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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

‘Elephants in the Fog’ Review: A Riveting Nepalese Drama About a Transgender Community by Siddhant Adlakha

Like the community of transgender women at its center, Nepalese drama “Elephants in the Fog” is gentle, fierce, and full of life and contradictions. Making his feature debut, writer-dire…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:43AM[SHARE]

Sunday, April 12, 2026

'Trial of Hein' Review: An Intriguing Brechtian Period Drama Puts Memory on Trial by Siddhant Adlakha

Unfolding in an isolated fishing village, Kai StÃ¤nicke's German drama "Trial of Hein" has a nebulous, nondescript period setting, but its concerns are entirely contemporary. We're introdu…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:37PM[SHARE]

Saturday, March 14, 2026

'Pretty Lethal' Review: A Ballet Action Romp With Limited Imagination by Siddhant Adlakha

What if an American ballerina quintet was dropped into a mob flick in Central Europe? Director Vicky Jewson answers this question in "Pretty Lethal," at first with aplomb, but eventually wit…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:28PM[SHARE]

Thursday, February 19, 2026

'The Loneliest Man in Town' Review: An Aging Austrian Musician Plays Himself Playing the Blues in a Quietly Moving Portrait by Siddhant Adlakha

A work of gently enveloping docufiction, "The Loneliest Man in Town" sees long-time DIY creative pair Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel following and dramatizing the twilight years of their frie…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:30AM[SHARE]

Thursday, January 22, 2026

'Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!' Review: Rinko Kikuchi Dances Through Grief and Uneven Tones by Siddhant Adlakha

A cross-cultural tale of grief and dance, Josef Kubota Wladyka's "Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!" stems from an intimate place, but ends up emotionally inert thanks to its style. Its key strengt…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:15PM[SHARE]

Sunday, September 28, 2025

'Gavagai' Review: An Engrossing Meta-Drama About Racial Tensions and Modern Moviemaking by Siddhant Adlakha

A smart, withheld story about the borders between people, Ulrich KÃ¶hler's self-reflexive "Gavagai" chronicles on-set tensions between the cast and crew of a filmed update of "Medea" and s…

SOURCE: Variety at 02:45PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

'Stealing Pulp Fiction' Review: A Malformed Homage-Cum-Heist Comedy That Over-Relies on Reference by Siddhant Adlakha

While upbeat at a distance, self-reflexive heist caper "Stealing Pulp Fiction" seldom translates its good nature through story or style. Danny Turkiewicz's feature debut follows a pair of be…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:18PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

'Pinch' Review: An Amusing Takedown of India's Patriarchal Structures by Siddhant Adlakha

Set in smalltown western India, Uttera Singh's directorial debut "Pinch" (in which the writer-director also stars) unfolds with propulsive rhythms and a bleakly humorous tone. Its subject ma…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PM[SHARE]

Friday, July 9, 2021