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Movie Reviews by Devika Girish - Page 2 of 4

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Review of Why Is We Americans? (2022)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 13 Jan 2022

It’s a story that spans past and present, arts and politics, and kin and country — and the movie, with its haphazard editing, struggles…

Review of Beijing Spring (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 22 Dec 2021

The most stirring parts of “Beijing Spring” showcase the power of the cinematic arts…

Review of Writing with Fire (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 30 Nov 2021

At a time when the profession faces increasing dangers in India, the film’s faith in the powers of grassroots journalism is nothing short…

Review of Night Raiders (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 12 Nov 2021

Goulet’s sleek, lo-fi world-building — decrepit gray cityscapes; fields covered with smoke-spewing factories — is more compelling…

Review of All About My Sisters (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 14 Oct 2021

A film bristling with the kind of familial rancor that usually only emerges behind closed doors…

Review of Convergence: Courage in a Crisis (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 14 Oct 2021

The critical edge of the film feels blunted by platitudes (“Opportunities are born from crises,” says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the…

Review of He's All That (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 27 Aug 2021

Hot people pretending to be homely is par for the course in makeover movies; the real thrill lies in watching opposites attract…

Review of Sabaya (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 29 Jul 2021

Mahmud and Ziyad, volunteers at the Yazidi Home Center in Syria, will make several more such trips over the course of the film, and…

Review of Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 22 Jul 2021

The portrait of life that emerges organically from this understated, observant approach makes Eyimofe the rare social realist drama that…

Review of Toofaan (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 15 Jul 2021

In Toofaan, the Bollywood director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra attempts — with some success — to deepen the standard-issue sports drama…

Review of Cousins (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 01 Jul 2021

Widespread racism, discriminatory laws and the Maori people’s centuries-long struggle for autonomy bracket the characters’ lives in…

Review of Cousins (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 01 Jul 2021

Widespread racism, discriminatory laws and the Maori people’s centuries-long struggle for autonomy bracket the characters’ lives in…

Review of Cousins (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 01 Jul 2021

Widespread racism, discriminatory laws and the Maori people’s centuries-long struggle for autonomy bracket the characters’ lives in…

Review of Cousins (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 01 Jul 2021

Widespread racism, discriminatory laws and the Maori people’s centuries-long struggle for autonomy bracket the characters’ lives in…

Review of Sun Children (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 24 Jun 2021

Majid Majidi’s latest feature doesn’t lack in style or charm, using a child’s perspective — a staple in Iranian cinema — to…

Review of Asia (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 10 Jun 2021

Asia and Vika struggle to emerge as full-fleshed characters from the movie’s dull, blue-grey frames, while the script rushes through…

Review of Infinite (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 10 Jun 2021

Infinite muddles around with some wishy-washy Eastern philosophy, and has mostly charmless actors (with the exception of Ejiofor, magnetic…

Review of 8 Billion Angels (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 22 Apr 2021

The unfocused editing somewhat defangs the film’s urgency, but it does give a sense of the scale of the issue and the corporate greed…

Review of Roe v. Wade (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 01 Apr 2021

Those who disagree that abortion is akin to murder are unlikely to be persuaded, and even those on the fence might struggle to sit through…

Review of kid 90 (2021)

By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 11 Mar 2021

If the unremarkableness of the moments captured in Moon Frye’s footage is refreshing, it also makes for a somewhat insipid film…

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