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With Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam, DC Universe has learnt from Batman vs Superman mistakes

The crisp editing and fantastic graphics ensure that Black Adam is a fitting debut for The Rock in the DCEU.

Dark, disturbing, daring—Amazon Prime’s ‘Ammu’ is not a preachy take on domestic violence

Aishwarya Lekshmi’s Ammu joins Taapsee Pannu’s Thappad and Alia Bhatt’s Darlings to show how women ultimately save themselves from bad marriages.

Apple TV+’s Shantaram offers gripping look at 1980s Bombay but needs to break the shackles more

After years of delays, Gregory David Roberts’ seminal 2003 novel Shantaram has finally been adapted for the small screen, and is off to a gripping, but slightly flawed, first three episodes.

If there is one movie you cannot miss this year, it’s Kannada film Kantara

The film directed by Rishab Shetty is a satiating blend of folklore and masala.

Compelling, simple, magical—Gujarati film Chhello Show deserves to be India’s Oscar entry

Pan Nalin’s film is not perfect, but its heartwarming story about the love for celluloid will make you root for it.

Netflix’s Mismatched 2 is finally India’s answer to Gen Z content, from mental health to love

The series based in Jaipur explores the idea of moving on, of finding new love and partners, while dealing with the past.

Doctor G is not your average Ayushmann Khuranna film. He isn’t the hero with a message

Written and directed by Anubhuti Kashyap, Doctor G has fewer laughs, more reality checks. But it’s never a preach fest.

Hasan Minhaj’s The King’s Jester on Netflix is his grand resignation from political satire

Hasan Minhaj amps up the stakes for The King’s Jester. Drawing from the title alone, it’s all about power play.

How far will you go for revenge? Mammootty’s Rorschach shows the unthinkable

Director Nissam Basheer's Rorschach is a psychological genre-bending thriller that leaves you wondering what you would have done.

Hindutva Chapter 1 takes popular WhatsApp ideas and puts them together for big screen

Writer-director Karan Razdan’s focus on using anti-Muslim tropes throws away any opportunity to sincerely handle a popular topic shaping India’s current politics.

On Camera

Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.