Kaiser Khan

Founder & Editor · Film & Culture

Kaiser Khan is Founder & Editor of Celluloid and founder of Elite Digital AI Solutions Ltd, which owns CelluloidScore.com. An entrepreneur and cultural producer, he sets the site’s answer-first editorial standard and transparent four-input Celluloid Score.

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960 reviews published on Celluloid

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critic Emilia Pérez

Emilia Pérez Review: The Bold Swing That Splits the Room

★★★☆☆ 3/5

Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez fuses cartel thriller, gender-transition drama and full-blown musical into one operatic gamble — an undeniably singular film whose glib treatment of trans identity and Mexican violence made it the most contested title of its year.

Audacious, undeniably alive, and deeply flawed — a genre-scrambling spectacle that dazzles and offends in equal measure. Impossible to ignore, hard to defend.

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Sacred Games Review: The Crime Epic That Announced Indian Streaming

★★★★☆ 4/5

Netflix's first Indian original, Sacred Games braids a weary Mumbai cop's race against catastrophe with a gangster's decades-spanning rise — a sprawling, profane and cinematically ambitious crime epic powered by Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

A bold, grimy and ambitious crime saga that put Indian streaming on the map — uneven across its two seasons, but frequently electric.

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The Boys Review: Superhero Satire With the Safety Off

★★★★☆ 4/5

Prime Video's The Boys weaponizes the superhero genre against itself, imagining caped icons as brand-managed celebrities and authoritarian monsters — a gleefully grotesque satire anchored by Antony Starr's terrifying Homelander.

Savage, filthy and sharper than it needs to be — a superhero deconstruction with real political teeth, if occasionally in love with its own excess.

critic The Invite

The Invite Review: Olivia Wilde Turns a Dinner Party Into a Chamber of Mirrors

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Olivia Wilde's chamber piece confines four extraordinary actors to a single apartment and lets the camera do the accusing — a comedy of manners that curdles, with real formal daring, into something closer to horror.

Wilde's best work by a distance — a razor-sharp, superbly acted single-location chamber piece. Don't miss it.

critic 1917

1917 (2019) Review: A British Classic

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Sam Mendes's 1917 (2019) endures as a defining war landmark from United Kingdom, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.

critic 3 Idiots

3 Idiots (2009) Review: An Indian Cinema Essential

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Hirani's crowd-pleaser balances laughs and social critique with rare emotional precision.

Essential viewing — among the finest films in Indian cinema.

critic 8½

8½ (1963) Review: An Italian Classic

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963) endures as a defining drama landmark from Italy, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Essential viewing — a certified classic.

critic A Dog's Will

A Dog's Will (2000) Review: A Brazilian Classic

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Osmar Prado's A Dog's Will (2000) endures as a defining comedy landmark from Brazil, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.

critic A Prophet

A Prophet (2009) Review: A French Classic

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Jacques Audiard's A Prophet (2009) endures as a defining crime landmark from France, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Essential viewing — a certified classic.

critic Ada Apa dengan Cinta?

Review Film Ada Apa dengan Cinta? (2002): Masih Relevan?

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Ada Apa dengan Cinta? bukan cuma film remaja — ia film yang menghidupkan kembali bioskop Indonesia setelah bertahun-tahun sepi, dan cara bicaranya soal cinta pertama masih terasa jujur sampai sekarang.

Wajib tonton — film yang membentuk selera satu generasi penonton Indonesia.

critic Aile Arasında

Aile Arasında (2017) Review: A Turkish Classic

★★★★☆ 4/5

Ozan Açıktan's Aile Arasında (2017) endures as a defining comedy landmark from Turkey, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.

critic Akira

Akira (1988) Review: A Japanese Classic

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira (1988) endures as a defining animation landmark from Japan, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Essential viewing — a certified classic.

critic All About My Mother

All About My Mother (1999) Review: A Spanish Classic

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Pedro Almodóvar's All About My Mother (1999) endures as a defining drama landmark from Spain, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Essential viewing — a certified classic.

critic All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) Review: A German Classic

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Edward Berger's All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) endures as a defining war landmark from Germany, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Essential viewing — a certified classic.

critic All We Imagine as Light

All We Imagine as Light (2024) Review: An Indian Cinema Essential

★★★★☆ 4/5

Payal Kapadia threads together the quiet loneliness of three Mumbai nurses with a patience that rewards close attention, resulting in a work of remarkable tenderness and visual poise.

Essential viewing — among the finest films in Indian cinema.

critic Amélie

Amélie (2001) Review: A French Classic

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie (2001) endures as a defining romance landmark from France, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.

critic Amores Perros

Amores Perros (2000) Review: A Mexican Classic

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Alejandro González Iñárritu's Amores Perros (2000) endures as a defining drama landmark from Mexico, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Essential viewing — a certified classic.

critic Amour

Amour (2012) Review: A French Classic

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Michael Haneke's Amour (2012) endures as a defining drama landmark from France, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Essential viewing — a certified classic.

critic Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall (2023) Review: A French Classic

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall (2023) endures as a defining drama landmark from France, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Essential viewing — a certified classic.

critic Andhadhun

Andhadhun (2018) Review: An Indian Cinema Essential

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Raghavan's darkly comic thriller became a word-of-mouth phenomenon across India and abroad.

Essential viewing — among the finest films in Indian cinema.

critic Anikulapo

Anikulapo (2022) Review: A Nigerian Classic

★★★★☆ 4/5

Kunle Afolayan's Anikulapo (2022) endures as a defining fantasy landmark from Nigeria, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.

critic Aquarius

Aquarius (2016) Review: A Brazilian Classic

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Kleber Mendonça Filho's Aquarius (2016) endures as a defining drama landmark from Brazil, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Essential viewing — a certified classic.

critic Arisan!

Arisan! (2003) Review: An Indonesian Classic

★★★★☆ 4/5

Nia Dinata's Arisan! (2003) endures as a defining comedy landmark from Indonesia, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Essential viewing — a certified classic.

critic Ayla

Ayla (2017) Review: A Turkish Classic

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Can Ulkay's Ayla (2017) endures as a defining drama landmark from Turkey, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.