The Odyssey
Adventure, Action, Fantasy (English)
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and (more…)
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure (English)
Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn't remember him—and the pressure of seeing his old friends move on without him—sparks a change in Peter Parker he may not have the power to control. But that transformation might (more…)
Musafir Cafe
Drama (Hindi)
Chander feels an undeniable connection with Sudha. Years later, he builds a new life in the hills with Preeti, but memories of the past linger. (more…)
Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya
Drama, Comedy (Hindi)
A relaxed principal tries to reform a failing public school, triggering a messy transformation as misfit teachers work to repair the system one lesson at a time. (more…)
Max, Min & Meowzaki
Family, Romance, Comedy (Hindi)
Max and Min are about to break up. They argue endlessly about dividing their possessions, including their cat, Meowzaki, whom they have named after their favorite artist Miyazaki Hayao. Max’s father Ramesh, who lost his wife and has since been (more…)
Jana Nayagan
Action, Drama, Science Fiction (Tamil)
A clash of ideologies. One stands for the people, the other feeds on control. Their paths collided once before. Years later, a child’s silent fear ignites the past, drawing a former police officer into a battle far bigger than personal (more…)
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The Bombing of Pan Am 103
Drama, Crime (English)
On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people. What followed was the largest murder investigation in the history of Scottish policing, into the deadliest act of terrorism on British soil.
Cast:
Connor Swindells, Patrick J. Adams, Tony Curran, Eddie Marsan, Phyllis Logan, Lauren Lyle, Merritt Wever
Director:
Michael Keillor
Thu, July 30 2026
The six-part British series, created by Jonathan Lee, follows the crash and investigation of Pan Am Flight 103, which was downed in Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988
The British series The Bombing Of Pan Am 103, out now on Netflix, assembles a solid cast of actors from both sides of the pond in a compelling drama that aims to cover it all. However, in doing so, the limited series struggles to find a voice and comes into its own in the climax as it shows the legal fight for justice. The emotional series, though dramatised, follows the incident from takeoff to the international courtrooms where two men were finally held accountable for the plane’s bombing. Creator and writer Jonathan Lee finds it hard to gain a foothold from the beginning, and the sombre series remains flat from thereon.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure (English)
Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn't remember him—and the pressure of seeing his old friends move on without him—sparks a change in Peter Parker he may not have the power to control. But that transformation might also be the only thing that can stop a shocking new threat to the city and those he loves - a powerful villain no one can even see.
Cast:
Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Tramell Tillman, Michael Mando, Mark Ruffalo, Liza Colón-Zayas, Marvin Jones III
Director:
Destin Daniel Cretton
Writer:
Erik Sommers, Chris McKenna
Thu, July 30 2026
Though the energy dips and flows, there is enough heart and passages of poetry to make this latest Spider-Man outing stand out from the superhero industrial complex
One of the themes in Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the singular ache of adulting. That time in your 20s when the built-in camaraderie of college is done, when circumstances impose isolation, when relationships are casually sidelined as life takes over, when work becomes the oxygen that fuels long days and lonely nights. To add to Peter Parker’s melancholy, there’s also memory loss. If you recall, in the last film Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange saves the universe from catastrophe by making the world forget Peter and his secret identity. This is done at Peter’s request and it includes his best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) and his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya). So now, Peter is in an extreme version of Saiyaara; the woman he loves has no clue who he is.
Thu, July 30 2026
While the 30-year-old Tom Holland who began this a decade ago can still pass as just-past-teens, the Marvel franchise shows a tear in its spandex.
It’s the seventh film Tom Holland is in as Spider-Man, the fourth as a solo superhero. And while the 30-year-old actor who began this a decade ago can still pass as just-past-teens, the Marvel franchise shows a tear in its spandex. Less Brand New Day, more New Branding Day. Director Destin Daniel Cretton and old Spidey hands Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers could have actually made something of ‘been there, done that, and moving-on’. However, except for some mild stretching and a mention that he is no longer in high school, there is no suggestion that Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland) needs anyone or anything. That, in fact, is one of the premises driving Brand New Day – can Peter really continue as he insists he can, ridding New York city of crime and returning home to a garage-like room, only to fiddle with machines and science (he handles this too on his own), with no one to talk to but a virtual assistant, and nothing to entertain him but videos posted by old friends Ned (Jacob Batalon) and MJ (Zendaya).
