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- Interview: Ram (‘Parandhu Po’)
- Interview: Vishnu Manchu (‘Kannappa’)
- Readers Write In #819: குடும்பதலைவன்
- Readers Write In #818: ‘Ronth’, the mind patroller
- Interview: Devi Sri Prasad (‘Pushpa’, ‘Kuberaa’)
- Nelson Venkatesan’s ‘DNA’ (Atharvaa, Nimisha Sajayan) takes a super premise and delivers a generic thriller
- Sekhar Kammula’s ‘Kuberaa’ (Dhanush, Nagarjuna, Rashmika Mandanna) has interesting Big Ideas, but ends up a middling movie
- RS Prasanna’s ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ (Aamir Khan) is a very broad comedy-drama, and it kinda-sorta works
- Readers Write In #817: Murder Caesar – a Thug Life not earned
- Karan Tejpal’s ‘Stolen’, with Abhishek Banerjee, is a powerfully emotional thriller about the two Indias
- Interview: Atharvaa (‘DNA’)
- Readers Write In #816: Bread Pakoras in the City of Djinns – Bollywood’s Love Affair with Delhi
- Interview: RS Prasanna (‘Sitaare Zameen Par’)
- Briefly Reviewed – Celine Song’s ‘Materialists’
- Interview: Karthik Subbaraj
- Briefly Reviewed – Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Life of Chuck’
- My interview on ‘Cyrus Says’
- Readers Write In #815: From “Hug Life” to “Thug Life”: A Tale of Two Gangsters
- Bribing BR
- Readers Write In #814: I reference, therefore, I am
- Interview: Yami Gautam (Article 370, Dhoom Dhaam…)
- Shahi Kabir’s beautifully written ‘Ronth’, with Dileesh Pothan and Roshan Matthew, is a compelling (and deceptive) crime drama
- Vinod AK’s ‘Moonwalk’ is a delightful time machine that makes us relive the breakdance era
- Interview: Nagarjuna Akkineni (‘Kuberaa’, ‘Coolie’)
- Bitty Ruminations 98 – Is it possible to live a life without regrets?
- Interview: Team ‘Ronth’ (Dileesh Pothan, Roshan Matthew, Shahi Kabir)
- Readers Write In #813: Crying over PasaMalar
- Readers Write In #812: Thug Light
- Interview: Team ‘Stolen’ (Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Abhishek Banerjee, et al)
- Readers Write In #811: Thug Life – You come at the King, you best not miss
- Readers Write In #810: Vintage film agreements
- Readers Write In #809: வலதுசாரி ஆதரவாளர்கள் அடிப்படையில் சாதி, மத, இனவெறியர்களா ?
- Interview: Aamir Khan (‘Sitaare Zameen Par’)
- Readers Write In #808: Thug Life – An experience
- Mani Ratnam’s, ‘Thug Life’, starring Kamal Haasan and Silambarasan, is an underwhelming mix of action and drama
- Readers Write In #807: ஒரு தற்கொலை
- Interview: Ravi K Chandran (‘Thug Life’)
- Readers Write In #806: Fare Thee Well, Tiger Man!
- From the Web (FTW) #25: The city of Chennai’s vanishing role in Tamil cinema
- Readers Write In #805: The Unfinished Reign
- Let’s talk about the OTT shows we’re watching…
- From the Web (FTW) #24: Ilaiyaraaja declares: There’s no composer like me
- Readers Write In #804: Questions I want to ask Mr. Mani Rathnam and Mr. Kamal Haasan
- Interview: Ali Fazal (‘Thug Life’, ‘Khufiya’, ‘Fukrey’, ‘Metro… In Dino’)
- Readers Write In #803: The Adventures of Ajay Palvayanteeswaran
- Readers Write In #802: Celluloid love
- Interview: Anurag Kashyap, for The Hindu’s ‘Huddle event in Bengaluru
- Interview: Vetri Maaran, for The Hindu’s ‘Huddle event in Bengaluru
- From the Web (FTW) #23: CBFC clears Dhadak 2 after 16 cuts, including altered anti-caste references
- Interview: Mani Ratnam (‘Thug Life’)
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