Wade out: the New York–based festival is honoring two Indian filmmakers whose works, despite their seeming hermeticism, stand in serious dialogue with the politics of their times
Easy rider: the late cinematographer Navroze Contractor wielded the camera as both a weapon and a paintbrush, giving stunning form to bold adventures in independent Indian fiction
Face the past: The Tamil filmmaker’s latest is an intricate, star-studded period epic, and yet another triumph in an extensive filmography characterized by a masterful blending of convention, innovation, and integrity
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