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India Sweets and Spices
Insights into the Indian immigrant experience can't save this insipid rom-com
"...and Spices adds a veneer of depicting the contemporary Indian American experience, beyond the gorgeous lehengas and saris, past..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Rangasthalam
Indian drama catches middle man in a class struggle.
"...Babu and Prakash Raj. Not reviewed at press time. Indian Telugu drama about a partially deaf maritime engineer (Charan)..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hostiles
The closing days of the old West, and the legacy of the Indian Wars, bloodily examined
"...it just after the raging fire of the American Indian Wars has died out, and America’s aboriginal people have..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wind River
Crime and punishment on a Wyoming reservation
"...writing, Wind River, a police procedural set on an Indian reservation in Wyoming. Sheridan exhibits a sure hand as..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
The captain of India's World Cup-winning cricket team is profiled
"...the story of the World Cup-winning captain of the Indian cricket team...."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hell or High Water
Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, and Ben Foster shine in West Texas crime film
"...bears the brunt of his superior’s casual racism, the Indian casinos, the loyalty to family, and signs everywhere of..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

1920 London
In this Indian horror film, an ill man is possessed by black magic
"...Vishal Karwal. Not reviewed at press time. In this Indian horror film, a woman's ill husband is possessed by..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mother's Day
The movie is a moneymaking contrivance, just like the holiday itself
"...told her intolerant mother (Martindale) that she married an Indian doctor (Mandvi) years ago, and with whom she is..."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ki and Ka
Indian romantic comedy about a married couple flouting gender roles
"...Amitabh Bachchan. Not reviewed at press time. In this Indian romantic comedy, a young, married couple flouts gender roles...."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation
Watch and prepare for your Oscar pool
"...Team,” which follows the superhero-inflected imagination of a young Indian boy as he fantasizes his way around his devout..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Partu
Indian drama about a young man seeking his biological parents
"...at press time. Based on a true story, this Indian drama is about a young man seeking his biological..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Size Zero
An overweight Indian woman has trouble finding a suitor; Telugu
"...Sonal Chauhan. Not reviewed at press time. An overweight Indian woman has trouble finding a suitor. Telugu version...."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inji Iduppazhagi
An overweight Indian woman has trouble finding a suitor; Tamil
"...Sonal Chauhan. Not reviewed at press time. An overweight Indian woman has trouble finding a suitor. Tamil version...."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Puli
South Indian fantasy-adventure
"...Sudeep and Sridevi. Not reviewed at press time. South Indian fantasy-adventure...."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Hindi drama
"...young woman from Pakistan becomes lost in India, an Indian man vows to help her return home to her..."

July 17, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bombay Velvet
Indian crime drama
"...Johar and Vivaan Shah. Not reviewed at press time. Indian crime drama was inspired by James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet...."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

NH10
Indian thriller.
"...Bhoopalam and Darshan Kumaar. Not reviewed at press time. Indian thriller about a couple menaced while on a road..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mary Kom
Hindi biopic about the legendary boxer.
"...Chopra. Not reviewed at press time. Mary Kom, an Indian boxer, experiences many hardships before achieving success in this..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hundred-Foot Journey
This Helen Mirren film feasts on wisecracking one-liners, sunny aphorisms, pretty landscapes, and tasty-looking food.
"...well-acted comedy about the culinary education of a young Indian cook who emigrates to the south of France, The..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Miss Lovely
Indian drama explores Mumbai's seedy, C-grade film industry in the late Eighties.
"...Bollywood films. But in Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely, the Indian director eschews Bollywood in favor of grindhouse for a..."

June 27, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Villain
Indian revenge thriller.
"...Kapoor and Ritesh Deshmukh. Not reviewed at press time. Indian revenge thriller...."

June 27, 2014 Movie Review

2 States
Cultural opposites fall in love in this Indian romantic drama.
"...press time. Cultural opposites fall in love in this Indian romantic drama...."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lunchbox
This off-Bollywood charmer is a light-hearted drama about two lonely souls who forge a friendship when they start passing written notes.
"...Lubitsch touch would be in this debut film from Indian writer/director Ritesh Batra. Yet if you close your eyes..."

March 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Words
Jason Bateman plays a grown man who finds a loophole to compete in a kids national spelling bee, but the reasons are only known to him.
"...takes place, Trilby befriends Chaitanya Chopra (Chand), a young Indian-American competitor who has a room on his floor. Trilby..."

March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Queen
Indian film.
"...solo honeymoon after her marriage is canceled in this Indian film...."

March 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shaadi Ke Side Effects
Indian romantic comedy.
"...Vidya Balan. Not reviewed at press time. In this Indian romantic comedy, a couple discovers what comes after marriage...."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Is Lost
In this near-wordless film, Robert Redford is compulsively watchable as a man trying to save himself from his sinking ship.
"...to discover that a mislaid cargo container in the Indian Ocean has ripped a hole in the hull of..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Vishwaroopam (Tamil)
This controversial Tollywood film that's banned in Tamil presents a maze of events which lead to the discovery of a fictional terrorist cell in New York City.
"...to be banned in Tamil and several other south Indian states...."

Feb. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Vishwaroopam (Telugu)
see above
"...to be banned in Tamil and several other south Indian states...."

Feb. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Impossible
The sound and fury of the Christmas tsunami is deeply harrowing as shown here through the microcosm of one family's experience.
"...The Impossible, Juan Antonio Bayona’s dramatization of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: No, it’s not racist, and no, you..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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