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For several decades, scholars believed that caste does not exist in Indian cinema, or if it does, that it could be studied only through the oppression of Dalits or lower castes. Making a significant departure in cinema studies, The Routledge Companion to Caste and Cinema in Indiaemphasises that caste is an everyday phenomenon in India,…

Anya Taylor-Joy in Lucky. Photograph: Jessica Brooks/Apple TV/APAnya Taylor-Joy in Lucky. Photograph: Jessica Brooks/Apple TV/AP Review

True to its name, ITV’s new primetime detective drama is dark. Really dark. Pitch-black levels of grimness and intrigue enough to effectively entice the British viewer, who by now is desensitised to seeing just any old dead body on screen. No, the corpses we want to pore over with our nighttime cuppa and chocolate digestive…

JK Simmons as Eamon Sweeney (centre), in The Westies. Photograph: Brooke Palmer/MGM+JK Simmons as Eamon Sweeney (centre), in The Westies. Photograph: Brooke Palmer/MGM+ Review

Nothing good happens to Akshaye Khanna in an SUV. In Dhurandhar (2025), he narrowly escapes an assassination attempt inside the car and now, in Siddharth P Malhotra’s courtroom-drama Ikka, a girl’s bloodied body falls off his vehicle’s shotgun seat in the dead of the night. Akshaye’s Shauryaman Gaur is the perfect villain. He is a politician’s brat whose…

Two wars at once … Gabriel Ferraud (Louis Peres) in The Sentinels. Photograph: BBC/Caroline Dubois/Federation Studio France/Esprits Frappeurs/CANAL+Two wars at once … Gabriel Ferraud (Louis Peres) in The Sentinels. Photograph: BBC/Caroline Dubois/Federation Studio France/Esprits Frappeurs/CANAL+ Review

Money talks … Gary Stevenson. Photograph: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4Money talks … Gary Stevenson. Photograph: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4 Review

‘There are at least three songs and dances round the campfire per episode’ … Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie. Photograph: ERIC ZACHANOWICH/NETFLIX‘There are at least three songs and dances round the campfire per episode’ … Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie. Photograph: ERIC ZACHANOWICH/NETFLIX Review

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Watch Trailer Ikka Released: 10 Jul, 2026HindiThriller & DramaStreaming On: Netflix