Mohammad Kamran Jawaid

STREAMING: TUNNEL VISION

As good as it is, Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley is not for everyone Published 13 Feb, 2022 09:33am

STREAMING: A POOR MAN’S ROMA?

Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast is sentimental to a degree, but its most eye-catching aspect is its cinematography Published 06 Feb, 2022 07:04am

SPOTLIGHT: CUT IT OUT!

The film Javed Iqbal has run up against the arbitrariness and fecklessness of Pakistan’s censor boards — the same way Zindagi... Published 06 Feb, 2022 07:04am

THE ICON REVIEW: MURDERER MOST FOUL

A bigger budget and a rewrite would have worked well for Javed Iqbal, the much-awaited film on the notorious child serial-killer Published 30 Jan, 2022 09:19am

STREAMING: SPY AND SLASH

Despite a star-studded cast, The 355 is a seen-it-all dud with a facile script and direction. As the fifth film of the franchise.. Published 23 Jan, 2022 07:27am

SPOTLIGHT: SHOOTING FOR THE MOON

One can see Atif Aslam’s dedication on screen as the presumed antihero Hilmand in his TV acting debut. But newly launched... Published 16 Jan, 2022 08:54am

STREAMING: SIBLING RIVALRY

A brooding melodrama about repressed sexuality, envy, desirousness, grief and love, Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog is a... Published 16 Jan, 2022 08:28am

SPOTLIGHT: THE COMING YEAR IN MOVIES

The year 2022 has, perhaps, the strongest line-up of commercial Pakistani film releases since Pakistani cinema’s rebound 10... Published 09 Jan, 2022 09:17am

WIDE ANGLE: THE GANGS OF NEW YORK

How does Steven Spielberg’s critically lauded West Side Story compare to the much-celebrated 1961 cinematic version? Published 09 Jan, 2022 08:28am

CINEMASCOPE: THE KING IS IN

King Richard is a well-made, if not particularly memorable, movie about Venus and Serena Willaims’ father Published 02 Jan, 2022 08:51am

CINEMASCOPE: ZEROS OVERWHELM THE ONE

There is no other way to say it. The Matrix Ressurections is a miscalculated, cruel and brutal assault on the senses Published 02 Jan, 2022 08:51am

SPOTLIGHT: A SONG FROM THE HEART

Azaan Sami Khan’s latest song Ik Lamha is inspired from the singer-composer’s own life, ... Published 02 Jan, 2022 08:51am

CINEMASCOPE: A SPIDEY LIBERATION

Spider-Man: No Way Home is a Christmas miracle. It may be a massive box-office success but the real miracle is in the manner... Published 26 Dec, 2021 08:40am

DOCUMENTARY: THE CAUSES OF THE SECESSION

Javed Jabbar’s 1971 Separation of East Pakistan — The Untold Story, as logical-minded and staunch on facts as it is, is a... Published 26 Dec, 2021 08:15am

THE ICON REVIEW: WHAT IT MEANS TO GROW UP

Relationships, their worth and pretences are the omnipresent, undercurrent themes in Kahay Dil Jidhar, a drama that looks at what Published 26 Dec, 2021 08:06am

THE ICON REVIEW: BITE ME

Udham Patakh is a comic zombie movie that has the bare bones of an interesting idea that’s never developed Published 19 Dec, 2021 07:05am

CINEMASCOPE: ROYAL DREAD AND THE EVIL DEAD

Director Pablo Larrain’s Spencer psychologically channels Diana’s agony and self-loathing, while Resident Evil: Welcome to... Updated 12 Dec, 2021 08:25am

THE ICON REVIEW: FURIOUS RETRIBUTION

Writer-director Abu Aleeha’s Sheenogai is self-indulgent filmmaking at its nastiest Published 05 Dec, 2021 07:01am

CURTAIN RAISER: WHERE THE HEART LEADS

Besides being musician Kamran Bari’s debut as an actor and producer, the upcoming Kahay Dil Jidhar is also about friendship and... Published 28 Nov, 2021 07:07am

CINEMASCOPE: THIEVES, SUPERHEROES AND GHOULS

Army of Thieves could have been good stuff in theory, Venom: Let There Be Carnage is comic book-ish nonsense in movie form, while Published 21 Nov, 2021 07:30am