PUBLISHED February 22, 2026 KARACHI: Ever wondered how Netflix manages to churn out successful shows that land on your watch list and quickly become the topic of discussion among friends? The answer is simple: for every hit, there are several misses. The platform experiments constantly, learning what works and what …
PUBLISHED February 08, 2026 KARACHI: The Rip might not have released in a cinema near you, but it’s one of those films that would have played just as well on the big screen. Not only does it reunite Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, but it also restores the audience’s faith …
PUBLISHED February 01, 2026 KARACHI: Nisar Bazmi wasn’t just an ordinary music director—he was an institution. His name remains synonymous with quality film songs produced from the 1960s through the 1990s. His renowned student, Tanvir Afridi, pays a heartfelt tribute to his Ustad in the form of a biography, Kon …
Often mistaken for relevance, youth is prized almost everywhere in the world. To look young is assumed to mean confidence, competence, energy — still visible, still in the game. In a culture obsessed with speed, beauty, and productivity, youth offers protection from ageism and social erasure. But the desire to …
PUBLISHED January 11, 2026 KARACHI: There are bad films. Then there are worse films. And then some films sit beyond the worst—an unenviable category that Huma Shaikh’s Item proudly occupies. From a poster that screams cringe to a trailer that confirms it, the film ultimately blossoms into a full-fledged cringe …
PUBLISHED December 14, 2025 The last two decades have transformed the ecology of literary culture worldwide, but perhaps nowhere more dramatically than in the geographically dispersed world of Urdu letters. Social media, with its open gates and restless churn, has become both an agora and an anteroom, a performance space …
PUBLISHED November 16, 2025 KARACHI: I came across a reel on Instagram recently that described Dr Victor Frankenstein as the “OG f***boi”. As funny as this Gen Z take on the titular protagonist of Mary Shelley’s classic of Gothic horror may sound, it may not be that far off — …
PUBLISHED November 16, 2025 KARACHI: When Steven Knight set out to dramatise the making of Ireland’s most famous drink, few expected him to stir such potent contradictions. House of Guinness is not just a period drama about ale and ambition — it’s a story about class, faith, and the uneasy …
PUBLISHED November 02, 2025 KARACHI: My Life With the Walter Boys (MLWTWB) sat on my watch list quite for some time and I didn’t start seeing it until not so long ago, when a feisty tweeny mentioned to me that she had enjoyed the book of the same name by …
PUBLISHED July 20, 2025 KARACHI: Nordic thrillers are always my cup of tea — a new one on the streamer, and I’m instantly pulled in. This is probably because of the dark-ish stories, intense characters and flawless performances. The Nordic approach is to usually portray characters with depth, allowing older …