‘Chasing Coral’ documentary is a reminder that natural beauty comes with an expiry date

Jeff Orlowski’s timely film charts the attempts of scientists to arrest the slow death of the world’s coral reefs.

Vikram Johri

· Jul 23, 2017 · 03:00 pm

‘All that matters to them is the world around their mother’: documentary on children born in prison

Malati Rao’s ‘Born Behind Bars’ brings out the stories of children whose mothers are inmates of Chanchalguda prison in Hyderabad.

Archana Nathan

· Jul 17, 2017 · 12:00 pm

Makers of stalled AAP documentary: ‘This conversation needs to happen on the big screen’

Vinay Shukla and Khushboo Ranka’s ‘An Insignificant Man’, about the rise of Arvind Kejriwal, has been stuck without a censor certificate since February.

Aakash Karkare

· Jul 09, 2017 · 12:00 pm

Documentary ‘Kedi’, about Istanbul’s friendly felines, is catnip for cat lovers

Ceyda Torun’s acclaimed film is a love poem for cats as well as the humans who care for them.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jul 08, 2017 · 12:00 pm

Watch: Satyajit Ray’s ‘Sikkim’, made before India annexed the kingdom

The documentary was banned for nearly 40 years, and resurfaced only in 2010.

Sruthi Ganapathy Raman

· Jul 07, 2017 · 10:15 am

‘Nobody Speak’ documentary lionises Gawker as a champion of journalistic virtue

The Netflix film raises some valid questions but tries to be too many things at once.

Vikram Johri

· Jul 02, 2017 · 04:30 pm

What happens when Oliver Stone interviews Vladimir Putin? Empty banter and immense silence

Rather than insight into the Russian president’s controversial policies, what we get is a puff piece.

Vikram Johri

· Jun 29, 2017 · 03:00 pm

Marina beach protests were like Occupy Wall Street, says director of jallikattu documentary

Santhosh Gopal followed five protesters among the lakhs who descended on the Chennai beach in January to agitate against the ban on the bull-taming sport.

Archana Nathan

· Jun 25, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Documentary ‘Hare Krishna!’ casts a devotee’s eye on the ISKCON movement

The documentary traces ISKCON founder Srila Prabhupada’s conquest of the West.

Shikha Kumar

· Jun 23, 2017 · 04:00 pm

In documentary ‘Par Ek Din’, millennial Indian musicians attempt to make it big

Jaideep Varma’s 89-minute film tracks the journey of indie band City Haze to their first live performance.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 21, 2017 · 05:58 pm

Hindutva, Trump and trolls in documentary on Amartya Sen

Suman Ghosh’s film draws from a conversation between economists Amartya Sen and Kaushik Basu.

Aakash Karkare

· Jun 21, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Documentary retraces the journey of the woman from Faizabad who became Begum Akhtar

Nirmal Chander’s visually sumptuous ‘Zikr Us Parivash Ka’ is a cradle-to-grave account of one of India’s most celebrated classical music artists.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jun 20, 2017 · 01:30 pm