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Island City
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It is a very well-made, confident film that fearlessly eschews Bollywoodisms and just exists in its distinctive rhythm; never for a second, feeling the need to shock and impress the audience.
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Laced with sly wit and captivating storytelling feints, Island City touches heights that Hindi films do only once in a blue moon. It is absolutely unmissable.
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This is a stellar debut film, as much for the storytelling as the subtle handling and dark humour.
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...this one deserves to be watched for its riveting take on love, longing and loneliness.
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As a tonally tricky, slyly subversive mood piece, it finds itself in a very small group of Hindi films. It’s also an intriguing new entry in the long tradition of films that explore the spiritual heartache of living in Mumbai.
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Writer-director Ruchika Oberoi's Fedora prize at last year's Venice Film Festival for Island City is well-deserved. Her approach to storytelling could be variously inspired by many, but she delivers on the style and format to make this a compelling watch.
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...is well paced, nuanced and to the point. Watch it for the sake of good cinema.
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Ruchika Oberoi’s understated style, on-point writing and sense of humour are significant new additions to the Indian cinemascape. Island City is a sorrowful yet amusing, acutely observant film.
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...is quite unlike any recent Hindi film. The complex narratives, laced with humour and satire, keep us enthralled while also presenting the deeper issues of life.
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You need to have an appetite for Isaac Asimov kind of sci-fi coupled with a taste for fine cinema. Else you’ll find yourself a little lost in the detailed and very dystopian world of this film.
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Do not miss this movie.
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...works best through these fleeting, arresting visuals, their impact diluting when the director turns her attention towards building the narrative arcs.
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Oberoi quirkily tells these twisted tragicomic stories.
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Three stories, tenuously tied in a presentation that is so amateurish, you wonder why NFDC would back this film school type story-telling.
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