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★★★★½
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is Céline Sciamma's 18th-century French love story between a painter and her reluctant subject, a romance built on precise, intense looking.
Yes. It is one of the great modern romances, ideal for viewers who love slow-burning period drama and are happy to let glances do the work of dialogue.
★★★★☆
Premalu is Girish A. D.'s breezy Malayalam romantic comedy about a lovestruck graduate chasing a confident IT professional in Hyderabad, with laughs to spare.
Yes. It is one of the funniest Indian romcoms of recent years, ideal for a light, feel-good evening, as long as you can live with its generous length.
★★★★½
Princess Mononoke is Hayao Miyazaki's animated fantasy epic about a cursed prince caught between a forest's gods and an ironworks town, and it refuses easy villains.
Yes. It is one of the great animated epics, essential for older children, teenagers and adults, though its violence makes it a poor pick for very young viewers.
★★★★☆
Problemista is Julio Torres's surreal New York comedy about a Salvadoran toy designer racing to save his US visa, with Tilda Swinton as his impossible new employer.
Yes. It is an original, funny and quietly angry comedy, ideal for viewers who like deadpan surrealism, though its whimsy will frustrate anyone wanting a sturdier story.
★★★½☆
Project A is Jackie Chan's period action comedy about a coast guard officer fighting pirates in colonial Hong Kong, a loose story built around dazzling stunt work.
Yes, with reservations. The set pieces with Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao are superb, making it a treat for action fans, but the plot is scrappy and the pacing uneven.
★★★☆☆
Project: High Council is a Malaysian boarding-school thriller about a secret student council ruling through bullying and blackmail; angry and bold, but uneven.
It depends. Viewers who like school-set thrillers with a social conscience will find its anger worthwhile; those who need tight plotting will notice the wobbles.
★★★★½
Psycho is Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller about a fleeing office worker and a lonely motel keeper, a film that rewired horror and still plays with its audience's nerves.
Yes. It remains one of the most influential and gripping thrillers ever made, essential for horror fans and film lovers, even if a few elements have dated.
★★★★★
Pulp Fiction is Quentin Tarantino's Palme d'Or-winning Los Angeles crime film, a shuffled deck of hitmen, boxers and robbers that changed American cinema in the 1990s.
Yes. It is one of the defining films of the 1990s, essential for anyone who loves crime cinema, great dialogue and bold storytelling, provided graphic violence is no obstacle.
★★★½☆
Pushpa 2: The Rule is Sukumar's Telugu mass-action sequel in which Allu Arjun's smuggler king chases power and respect, bigger and louder but looser than the first film.
Yes, with reservations. Fans of Pushpa: The Rise will get the swagger and set pieces they came for, but the punishing length and thin plot will test everyone else.
★★★½☆
Pushpa: The Rise is Sukumar's Telugu action drama about a labourer's climb through the red sandalwood smuggling trade, carried by Allu Arjun's iconic lead turn.
Yes, with reservations. It is a hugely entertaining star vehicle with a memorable hero and soundtrack, best for mass-cinema fans willing to sit through a baggy middle hour.
★★★★½
Queen is Vikas Bahl's Hindi comedy-drama about a jilted Delhi bride who takes her honeymoon alone in Europe, lifted by Kangana Ranaut's funny, disarming lead turn.
Yes. It is one of the most joyful Hindi films of its decade, ideal for anyone who wants a funny, heartfelt story of self-discovery with a truly memorable heroine.
★★★★☆
Queen of Tears is Park Ji-eun's 16-episode K-drama about a chaebol marriage on the brink, a lavish mix of in-law comedy, weepie and boardroom intrigue.
Yes, with reservations. It is a hugely entertaining melodrama for fans of Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Ji-won and big emotional K-drama, if you can forgive a cartoonish villain.
★★★½☆
Raging Fire pits Donnie Yen's upright cop against Nicholas Tse's vengeful former protégé in Benny Chan's final film, a Hong Kong action thriller built on set pieces.
Yes, with reservations. Action fans should see it for Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse at full tilt, as long as they can forgive a heavy, sentimental script.
★★★★½
Raise the Red Lantern is Zhang Yimou's severe, ravishing drama of a young concubine in a 1920s household, with Gong Li at her best as a woman learning its rules.
Yes. It is one of the great films of the Chinese Fifth Generation, essential for anyone interested in world cinema and patient enough for a slow, controlled tragedy.
★★★★½
Ran is Akira Kurosawa's King Lear transplanted to feudal Japan, a vast, colour-drenched tragedy of a warlord and his sons that ranks among the great war films.
Yes. It is late Kurosawa at full power, essential for lovers of epic cinema and Shakespeare, provided you can commit to nearly three hours of grim, stately tragedy.
★★★★½
Raqeeb Se is Kashif Nisar's Hum TV drama about a woman who flees her marriage to the home of a man she once loved; a literate, sharply acted Pakistani serial.
Yes. It is one of the most intelligent Pakistani dramas of its decade, ideal for viewers who value layered performances and social critique over fast-moving plot.
★★★★½
Rashomon is Akira Kurosawa's compact drama of a forest crime told by witnesses who cannot agree, the 88-minute film that made the world look at Japanese cinema.
Yes. It is essential for anyone curious about film history and still gripping as a puzzle about truth, though its theatrical acting takes a few minutes to adjust to.
★★★½☆
Recep Ivedik unleashes Şahan Gökbakar's boorish, beloved creation on a trip to Antalya, a crude Turkish comedy that became a pop-culture phenomenon.
Yes, with reservations. It is worth seeing as a slice of Turkish pop culture and for Şahan Gökbakar's committed clowning, if you can tolerate humour that is loud and crude by design.
★★★★☆
Red Cliff is John Woo's lavish retelling of the Three Kingdoms battle, with Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro as allies facing Cao Cao's vast army and fleet.
Yes, with reservations. It is grand, exciting historical spectacle for war-epic fans; seek out the two-part version if you can, as the single cut feels compressed.
★★★☆☆
Red Eye traps Rachel McAdams beside a menacing Cillian Murphy on an overnight flight, and Wes Craven's 85-minute thriller is tense until it touches down.
It depends. Thriller fans wanting a lean, well-acted night in will enjoy it, but anyone hoping for more than a tidy genre exercise may find it slight.
★★★★½
Reply 1988 is a 20-episode Korean family drama about five households sharing one Seoul alley in the Olympic year, and one of the warmest coming-of-age series made.
Yes. It is a tender, funny and deeply generous family drama for anyone who loves ensemble storytelling and nostalgia, provided you are ready for long episodes.
★★★★☆
Rivals adapts Jilly Cooper's 1980s bonkbuster into a lavish, knowing British drama about a TV franchise war, with David Tennant as a gloriously hateful villain.
Yes, with reservations. It is a hugely fun, frankly adult period romp for viewers who like glossy soap with wit, though its length and sprawl can blunt the fizz.
★★★★☆
Robot Dreams is Pablo Berger's dialogue-free animated film about a lonely dog and the robot he builds in 1980s New York, a small story with a big emotional reach.
Yes. It is one of the most moving animated films of recent years, ideal for adults and older children who are happy to let images and music do the talking.
★★★½☆
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani is Karan Johar's lavish Hindi family romance, pairing Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt as lovers from clashing Delhi households.
Yes, with reservations. Fans of big, song-filled Bollywood romance will have a great time, provided they accept its length, broad comedy and message-heavy speeches.