An American In Ardnakelty: Tana French’s new novel, The Searcher, is not as complex as her last book,The Witch Elm, but it has more emotional heft, plus the kind of…

Some years ago, when new medical technology, like amniocentesis and ultrasound– meant to help pregnant women by spotting possible birth defects, was used to determine the gender of the foetus and…

Unscary, Unfunny: Raghava Lawrence’s 2011 Tamil film, Kanchana, the second in his Muni horror series, get a Hindi remake, probably because a recently woke Akshay Kumar wanted to say something…

Lethal Strike: Readers of thrillers expect a fast pace, shootouts, chases, bloodshed, fancy gizmos and all the chaos of crime solving. What they don’t expect– and more often than not,…

A documentary by Pankaj Rishi Kumar, called Janani’s Juliet won the best film and best director award at the South Asian Short Film Festival, recently, after winning acclaim and other awards…

To commemorate the 44th anniversary on Ank, revisiting an interview with Preeta Mathur: For a long time, Preeta Mathur worked with Dinesh Thakur, first her mentor and then husband, an…

Whenever a film, book, or show comes up about the women’s liberation movement, Gloria Steinem invariably makes an appearance, either as herself, or an actress playing her. So it was…

While Pratik Gandhi is gathering praise for his performance as Harshad Mehta in the web series Scam 1992, revisiting an interview with him about his theatre work: More often than…

On Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, a look at Feroz Abbas Khan’s 2007 film: Gandhi My Father by Feroz Abbas Khan stands out for its attempt at brave and offbeat cinema.…

Dharmputra (1961):   As a tribute to Yash Chopra on his birth anniversary, a look at one of his earliest films: Yash Chopra was called the King of Romance, even…