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Satyajit Ray’s ‘Charulata’ Feels Like a Contemporary Masterpiece

Max Hayward reviews the fifty-five-year-old film of auteur Satyajit Ray that takes us inside a wealthy household in colonial India with an understated emotional resonance that transcends language and era.

The Uncanny Worlds of Wes Anderson

As Wes Anderson ventures to Japan with his recent animation, we travel backwards and revisit the places and homes he’s taken us over these past decades: the faraway but familiar worlds where fiction and reality are magically intertwined.

The Light and Dark of Diwali

Amongst the fireworks, street stalls and sparklers, Liz Rowland captures the personal stories and challenges of the annual festival that commemorates the victory of light over darkness, good over evil.

Film Review / India

“The organic way in which director Shubhashish Bhutiani approaches aging and death is decidedly anti-Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; the story isn’t about fulfilling dreams, it’s about the acceptance of death.”

Max Hayward on Shubhashish Bhutiani’s Hotel Salvation

MIFF: Films That Take You Places

Lindsay gives you twelve transporting films from this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) program and a step inside the places they’ll take you.

Caught on Film: Max Lieberman Documents a Colourful Jabalpur

For our second instalment of Caught on Film, Max Lieberman takes us to the vibrant beating heart of India: Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Eight years of documenting everyday life culminates in an ongoing series of intimate and honest images of locals, rituals and pastel-coloured homes.