Thu, July 30 2026
Tom Holland is back playing the web-slinging superhero but this time Peter Parker is more mature and lonely who must fight his inner demons as well as the new faceless villain in town.
Not so long back, post the release of Avengers: Endgame, the world declared it was suffering from superhero fatigue. As Marvel Studios churned out stand alone shows of all its characters- heroes, side heroes and villains alike- and introduced new superheroes on screen, the audience felt jaded watching the same stories. Clearly, Marvel Studios took note of the fatigue, reassessed its content and then reinvented a new template. Films like Thunderbolts and the series Loki have all attempted to explore the inner demons more than villains in physical form. Thus, MCU’s latest Spider-Man: Brand New Day fits right into the same framework where the friendly neighbourhood superhero is no longer a funny, slightly reckless but humorous high schooler, but a grown-up man, fighting loneliness and warding off evil from New York City in equal measures. Tom Holland returns as the web-slinging superhero along with his wife, actress Zendaya, who plays MJ and Jacob Batalon as his buddy Ned Leeds. But the trio, unlike the previous films, are not together anymore thanks to Doctor Strange setting things differently in No Way Home.
Musafir Cafe
Drama (Hindi)
Chander feels an undeniable connection with Sudha. Years later, he builds a new life in the hills with Preeti, but memories of the past linger.
Cast:
Vikrant Massey, Vedika Pinto, Mahima Makwana, Adil Hussain, Rajeev Siddhartha, Anubha Fatehpuria, Loveleen Mishra, Sadiya Siddiqui
Director:
Ruchir Arun
Writer:
Sharanya Rajgopal
Tue, July 28 2026
After trudging along cliches of the will they/won’t they rom-com, Musafir Cafe becomes the strongest version of itself in the final two episodes.
Eventually, Sharanya Rajgopal’s Musafir Cafe settles into the cosiness of a novel found in a railway station bookstall. Those unintimidating 200-page paperbacks, which one buys for an overnight journey. Here, it happens in the seventh episode of this eight-episode series. Sudha (Vedika Pinto) is a pretty, impulsive, recklessly-ambitious girl from Bhopal – a version of a metropolitan idea of a small-town firebrand. The kind who discovered ‘Carpe Diem’ in her adolescence and never looked back. She has a job offer from Mumbai, which she reluctantly accepts.
Sat, July 25 2026
Musafir Cafe, the new show on Netflix, is refreshing and real. Organic chemistry among the trio, strong portrayal of urban women balancing career and family, and earnest performances from Massey, Pinto, and Makwana make this a must watch.
Vikrant Massey’s Musafir Cafe, a slow romance drama, comes at a time when there is anger on the streets of India and spy thrillers and murder mysteries are dominating screens- big and small. The eight-part series, produced by Massey, who also plays the lead in the show, takes a practical approach to modern-day relationships, where love alone is not enough to make a relationship work. It reiterates that timing is everything, and that two right people can drift apart if the timing is not right. Created and written by Sharanya Rajgopal and based on Divya Prakash Dubey’s novel of the same name, Musafir Cafe is refreshing, real and breaks the clutter of action thrillers that have been releasing of late.
Sat, July 25 2026
Vikrant Massey as Chander tries his best to be believable, and he really does come close to it. Mahima Makwana as the steady third wheel is commendable too.
A three-way modern romance set in a small town. That’s the pitchline of Musafir Cafe, based on a novel of the same name by Divya Prakash Dubey, created by Sharanya Rajgopal and directed by Ruchir Arun, and the eight-part show takes the memo very seriously indeed. Chander and Sudha — someone here is evidently a fan of Dharamveer Bharati’s classic novel of the same name — meet and ignite in Bhopal. Having quit his software job in the US, he works in a dull government office, nursing a dream of opening his own cafe in the hills, while meeting suitable girls with a view to marriage.
Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya
Drama, Comedy (Hindi)
A relaxed principal tries to reform a failing public school, triggering a messy transformation as misfit teachers work to repair the system one lesson at a time.
