Film

Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes – The good, the bad, the 1970s motorbike and a viral wedding…

Drugs, the ‘Sholay’ bike and a disappointing box office run for almost all but one of the releases and a…

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Dharmendra – Colossus leaves a huge chasm in Indian film industry – British media figures pay tribute

One of the stars of the immortal Bollywood classic, ‘Sholay’ (1975), few will match this acting icon’s wide adulation…and his…

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Dharmendra’s passing spurs nationwide grief in India

London 11.30am GMT – Indian star actor dies days before his 90th birthday – end of an era for some……

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‘Christmas Karma’ – Love or hate it…

A popular, populist and inclusive take on British Christmas or just a cringey, contrived and inauthentic version of Charles Dicken’s…

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‘Christmas Karma- Gurinder Chadha’s beautiful, festive love letter to Christmas, Britain and East Africa… (review)

To get into the that Yuletide spirit… INSPIRED by Charles Dicken’s ‘A Christmas Carol’, this is a thoroughly enjoyable film…

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I am not an Actor; Haq; Where the Light Enters You and Olive…

Two features with South Asian stories are in cinemas from today (November 7) and two shorts screened together are vying…

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Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes: Box of cinematic surprises and fallouts…

October is all about unseasonal rains, ‘Kantara: A Legend Chapter 1’ and Diwali parties…our Bird in Mumbai looks back… By…

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London Film Festival 2025 wrap – the asianculturevulture experience: Sholay, Hamlet, Giant and High Wire, more…

Our reflections from covering this year’s 69th edition… SEEING ‘Sholay’ in a new remastered 4K print on the country’s largest…

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Blue Moon, Rental Family, Nouvelle Vague – London Film Festival 2025 reviews

Another page of reviews from films showing in the latter part of the festival (October 8-19) Blue Moon – Opportunity…

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Supernature (Asif Kapadia producer) & Saipan and more reviews – London Film Festival 2025

More reviews from our coverage of London Film Festival… Supernature – Real and moving Director: Ed Sayers 1 hour 32…

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