Over the past fortnight or so, I watched three new films that could not have been more different—Michael, The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Project Hail Mary—and yet each was entertaining and thought-provoking in its own way, with Michael and Project Hail Mary being visually stunning as well. They were the kind of films that stay with you long after you leave the theatre. The best films—including the lesser-known but equally good ones—always offer something to think about and talk

I can never guess the culprit in Agatha Christie novels until Hercule Poirot lays it all out at the end. Likewise, I didn’t see the twists coming in The Silent Patient (2019), even if at times they might have seemed obvious. Just not to me. Maybe I wasn’t paying attention; so absorbed was I in this cleverly crafted psychological thriller. Alex Michaelides’ debut novel, to use a cliché, pulls you in from the start with an unsettling theme: thirty-three-year-old Alicia Berenson

I’ve never been a big fan of horror movies or TV shows —I just don’t have the stomach for it. But every now and then, a morbid curiosity gets the better of me, and I enter the dark world of the supernatural: ghosts, spirits and otherworldly beings who aren’t exactly the friendliest of entities. Stubs keeping me company while I'm watching a horror movie. So, with my finger over the mute button, I recently watched—in broad daylight and with our pet, Stubs, by my side—two horr