On “Dead Hosts”: Examining Pakistani Horror
Millizai calls his film the first "found footage" horror film from Pakistan.
On Dowry in “An Important Calculation”
Alina was better off.
“Na Maloom Afraad 2”: Ignoring history is ignoring yourself
“Na Maloom Afraad 2” demonstrates implicit biases that can take away from the plot.
“Wrong No. 2”: A quiet hero in an outlandish world
“Wrong No. 2’s” portrays the one of the best reveals where, after a moment of naturalism and groundedness, a hero’s love declaration loses impact when seeing his father’s
“Wrong No.”: Duplicating metanarratives could involve more variation in the duplicates
“Wrong No.’s” storyline touches on every beat it’s expected to, with some missed opportunities in selling them.
“What Will People Say”: The bait and switch of patriarchy
"What Will People Say” is certainly not for the faint-hearted, but its themes are far from gratuitous. Too many films relating to family violence hinting or resulting in honor ki
“Intezaar”: Qabool Again
“Intezaar” is a 2022 Pakistani film that finds love in uncomfortable, but sometimes endearing ways in a story about an adult daughter and her elderly father accommodating her m
“Baaji”: Baji needs a break
The negative attention Meera get about not being able to keep up is implicated to be because of her age, where she directs her attention (and at times, an obsession) to making a n
“Load Wedding”: There is no price worth ignoring the value of your daughter
“Load Wedding” delivers social commentary through a blockbuster romcom in which one hopes its fatphobia entangled with its sporadic empowerment messaging is to showcase societa
“Moor”: Passivity in the face of corruption threatens to breed a lineage of immorality
“Moor,” with some subtlety, has the voice of my grandparents when they look at what has become of their Pakistan. It gives this sense that Pakistan was never given a fair chanc