aatmapamphlet (2023/Ashish Avinash Bende) [***]
49. Ivan's Childhood (1962/Andrei Tarkovsky) [***1/2]
50. All India Rank (2024/Varun Grover) [***1/2]
March 2024
51. Laapataa Ladies (2024/Kiran Rao) [****]
52. The Party (1968/Blake Edwards) [**]
53. American Fiction (2023/Cord Jefferson) [***]
54. Poor Things (2023/Yorgos Lanthimos) [****]
55. Mausam (2011/Pankaj Kapur) [**]
56. A Passage to India (1984/David Lean) [***1/2]
57. Merry Christmas (Tamil) (2024/Sriram Raghavan) [***1/2]
58. Captain Miller (2024/Arun Matheswaran) [***1/2]
59. Malaikottai Vaaliban (2024/Lijo Jose Pellissery) [***1/2]
60. Shaitaan (2024/Vikas Bahl) [***]
61. Anatomy of a Fall (2023/Justine Triet) [***1/2]
62. Main Atal Hoon (2024/Ravi Jadhav) [*1/2]
63. To Kill a Tiger (2024/Nisha Pahuja) [***1/2]
64. Priscilla (2023/Sofia Coppola) [***]
65. The Zone of Interest (2023/Jonathan Glazer) [***1/2]
66. Aattam (2024/Anand Ekarshi) [****]
67. Murder Mubarak (2024/Homi Adajania) [***]
68. Lawrence of Arabia (1962/David Lean) [****]
69. Ae Watan Mere Watan (2024/Kannan Iyer) [**1/2]
70. Madgaon Express (2024/Kunal Kemmu) [***]
71. Ferrari (2023/Michael Mann) [***1/2]
72. Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (2024/Amit Joshi, Aradhana Sah) [**1/2]
73. Aankh Micholi (2023/Umesh Shukla) [**]
74. Crew (2024/Rajesh Krishnan) [***]
75. Aadujeevitham (2024/Blessy) [****]
April 2024
76. Woh Bhi Din The (2024/Sajid Ali) [**]
77. Jhini Bini Chadariya (2021/Ritesh Sharma) [***1/2]
78. Por (2024/Bejoy Nambiar) [***]
79. Amar Singh Chamkila (2024/Imtiaz Ali) [***1/2]
80. Farrey (2023/Soumendra Padhi) [***]
81. Maidaan (2024/Amit Ravindernath Sharma) [***]
82. LSD2: Love, Sex aur Dhokha 2 (2024/Dibakar Banerjee) [***]
83. Article 370 (2024/Aditya Suhas Jambhale) [**1/2]
84. Monkey Man (2024/Dev Patel) [****]
85. Do Aur Do Pyaar (2024/Shirsha Guha Thakurta) [***1/2]
86. Demons (2024/Rohit Mittal) [***]
87. Dange (2024/Bejoy Nambiar) [***]
88. Om Bheem Bush (2024/Sree Harsha Konuganti) [**]
May 2024
89. Aavesham (2024/Jithu Madhavan) [***1/2]
90. Sthal (2023/Jayant Digambar Somalkar) [***1/2]
91. Berlin (2023/Atul Sabharwal) [***1/2]
92. Samanantar (2021/Niraj Kumar Mishra) [**]
93. Kayo Kayo Colour? (2023/Shahrukhkhan Chavada) [***1/2]
94. Follower (2023/Harshad Nalawade) [***1/2]
95. WOMB: Women of My Billion (2021/Ajitesh Sharma) [***1/2]
96. Gaami (2024/Vidyadhar Kagita) [***]
97. Not Without My Daughter (1991/Brian Gilbert) [***1/2]
98. 8 A.M. Metro (2023/Raj Rachakonda) [***]
99. Vazhakku (2022/Sanal Kumar Sasidharan) [**1/2]
100. Culture Vulture (2024/Sudhish Kamath) [**1/2]
101. Jaggi (2022/Anmol Sidhu) [****1/2]
102. The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981/Karel Reisz) [***1/2]
103. Yodha (2024/Sagar Ambre and Pushkar Ojha) [**]
104. Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (2023/Laxman Utekar) [*1/2]
105. Srikanth (2024/Tushar Hiranandani) [***]
106. Ek Phool Char Kaante (1960/Bhappi Sonie) [**1/2]
107. The Bounty (1984/Roger Donaldson) [***1/2]
108. May December (2023/Todd Haynes) [***1/2]
109. Barbarian (2022/Zach Cregger) [***1/2]
110. Mr. & Mrs. Mahi (2024/Sharan Sharma) [***]
June 2024
111. The Monk and the Gun (2023/Pawo Choyning Dorji) [***]
112. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963/Stanley Kramer) [**]