Cast:
Archana Puran Singh, Naveen Kasturia, Abhimanyu Singh, Deven Bhojani, Aryan Prajapati, Kay Kay Menon
Director:
Himank Gaur
Writer:
Biswapati Sarkar, Akshay Asthana, Nupur Pai, Tatsat Pandey, Meghna Srivastava
Sun, July 26 2026
This series starring Kay Kay Menon brings specificity and humour to the workings of a struggling government school
Schools have long served as fertile ground for stories, but few recent series have captured the joy, absurdity and quiet idealism of a government school quite like Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya. Sharing the gentle spirit of Panchayat and Gram Chikitsalay, this easygoing seven-part show is funny, sharp and only occasionally sermonises. Created and executive-produced by Biswapati Sarkar and Sameer Saxena under the Posham Pa Pictures banner, the Hindi-language Prime Video comedy feels like a natural extension of the storytelling both have come to be associated with through shows such as Maamla Legal Hai and Home Shanti. Saxena has also helped shape the observational worlds of Gullak and Kota Factory. This latest series brings a similar specificity and humour to a struggling government school in the Delhi region. Sarkar and Saxena also pop up in brief cameos.
Sat, July 25 2026
In an era of action movies, loud comedies and preachy social dramas, Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya strikes a refreshing balance. The Prime Video series is rooted, relatable and genuinely funny, while quietly delivering an important message about education, hope and the people who refuse to give up on a system that often lets them down.
Kay Kay Menon is outstanding as the unconventional school principal, bringing warmth, wit and effortless charm to the role. He anchors the series with a performance that is both hilarious and deeply humane. Kay Kay once again shows why he is one of India’s best actors. Equally impressive is young actor Prasanna Bisht, who leaves a lasting impact with a natural and endearing performance. Prasanna has moved on quite swiftly from playing a student in Farrey just 2 years ago to playing a teacher here. One of the series’ biggest strengths is its writing. The humour never feels forced, and the emotional moments never become melodramatic. The show makes its point in subtle ways, allowing the characters and situations to speak for themselves rather than delivering sermons. It celebrates teachers, students and the spirit of never giving up, all while keeping the laughs coming.
Fri, July 24 2026
The dry 7-episode dramedy is centered on a Delhi government school full of misfits who must transform to cure a broken system
Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya revolves around a ramshackle public school and its many colourful faces. It may not directly belong to the ‘Rural Cinematic Universe,’ but you can tell that it comes from the house of former TVF collaborators (you can take the makers out of a streaming brand, but you can’t take the streaming brand out of the makers). It’s the same shtick of Panchayat (ramshackle village office), Gram Chikitsalay (ramshackle government clinic) and Maamla Legal Hai (ramshackled district court): slice-of-life dramedies where everyone is a ‘sample’ character, every crisis is lighthearted, every episode has a centrist moral stance, and every monologue belongs to the Rajkumar Hirani school of happy problem-solving. The genre fatigue is real. The language is faded, like a gravy-stained page of a book that’s worn out from overuse.
Uttar Da Puttar
Comedy (Hindi)
Vastu, destiny and daily life, where unexpected events challenge beliefs about luck, direction and the power to shape your own future.
Cast:
Annu Kapoor, Rukhsar Rehman, Brijendra Kala, Pavan Malhotra, Ishtiyak Khan, Jeeveshu Ahluwalia, Rajendra Sethi, Sumit Gulati, Nitin Arora
Director:
Ravinder Siwatch
Writer:
Ravinder Siwatch
Sat, July 25 2026
साई राम टुटेजा फिज़िक्स पढ़ाते हैं लेकिन वास्तुशास्त्र और ज्योतिष आदि पर उनका अटूट विश्वास है। वह एक परफैक्ट 90 डिग्री उत्तर दिशा वाला मकान खरीदने के लिए भटक रहे हैं। काफी मशक्कत के बाद उन्हें ऐसा एक प्लॉट मिलता है जिस पर वह मकान बनवा भी लेते हैं। पर जहां उस मकान पर कई दूसरे लोगों की नज़र है वहीं भ्रष्ट सरकारी अफसर भी बीच में फच्चर फंसा रहे हैं। ऐसे में साई राम क्या करेंगे? सहारा लेंगे अपने विश्वास का या फिर चलेंगे तिकड़म भरी कोई चाल? यह फिल्म ‘उत्तर दा पुत्तर’ (Uttar Da Puttar) इन्हीं सब बातों को हल्के-फुल्के ढंग से देखती और दिखाती है।
Max, Min & Meowzaki
Family, Romance, Comedy (Hindi)
Max and Min are about to break up. They argue endlessly about dividing their possessions, including their cat, Meowzaki, whom they have named after their favorite artist Miyazaki Hayao. Max’s father Ramesh, who lost his wife and has since been suffering from insomnia, meets charming therapist Dhaara. Max’s grandfather Sridhar, secretly enjoys drinking with his new friend Jennifer at the nursing home.
