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- Interview: Nitesh Tiwary, Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor (‘Bawaal’)
- Readers Write In #602: பட்டாம்பூச்சி
- Interview: Nelson Venkatesan (on ‘Farhana’, and why a ‘Lust Stories’ in Tamil won’t happen soon)
- Readers Write In #601: The Song of Scorpions: A Marriage of Myths, Mirages and Matter-Of-Facts
- Readers Write In #600: Moral Responsibility in Choices
- 10 Questions: Sivakarthikeyan
- Piyush Gupta’s ‘Tarla’, on ZEE5, is a broad, cleanly written drama that offers modest pleasures and an interesting look at a place and time
- Readers Write In #599: ‘Sairat’ And ‘Satya Prem Ki Katha’: A Study Of Non-mainstream Subjects In Mainstream Framework
- Readers Write In #598: Another delight from Balamuralikrishna!
- Interview: Lakshmi, Madhoo, Santhy Balachandran, and the directors (Sweet Kaaram Coffee, on Prime Video)
- Readers Write In #597: In Madurai, City of Cinema Theatres ….
- Readers Write In #596: Lust Stories 2: One works as an idea, one as execution, one as both, one as none
- Interview: Kajol, Jisshu Sengupta, Suparn Verma (The Trial, on Disney+ Hotstar)
- Despite a lot of starting trouble, ‘Satyaprem Ki Katha’, directed by Sameer Vidwans, is a pretty good issue-based drama with a big Hindi-cinema heart
- ‘Lust Stories 2’, on Netflix, has okayish films by R Balki, Amit Ravindernath Sharma, Sujoy Ghosh, and a brilliant one from Konkona Sen Sharma
- Readers Write In #595: Satyaprem Ki Katha: This Sameer Vidwans directorial turns everything upside down post a solid twist to deliver a very effective drama
- Mari Selvaraj’s ‘Maamannan’ is a solid drama, with a gripping first half and a generic post-interval section
- From the Web (FTW) #11: சாதியை இந்துமதம்தான் உருவாக்கியதா?
- BR – Tara Conversations on: Thevar Magan
- Readers Write In #594: Half moon and the other stories
- Readers Write In #593: Tiku Weds Sheru: Love child of familiar romance meeting quirkiness
- Interview: Dushara Vijayan
- Readers Write In #592: The life of Indira Gandhi and its relevance today
- Tanglish Talks: Reengaram
- Readers Write In #591: Objects in the rear view mirror: 2010s Kollywood
- Readers Write In #590: “என் இனிய நிழலே”
- Readers Write In #589: Book Review: Learn To Live – Volume One By Swami Jagdatmananda, Translation By Dr. N. Thirumaleshwar Bhat
- Readers Write In #588: சில பயணங்களில், சில மனிதர்கள்- 1
- Interview: Mari Selvaraj, Udhayanidhi Stalin, Vadivelu, Keerthy Suresh (‘Maamannan’)
- Interview: Rohini (‘Thandatti’)
- Interview: Vasanth Ravi (‘Asvins’)
- ‘Notes on this, that, and everything in between’ – Episode 3: Lyrics & Life
- ‘Notes on this, that, and everything in between’ – Episode 2: Watching older films…
- Interview: Pasupathy, director Ram Sangaiah, and DoP Mahesh Muthswami (‘Thandatti’)
- From the Web (FTW) #10: Things Are Looking Up At Box Office, But…
- Readers Write In #587: Asur: A Victim Of Main Text Overpowered By Not So Powerful Subtext
- Interview: Sanjay Narayanan, who made ‘Maalai Nera Mallipoo’ when he was 21/22 years old
- SJ Suryah gives a BIG performance in Radhamohan’s ‘Bommai’, but the film never convinces us about its central relationship
- Om Raut’s ‘Adipurush’ is a sci-fi/fantasy take on Ramayana that’s high on visual effects and low on drama
- Dileesh Pothan is fabulous in Ranjan Pramod’s ‘O.Baby’, a richly textured strike against all kinds of ownership
- Interview: SJ Suryah (Bommai)
- Suraj Varma’s ‘Kolla’ (Rajisha Vijayan, Vinay Forrt, Priya Varrier) has an interesting premise, but is content to remain vaguely watchable
- Interview: Sean Roldan (on ‘Uravu’, and his music)
- Readers Write In #586: Nanpagal Nostalgia
- Interview: Vignesh Raja (storyboarding Por Thozhil)
- Sanjay Narayanan’s exquisite, moving ‘Maalai Nera Mallipoo’, on aha, takes us into a sex worker’s psyche
- Karthik G Krish’s ‘Takkar’ is filled with good ideas, but none of them are fleshed out convincingly
- Vignesh Raja’s ‘Por Thozhil’ (Sarathkumar, Ashok Selvan) is a solid, well-crafted serial-killer thriller with enough pluses to overcome its issues
- Interview: Siddharth (Takkar)
- Readers Write In #585: Book Review: Plassey- The Battle that Changed the Course of Indian History