Siddhant Adlakha
Siddhant Adlakha is a film critic and entertainment journalist originally from Mumbai. He currently resides in New York, and is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle.
By Siddhant Adlakha
'A Nice Indian Boy' review: East-meets-West with a twist in an instant rom-com classic
One of the year's funniest, most rousing festival discoveries.
'On Becoming a Guinea Fowl' review: A fierce, acerbic Zambian comedy-drama about community
Set entirely during a multi-day funeral, Rungano Nyoni’s sophomore effort is a rigorous work of African feminism.
'April' review: A visceral Georgian abortion drama
Déa Kulumbegashvili's sophomore feature, about a brave obstetrician, is riveting and disturbing.
'Hard Truths' review: Mike Leigh explores deep-seated anguish through darkly funny realism
Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers a knockout performance as a woman on the verge of oblivion.
'Oh, Canada' review: Paul Schrader's latest is his most personal work
Richard Gere delivers a towering performance as a documentarian with one foot in the grave.
'Nickel Boys' review: A masterful work of friendship, violence, and memory
One of Hollywood's finest literary adaptations is the result of elliptical editing and a first-person POV.
'It's What's Inside' review: Netflix’s latest thriller can't be missed
Brilliantly crafted by writer/director Greg Jardin and a deviously good time.
'Pavements' review: A slanted, enchanting documentary-biopic-prank
Alex Ross Perry takes the concert film and the music biopic to strange and hilarious heights.
'Emilia Pérez' review: An incendiary transgender cartel musical
Jacques Audiard's gaudy, star-studded Cannes winner is stirring, and surprisingly philosophical.
'Girl Internet Show: A Kati Kelli Mixtape' review: A loving homage to an internet oddity
A YouTube compilation that creates a space for outsider art.
'Maria' review: Angelina Jolie sets an opera biopic ablaze
A towering, career-defining performance from a woman who knows the spotlight all too well.
'The Brutalist' review: A modern American masterpiece
Brady Corbet crafts a towering achievement about immigrants, architecture, and Jewish identity.
'Chainsaws Were Singing' review: This '70s horror throwback is a time capsule… of the early 2010s?
A scattered, tongue-in-cheek musical that pays homage to older films and simpler times.
'The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee' review: A movie giant narrates his bio-doc from beyond the grave
The legacy of the “Lord of the Rings” actor is told through an oddly mechanical film.
'The Substance' review: Demi Moore dazzles in a derivative midnight snooze
At last, Cannes embraces body-horror schlock, but the film is more metaphorical than meaningful.
'A Different Man' review: Sebastian Stan leads a stunning, self-reflexive drama on representation
Aaron Schimberg's follow-up to "Chained for Life" delves even deeper into on-screen facial difference.
'Eden' review: Ron Howard's island drama is numbingly dull, and ugly as sin
Despite great performances from Jude Law and Ana de Armas, the survival thriller offers few actual thrills.
'Look Into My Eyes' review: A24's doc breathes meaning into psychics
A self-reflexive film that yields catharsis, whether or not you believe its psychic subjects.
'Baby Invasion' review: Harmony Korine's hypnotic, gaming-inspired nightmare
A film that zeroes in on how life is gamified, and people are dehumanized online.
'The Order' review: Jude Law goes freak mode while chasing neo-Nazis
The true story of a white supremacist cult allows "Assassin's Creed" director Justin Kurzel to fine-tune his approach.
Slingshot review: Casey Affleck's sci-fi comeback fumbles
It's "Interstellar" without the blight or the sense of cosmic mystery.
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'Good One' review: A tense-father daughter hike tests the bonds of trust
India Donaldson's feature debut is a thrilling, low-key drama about a queer teenager and two divorced dads.
'Cuckoo' review: Hunter Schafer soars in kooky body horror gem
Dan Stevens is horror's favorite wild card.
'Trap' review: A wildly entertaining father-daughter thriller
M. Night Shyamalan's latest is a ludicrous romp filled with surprising sentimentality.