Cast:
Adil Hussain, Mandira Bedi, Nassar, Nafisa Ali, Medha Shankr, Vidhatri Bandi, Gitanjali Rao, Sameksha Oswal, Rupak Saluja, Siddharth Menon
Director:
Narasimhamurthy Padmakumar
Writer:
Narasimhamurthy Padmakumar
Sat, July 25 2026
Sidharth Menon is a constant presence, and does well as the coming-of-age young man. It is Adil Hussain, as the man who takes the longest, most difficult steps towards self-awareness, who holds this film.
A film made four years back, releasing only now, suddenly feels current. Mention of protests and placards woven into the plot around an unravelling couple makes you feel that it’s reflecting the times we are passing through. But then, who is to say that thorny relationships and problem-ridden times aren’t the story of us, decade upon decade? Max (Siddharth Menon) and Min (Medha Shankr), a pair whose relationship is heading south, find themselves connecting over their cat. Or is it just the handsome creature that draws Min back to Max, especially when things aren’t quite as smooth with the new man in her life? The feelings are relatable: if you’ve been together for a while, parting is never easy, and could perhaps encompass residual warmth alongside resentment and sadness.
Sat, July 25 2026
A heartfelt drama about grief, dad issues and complex societal prejudices, ‘Max, Min and Meowzaki’ impresses with its emotional restraint and performances, but some of its messaging feels self-conscious and didactic.
Against the backdrop of a soft monsoon, Max, Min & Meowzaki unfolds as an elegant symphony of human vulnerability. Waiting in the wings for quite some time, at the heart of this coming-of-age, slice-of-life drama are three generations of single men, each carrying a heavy yet silent sorrow. They are men who have forgotten how to speak to one another. Yet to recover from the death of his mother, jingle singer Mahesh or Max (Siddharth Menon), is negotiating with the wreckage of a love story that has just collapsed into a bittersweet breakup with Minara Hussain, or Min (Medha Shankr). His father, Ramesh (Adil Hussain), a man tightly wound in rigid armour, is suffocating under a sleepless, unconfessed grief for his deceased wife and societal biases. The grandfather, an eminent Carnatic singer, Sridhar (Nassar) navigates the fading twilight of his memories, carrying a guilt of not being able to take his son along in the song of life.
Sat, July 25 2026
Jana Nayagan
Action, Drama, Science Fiction (Tamil)
A clash of ideologies. One stands for the people, the other feeds on control. Their paths collided once before. Years later, a child’s silent fear ignites the past, drawing a former police officer into a battle far bigger than personal revenge.
Cast:
Vijay, Mamitha Baiju, Bobby Deol, Pooja Hegde, Priyamani, Prakash Raj, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Narain, Nassar, Sunil Varma
Director:
H. Vinoth
Sat, July 25 2026
Jan Neta (originally Jan Nayagan in Tamil) is actor-turned-Chief Minister Vijay’s swan song. It’s journey to the screen has been almost as dramatic as the film itself, with controversies involving piracy, the censor board and even the courts. After prolonged delays, what is billed as Vijay’s farewell to cinema now that he has taken a full-time plunge into politics, has finally reached theatres. Leaving fandom aside, however, Jan Neta is an endurance test. Like many Indian mainstream entertainers, it desperately wants to be socially responsible while simultaneously allowing its hero to flatten several dozen villains—preferably in slow motion. Directed by H. Vinoth, the film demands unwavering devotion from Vijay fans. Everyone else may find themselves frequently checking their watches.
