James Kreul argues that Dear Zindagi is the most broadly appealing Bollywood film to play Madison in 2016, despite its use of bland music montages instead of dance sequences. After a year of particularly shallow female characters, writer/director Gauri Shinde and star Alia Bhatt play with Bollywood conventions about romance, family, sexuality, and gender roles to deliver an intriguing character study of a young professional woman. […]
Review: Limited Run Bombay Velvet | Anurag Kashyap | India | 2015 | 149 min Now Playing at AMC Star 18 Fitchburg through May 28» More Hollywood than Bollywood (songs yes, dancing no), Bombay Velvet is […]
Review: Limited Run PK | Rajkumar Hirani | India | 2014 | 153 min AMC Star 18 Fitchburg, now playing through January 8» Don’t wait for The Interview to come to town. If you’re looking for […]
Review: Limited Run Happy New Year (Farah Khan, India, 2014, 179 min) Now Playing through November 6 at AMC Star 18 Fitchburg» Soapbox Preamble I know we’ve been a little Bollywood-centric this past month […]
Madfilm Meetup: Bollywood Matinee Happy New Year (Farah Khan, India, 2014, 165 min) AMC Star 18 Fitchburg, Saturday, October 25, 12:35 pm» Visit our Facebook Event Page and click “Join.” Note: Showtime has been updated to 12:35pm. […]
Streaming Quick Picks: Hrithik Roshan & Katrina Kaif Okay, I promise to take it easy on Bollywood for a little while after this. Well, at least until the global opening of Shah Rukh Khan’s New Year’s […]
Review: Limited Run Bang Bang! (Siddharth Anand, India, 2014, 154 min) Now Playing at AMC Star 18 Fitchburg and Marcus Eastgate Edit 10/10/14: Bang Bang! will play a second week at AMC Star Fitchburg […]
Madfilm Meetup: Bollywood Matinee Bang Bang! (Siddharth Anand, India, 2014, 154 min) AMC Star 18 Fitchburg, Saturday, October 4, 2:45pm» Visit our Facebook Event Page and click “Join.” NOTE: Showtime might change. Current start time is based on currently […]
Tuesday, June 10: Holiday: A Soldier is Never Off Duty, 6:15pm» Visit our Facebook Event Page and click “Join.” The Madison Film Forum wants you to stream one great film every week, attend at least one great […]
As I start writing this, you should know that my dedication to you, my dear readers, has led me to decide to skip a film on Day Three. After a 5-film Day Two, my original […]
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