An anthology of eleven short films from eleven directors featuring stories of life in Mumbai.
Rahul Dholakia, Manish Jha, Anurag Kashyap, Ayush Raina, Kundan Shah, Jahnu Barua, Rituparno Ghosh, Shashanka Ghosh, Ruchi Narain, Revathi, Sudhir Mishra
Director
Meer Asad Ali
Raj Singh Arora
Akkash Basnet
Abhisar Bose
Neetu Chandra
Master Chinmay
Deepak Dobriyal
Sunil Grover
Kavita Kaushik
Soha Ali Khan
Sonali Kulkarni
In Saudi Arabia, a little girl (Wadjda) is told she can't have a bike because she's a girl. Wadjda struggles to obtain a bicycle to race her friend, Abdullah, due to the gender inequality and cultural norms of Saudi Arabia.
An Indonesian film that brings strong representation of Asian descent in this heart-warming tale of a woman and her dog.
'Zombieland: Double Tap' was entertaining and fun at times, but not very evolved. It had poorly developed female characters and stereotypical characters of color.
Disney's live-action remake is vibrant and beautiful, with updated music and classic enthusiasm, but it fails to push the envelope and provide nuance for Ursula.
Everyone needs a BFF and a "wing person" like Yumi (Chloris Li). Li brings the "straight person" persona, literally and figuratively balancing James Aaron Oh's perfectly timed comedic delivery as the unlucky-in-love.
One of THE most frustrating trends in the mainstream film industry over the last several decades has been the onset of comedy efforts that seem SO focused on being crude and/or gross-out in all ways possible. That, at least for me, makes them no longer funny.