113. Challengers (2024/Luca Guadagnino) [****]
114. Days of Being Wild (1990/Wong Kar-wai) [***1/2]
115. Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024/Ali Abbas Zafar) [*]
116. Anchakkallakokkan (2024/Ullas Chemban) [**1/2]
117. Love Lies Bleeding (2024/Rose Glass) [***1/2]
118. Hit Man (2024/Richard Linklater) [***1/2]
119. The Teacher's Lounge (2023/Ilker Çatak) [****]
120. The Apartment (1960/Billy Wilder) [****]
121. Spirited Away (2001/Hayao Miyazaki) [***]
122. Chandu Champion (2024/Kabir Khan) [***]
123. Maharaj (2024/Siddharth P. Malhotra) [***]
124. Lover (2024/Prabhu Ram Vyas) [***1/2]
125. Perfect Days (2023/Wim Wenders) [***1/2]
126. Sharmajee Ki Beti (2024/Tahira Kashyap Khurrana) [***]
July 2024
127. Kalki 2898 AD (3D) (2024/Nag Ashwin) [***]
128. Kill (2024/Nikhil Nagesh Bhat) [****]
129. Garudan (2024/R. S. Durai Senthilkumar) [**]
130. The Best of the Youth (2003/Marco Tullio Giordana)
131. Cocaine Bear (2023/Elizabeth Banks) [***]
132. Battle of Banaras (2015/Kamal Swaroop)
133. Maharaja (2024/Nithilan Swaminathan) [****]
134. Kakuda (2024/Aditya Sarpotdar) [*1/2]
135. Wajood (1998/N. Chandra) [**1/2]
136. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024/George Miller) [****]
137. Guruvayoorambala Nadayil (2024/Vipin Das) [**1/2]
138. Rautu Ka Raaz (2024/Anand Surapur) [**]
139. Muqabla (1993/T. Ramarao) [**]
140. Bhaiyya Ji (2024/Apoorv Singh Karki) [*1/2]
141. In a Violent Nature (2024/Chris Nash) [***1/2]
142. Kurangu Bommai (2017/Nithilan Saminathan) [***1/2]
143. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024/Guy Ritchie) [***]
August 2024
144. Dressed to Kill (1980/Brian De Palma) [***1/2]
145. Manjummel Boys (2024/Chidambaram) [****]
146. Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli (2024/Raghav Khanna)
147. Gudia (1997/Goutam Ghose) [***]
148. Savi (2024/Abhinay Deo) [**]
149. Saw X (2023/Kevin Greutert) [***1/2]
150. Rolling Thunder (1977/John Flynn) [***1/2]
151. Ullozhukku (2024/Christo Tomy) [***1/2]
152. Civil War (2024/Alex Garland) [***]
153. Indian 2: Zero Tolerance (2024/Shankar) [**]
154. Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba (2024/Jayprad Desai) [**1/2]
155. Blink (2024/Srinidhi Bengaluru) [***]
156. Kireedam (1989/Sibi Malayil) [***]
157. Satyamev Jayate (1987/Raj N. Sippy) [**1/2]
158. Stree 2 (2024/Amar Kaushik) [***1/2]
159. Vedaa (2024/Nikkhil Advani) [***]
160. Monster (2023/Hirokazu Kore-eda) [***1/2]
161. Deadpool & Wolverine (IMAX 3D) (2024/Shawn Levy) [***1/2]
162. Inside Out 2 (3D) (2024/Kelsey Mann) [****]
163. Agra (2024/Kanu Behl) [***1/2]
164. Raayan (2024/Dhanush) [***1/2]
165. Godzilla Minus One (2023/Takashi Yamazaki) [****]
166. Munjya (2024/Aditya Sarpotdar) [**1/2]
167. The Ladykiller (2023/Ajay Bahl) [*1/2]
September 2024
168. Vaazhai (2024/Mari Selvaraj) [****]
169. Chilli Chicken (2024/Prateek Prajosh) [***]
170. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984/Michael Radford) [***]
171. Rebel Ridge (2024/Jeremy Saulnier) [***]
172. Coup de Chance (2023/Woody Allen) [***]
173. Sector 36 (2024/Aditya Nimbalkar) [***1/2]
174. Bad Newz (2024/Anand Tiwari) [**]
175. The Buckingham Murders (2024/Hansal Mehta) [***]
176. Yudhra (2024/Ravi Udyawar) [**1/2]
177. The Fall Guy (2024/David Leitch) [**1/2]
178. Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha (2024/Neeraj Pandey) [*1/2]
179. The Harder They Fall (2021/Jeymes Samuel) [***1/2]
180. Kishkindha Kaandam (2024/Dinjith Ayyathan) [***1/2]
181. Ulajh (2024/Sudhanshu Saria) [**1/2]
October 2024
182. Kottukkaali (2024/P. S. Vinothraj) [****]
183. The Fall (2006/Tarsem) [***]
184. Some Like it Hot (1959/Billy Wilder) [***1/2]
185. CTRL (2024/Vikramaditya Motwane) [***1/2]
186. Saripodhaa Sanivaaram (2024/Vivek Athreya) [***]
187. When Evil Lurks (2023/Demián Rugna) [***1/2]
188. Falling in Love Like in Movies (2023/Yandy Laurens) [***]
189. Jigra (2024/Vasan Bala) [**1/2]
191. Khel Khel Mein (2024/Mudassar Aziz) [**1/2]
192. Jamoora (2024/Varrun Sukhraj)
193. All We Imagine as Light (2024/Payal Kapadia) [****]
194. Agent of Happiness (2024/Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó) [***1/2]
195. Angammal (2024/Vipin Radhakrishnan) [***1/2]
196. Girls Will Be Girls (2024/Shuchi Talati) [****]
197. Despatch (2024/Kanu Behl) [***1/2]
198. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024/Rungano Nyoni) [***]
199. The Shameless (2024/Konstantin Bojanov) [***1/2]
200. Ghatashraaddha (1977/Girish Kasaravalli) [****]
201. Ghamasaan (2024/Tigmanshu Dhulia) [***]
202. Village Rockstars 2 (2024/Rima Das) [***1/2]
203. Pooja, Sir (2024/Deepak Rauniyar) [***]
204. Santosh (2024/Sandhya Soori) [****]
205. Nocturnes (2024/Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan) [***1/2]
206. Love (2024/Dag Johan Haugerud) [***]
207. Wild Diamond (2024/Agathe Riedinger) [***]
208. My Melbourne (2024/Onir, Arif Ali, Rima Das, Kabir Khan, Rahul Vohra) [***]
209. Phool Ka Chhand (2024/Amit Dutta) [***]
210. The Fable (2024/Raam Shetty) [***1/2]
211. Go Noni Go (2024/Sonal Dabral) [**1/2]
212. Humans in the Loop (2024/Aranya Sahay) [***]
213. Diciannove (2024/Giovanni Tortorici) [***]
214. Boong (2024/Lakshmipriya Devi ) [***1/2]
Short Films:
February 2024
1. Lick The Star (1998/Sofia Coppola)
March 2024
2. 2100ft (2022/Krishan Hooda)
April 2024
3. Jal Tu Jalaal Tu (2024/Prateek Vats) [****]
4. A New Life (2024/Saumyananda Sahi)
5. Crossing Borders (2024/Saurav Rai)
6. Óbur (2024/Faraz Ali)
7. Mirage (2024/Archana Atul Phadke)
8. Cheepatakadumpa (2021/Devashish Makhija)
May 2024
9. Three Blind Men (2007/Kanu Behl)
June 2024
10. Under the Waters (2022/Ambiecka Pandit)
11. ICU (2023/Nikhil Chalam)
July 2024
12. Khaane Ki Tasveer (2024/Ananya Arora)
August 2024
13. Khabsurat (2021/Ashutosh Pathak)
October 2024
14. Rest in Paper (2022/Haseeb Rehman)
15. The Gap (2024/Keerthigan Sivakumar)
16. Holy Curse (2024/Snigdha Kapoor)
17. Cry Me A River (2024/Suman Sen)
18. Gagan Gaman (2024/Suruchi Sharma)
19. Am I the Skinniest Person You've Ever Seen? (2024/Eisha Marjara)
20. Monsoon Walk (2024/Avinash Arun)
21. Bunnyhood (2024/Mansi Maheshwari)
22. Banata Hai (2024/Arya Pravin Sagar, Karan Bharat Patel)
23. Beyond the Horizon (2024/Disha Pawar)
24. Naam Mein Kya Rakha Hai? (2024/Avi Kesarwani)
25. Shunya Ke Paar (2024/Akul Kumar)
26. Chhat (2024/Vaidaangi Sharma)
27. BMCLD (2024/Shreela Agarwal)
28. The Slow Train (2024/Tanmay Gemini)
29. A Tale of Two Cities (2024/Sameeha Sabnis)
30. After Twenty Years (2024/Sparsh Srivastava)
31. I Was Painted Red (2024/Bhagyesh Rajeshirke)
32. The Hamster (2024/Vahram Adajania)
