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.
Latest From Siddhant Adlakha
'A Nice Indian Boy' review: East-meets-West with a twist in an instant rom-com classic
Rarely has a rom-com been this simultaneously hysterical and touching.
'The Woman in the Yard' review: A baffling mix of horror ideas
You won't believe where this movie goes — that is, if you can follow it.
'Are We Good?' review: Marc Maron becomes the face of pandemic-era grief
Steven Feinartz's documentary follows the comedian and podcast host on and off stage.
'The Rivals of Amziah King' review: Matthew McConaughey leads a wildly entertaining musical Western
A story about revenge and community told through bluegrass music, visual maximalism, and sappy melodrama.
'Opus' review: Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich face off in offbeat thriller
A24 tackles the cult of celebrity.
'The Actor' review: André Holland is a man with amnesia trying to find himself
Donald Westlake’s posthumous book gets a visually stunning adaptation.
‘The Dutchman’ review: André Holland stars in a risky stage-to-screen translation
Debuting director Andre Gaines canonizes Amiri Baraka’s 1964 play in wildly unique ways.
'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.
How 'Dark Match' blends wrestling, horror, and satanic cults
"This is a fun movie, first and foremost, and it's visually absurd."
By Mark Stetson and Siddhant Adlakha
'Kiss of the Spider Woman' review: Jennifer Lopez dazzles, but is that enough?
"Dream Girls" director Bill Condon returns with a daring movie musical.
'Peter Hujar's Day' review: Ira Sachs gently brings 1970s New York to life through a dramatic experiment
Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall co-star in this buzzy Sundance fave.
'Sing Sing' review: Colman Domingo delivers in prison-set friendship drama
A24 offers a powerful work of community storytelling.
'Jimpa' review: Does Sundance's buzzed-about queer family drama live up to the hype?
Sophie Hyde’s semi-autobiographical saga takes a blinkered approach to personal and cultural history.
'If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You' review: Rose Byrne stuns in nauseating thrill ride about motherhood
Conan O’Brien, A$AP Rocky, and Danielle Macdonald co-star in Mary Bronstein’s audacious anxiety nightmare.
What drives John Cena? The 'What Drives You' host speaks out
The new Roku series features Logan Paul, Jelly Roll, The Miz, and more.
'September 5' review: a blinkered, noncommittal thriller about an Olympic hostage crisis
Who knew a film about news coverage of Israel and Palestine could be so tepid?
‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ review: 'Grand Theft Auto' meets Shakespeare in hilarious, moving doc
Putting the "grand" in "Grand Theft Auto."
'The Last Showgirl' review: Pamela Anderson leads a shattering ensemble as an aging burlesque entertainer
Vegas plays home to Gia Coppola's powerful work of meta-textual casting.
'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.
'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.
'American Primeval' review: Can Netflix's grimy Western mini-series best 'Yellowstone'?
Familiar beats filtered through chaos and nihilism.
2025's biggest movie anniversaries: 'Jaws' to 'Batman Begins' and beyond
Brace yourself. Some of these are gonna hurt.
'The Fire Inside' review: A boxing biopic whose punches don't always land
Rachel Morrison's feature-length debut nearly turns a real-life story of sport and circumstance into something worthwhile.
'The Brutalist' review: A modern American masterpiece
Brady Corbet crafts a towering achievement about immigrants, architecture, and Jewish identity.
'Juror #2' review: Clint Eastwood's masterful Hollywood throwback
Part homage, part inquiry, and entirely enthralling.