Fri, July 24 2026
Director H Vinoth's film, starring Vijay, Mamitha Baiju and Bobby Deol, wants to be both a commercial entertainer and a TVK manifesto, and ends up doing justice to neither.
Crores of people are flocking to theatres across the globe to watch Jana Nayagan and bid farewell to the man who entertained them for over three decades. Every cheer, every whistle and every celebration is for one person. Thalapathy Vijay. No, strike that. It’s Chief Minister Vijay now. Is Jana Nayagan an emotional goodbye to an actor or a rousing welcome to the Chief Minister? Neither, as it turns out — it’s mostly just a film that can’t decide what it wants to be.
Fri, July 24 2026
‘Jana Nayagan’ was supposed to be a celebration of Vijay's cinematic career as well as lay out his party’s ideological framework, but achieves neither
H Vinoth’s Jana Nayagan, more importantly Vijay’s Jana Nayagan, or even more accurately Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s Jana Nayagan, finally sees the light of day. An obvious propaganda vehicle, Vijay’s cinematic swansong was slated to release in January this year. But the film faced release troubles when the censor certificate was withheld without reason, forcing the makers to approach the courts. The court and censor battle stretched long enough that several things came to pass. The film mysteriously leaked online. Tamil Nadu then had its state elections in April, in which Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam emerged as the biggest party, leading to him taking oath as the state’s Chief Minister on 10 May. It was such an eventful, unprecedented couple of months that the film always had an uphill task, a mere underscoring of the occasion.
Tera Yaar Hoon Main
Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance (Hindi)
Sanju moves from Nagpur to Mumbai for work and stays with his late mother's friend Viswanath. He falls for Viswanath's daughter Anu, but her marriage is arranged with another man, leaving Viswanath caught between friendship and fatherhood.
Cast:
Aman Kumar, Aakansha Sharma, Paresh Rawal, Neha Khan, Johny Lever, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Mrinal Kulkarni, Pooja Katurde, Darshan Jariwala, Anand Acharya
Director:
Milap Zaveri
Writer:
Milap Zaveri, Rajan Agarwal
Fri, July 24 2026
Milap Zaveri’s latest romantic drama is unwatchable in so many ways that you wonder if it even wants to be a movie
There are bad movies, and then there are movies that make you cringe so hard that you can’t bear to look at the screen. So I grimaced and looked away during Milap Zaveri’s Tera Yaar Hoon Main, the way a squeamish viewer does when confronted with graphic violence and gore. But looking away from the screen meant that I had to make peace with the young couple making out in the row ahead. So I turned my face to the other side, but there was another couple enjoying the privacy of the matinee show. Lest they found my frantic head-turning creepy, I concluded that the safest thing was to look at the screen again. But for how long? The film continued to make direct eye contact with me. This became a circular loop of embarrassment and coyness for 145 minutes, and now I’m so dizzy that I should be seeing stars but I’m not (because 0 stars out of 5).
The India Story
Drama, Thriller (Hindi)
A community confronts the devastating impact of pesticide contamination as industrial negligence threatens public health. The fight for accountability exposes systemic failures in regulatory oversight and corporate responsibility.
Cast:
Kajal Aggarwal, Shreyas Talpade, Murali Sharma, Manish Wadhwa, Sham Mashalkar, Kamlesh Sawant, Trisha Sarda, Atul Tiwari
Director:
Chettan D K
Writer:
Sagar B Shinde
Fri, July 24 2026
फिल्मों के बारे में भले ही ये मशहूर है कि सिनेमा मतलब एंटरटेनमेंट, एंटरटेनमेंट, एंटरटेनमेंट। लेकिन कुछ फिल्में ऐसी भी होती हैं, जो आपको जागरूक करती हैं, कचोटती हैं, आंखें खोलती हैं और झकझोर कर रख देती हैं। साउथ इंडियन फिल्मकार चेतन डीके की पहली हिंदी फिल्म ‘द इंडिया स्टोरी’ का उद्देश्य भी मनोरंजन की बजाय फसलों में कीटनाशकों के बढ़ते उपयोग से सेहत पर पड़ रहे दुष्प्रभाव के प्रति लोगों को जगाना है। फिल्म शुक्रवार, 24 जुलाई को देशभर के सिनेमाघरों में रिलीज हुई है। आइए, जानते हैं कि यह कैसी है-
Chennai Love Story
Romance, Drama (Telugu)
Two young people navigate their first experience of love, dealing with its powerful emotions and obstacles while discovering the delicate nature of newfound romance.