33. The Jellyfish Can't Live Without Water (2024/Harsh Salunke)
Web Series/Specials:
January 2024
1. Cubicles (Season 3) [**1/2]
2. Sapne vs Everyone (Season 1) [****]
3. Killer Soup (Season 1) [***1/2]
4. Indian Police Force (S01E01-03) [*]
5. Money Heist: Berlin (Season 1) [***1/2]
February 2024
6. Love Storiyaan (Season 1) [***]
March 2024
7. Maamla Legal Hai (Season 1) [***]
8. Maharani (Season 3) [***]
9. Showtime (Season 1 Part 1) [***]
10. Poacher (Season 1) [***1/2]
April 2024
11. Family Aaj Kal (Season 1) [***]
12. Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare (Season 3) [**]
May 2024
13. Baby Reindeer (Mini-Series) [****]
14. Inspector Rishi (Season 1) [***]
15. Dil Dosti Dilemma (Season 1) [***]
16. Undekhi (Season 3) [***]
17. Murder in Mahim (Season 1) [***]
18. Them: The Scare (Season 2) [***1/2]
19. Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar [***]
20. Lootere (Season 1) [***]
21. Patna Hostel in Pune (Season 1)
June 2024
22. Bodkin (Season 1) [***]
23. Panchayat (Season 3) [**1/2]
24. Very Paarivarik (Season 1)
25. Gullak (Season 4) [**1/2]
26. Industry (Season 1) [**1/2]
27. Kota Factory (Season 3) [**1/2]
July 2024
28. Mirzapur (Season 3) [***]
29. Showtime (Season 1 Part 2) [**1/2]
30. Pill (Season 1) [***1/2]
31. Tribhuvan Mishra CA Topper (Season 1) [***1/2]
32. Gaanth Chapter 1: Jamnaa Paar [**1/2]
August 2024
33. Bad Cop (Season 1) [**1/2]
34. Gyaarah Gyaarah (Season 1) [***1/2]
35. Angry Young Men (Season 1) [***]
36. Shekhar Home (Season 1) [**1/2]
37. Angry Young Men (Limited Series) [***]
38. When They See Us (Limited Series) [****]
September 2024
39. Ripley (Limited Series) [****]
40. IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack (Limited Series) [***1/2]
41. Tanaav (Season 2) [**1/2]
42. Call Me Bae (Season 1) [***]
October 2024
43. Taaza Khabar (Season 2) [**]
Others:
1. Koffee With Karan (S08E09-10)
2. The Great Indian Kapil Show (S01E01, E05)
3. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (S07E02, S11E13)
Repeat Viewing:
January 2024
1. Ram Ke Naam (In the Name of God) [1992/Anand Patwardhan] [****]
2. Animal (2023/Sandeep Reddy Vanga) [****]
February 2024
3. Veer-Zaara (2004/Yash Chopra) [****]
4. Khakee (2004/Rajkumar Santoshi) [***1/2]
5. Apaharan (2005/Prakash Jha) [***1/2]
March 2024
6. Batwara (1989/J. P. Dutta) [***]
7. Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983/Hrishikesh Mukherjee) [***]
8. Johnny Gaddaar (2007/Sriram Raghavan) [****]
April 2024
9. Amar Singh Chamkila (2024/Imtiaz Ali) [***1/2]
10. Pyaasa (1957/Guru Dutt) [*****]
May 2024
11. Paatal Lok (Season 1) [****1/2]
June 2024
12. Manthan (The Churning) (1976/Shyam Benegal) [****]
13. ICU (2023/Nikhil Chalam)
14. Oldboy (2003/Park Chan-wook) [****]
July 2024
15. Yeshwant (1997/Anil Mattoo) [***]
16. Prem Rog (1982/Raj Kapoor) [***1/2]
August 2024
17. Bombay Velvet (2015/Anurag Kashyap) [***]
18. Bombay Mirror (2014/Shlok Sharma)
19. One Day Mataram (2015/Vijayeta Kumar)
September 2024
20. Rang De Basanti (2006/Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra) [*****]
21. Baadhshah (1999/Abbas-Mustan) [***]
[Note: Films seen in movie theatres and at film festivals/screenings are highlighted in bold and italic font, respectively.]
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