Cast:
Kiran Abbavaram, Sri Gouri Priya Reddy
Director:
Ravi Namburii
Writer:
Sai Rajesh Neelam, Ravi Namburii
Fri, July 24 2026
Director Ravi Namburii and writer-producer Sai Rajesh’s emotional narrative gets off to a great start, only to squander its potential
It is unfair to analyse a film as two halves. In the case of debut director Ravi Namburii’s Telugu film Chennai Love Story, however, it becomes inevitable. Sai Rajesh, who has written the story, screenplay and produced the film, introduces a twist at the mid-point that changes how the audience is likely to perceive the film. Everything from this point depends on whether one gives in to an idea that defies logic and what it entails, even if the story thankfully ends on a pragmatic note.
Heartstopper Forever
Romance, Drama (English)
It's a new school year for the Truham-Higgs gang. As Nick and Charlie's relationship deepens, their thoughts turn to life after the last bell rings.
Cast:
Kit Connor, Joe Locke, William Gao, Yasmin Finney, Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell, Tobie Donovan, Jenny Walser, Rhea Norwood, Leila Khan
Director:
Wash Westmoreland
Writer:
Alice Oseman
Sat, July 18 2026
Directed by Wash Westmoreland, the award-winning series wraps up with a bittersweet movie that allows fans a proper goodbye
While it is disappointing that Heartstopper never got a fourth season, viewers should be satisfied that the new movie Heartstopper Forever allows the coming-of-age tale to grow up and go out on its own terms. Writer Alice Oseman has adapted the sixth and final volume of their own webcomics. Over the past four years, we’ve watched characters Nick and Charlie met, become friends and fall in love. In the final movie, the two teenagers take tentative steps towards their futures and tackle misunderstandings in their relationship. The movie is a bittersweet ending to a show that makes audiences feel like part of this supportive world.
The Odyssey
Adventure, Action, Fantasy (English)
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.
Cast:
Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Charlize Theron, Zendaya, Benny Safdie, Jon Bernthal, John Leguizamo
Director:
Christopher Nolan
Writer:
Christopher Nolan
Sat, July 18 2026
Sat, July 18 2026
With his gracious version of Homer’s Greek epic, Christopher Nolan liberates us from the contortions of mythology
The homework required to process The Odyssey is a key part of the experience. Familiarising yourself with the fabled source material (Homer’s ancient Greek epic) goes hand in hand with re-acquainting yourself with the fabled director’s filmography. If you’ve been watching Christopher Nolan’s movies over the years, you’ve essentially seen the making of The Odyssey in real time. It’s not just the recurring themes of adrift men looking for a way home — to children, to comrades, to companions, to family, to themselves. It’s also in the physical images of Nolan-telling scattered across this narrative. There are flashes everywhere. A confused man wrestling with memory on the sea-shore (Inception); the piecing together of a disorienting past (Memento); an injured hero returning to rescue a city under siege (The Dark Knight trilogy); a blind worker, twins, and the obsession to win as a plot device (The Prestige); wars fought on hostile water and lands (Dunkirk); Trojan-Horse-coded deception by a Matt Damon character and a father chasing a belated promise (Interstellar); a thinker haunted by the consequences of his genius (Oppenheimer); a sleepless and guilt-riddled veteran (Insomnia); the blurred lines of time and tide (all of them). The film-maker has been adapting Homer for more than two decades. Like the protagonist, he finally returns home with The Odyssey, but not before defying the genre gods and braving the blockbuster elements.
Sat, July 18 2026
A Christopher Nolan film is always a reason for that extra excitement for any cinema buff. If Billy Wilder famously wondered, “How would Lubitsch do it?”, film lovers today often find themselves asking, “How would Nolan do it?” Whether it is space travel or a biopic about the scientist who created the most destructive weapon known to mankind, Nolan brings his own unique vision to storytelling. What makes his films special is the way he crafts them, using every cinematic tool at his disposal. In fact, he constantly pushes the boundaries of the medium.