Cinema Malayali is a Malayalam podcast for non-malayalam movies. Not a review but an introduction for movie lovers so they can choose what to watch next.

This first episode of the season will include the movies Conclave, A Real Pain, Bonehoffer, Wicked, Gladiator-2, Moana-2, The Order, The Fire Inside, Paradise Highway, Den of Thieves - 2 and Better Man

You can also find them on podcasts. A Malayalam Journal Pahayan Media, A Malayalam Professional and career podcast Agile Malayali, a malayalam podcast for books Vayanalokam, An english podcast Penpositive Outclass and a malayalam podcast for movies Cinema Malayali

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This episode we will talk of four movies

• All we imagine as light and more movies
• Kishkindha Kandam
• Thekku Vadakku
• Pani

You can also watch the Youtube version at https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaMalayali

Family comedy Successor, directed by Yan Fei and Peng Damo, has been Chinese cinema's surprise success of 2024. “Successor” tells the story of Ma Jiye and his parents. Ma Chenggang and Ma Chunlan work very hard but don’t make much money.

The Structure of Crystals (Polish: Struktura kryształu) is a 1969 Polish film directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. It is his debut feature, and it won the Mermaid Award at the Warsaw Film Festival.

Alien: Romulus ("ALIEN" and "ROMULUS" in all caps) is a 2024 American science fiction horror film directed and co-written by Fede Álvarez. Produced by Scott Free Productions and Brandywine Productions, it is the seventh installment in the Alien franchise and serves as a standalone interquel set between the events of both Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986). It stars Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu. The story concerns a group of young space colonists who, while scavenging a derelict space station, come face to face with a xenomorph.

Wendy and Lucy is a 2008 American drama film directed by Kelly Reichardt. Reichardt and Jon Raymond adapted the screenplay from his short story Train Choir. The film stars Michelle Williams as Wendy, a homeless woman who searches for her lost dog, Lucy (played by Reichardt's own dog of that name, who had previously appeared in Old Joy). It had its world premiere at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was screened at several additional film festivals before receiving a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 10, 2008.

This Closeness is a 2023 American comedy drama film written and directed by Kit Zauhar. The film stars Zauhar and Zane Pais as a young couple on vacation renting a room from a socially awkward host played by Ian Edlund. This js the wiki entry, but I think this was more of a deep drama than comedy.

Yella is a 2007 German drama-thriller film written and directed by Christian Petzold and starring Nina Hoss. The film is an unofficial remake of the 1962 American film Carnival of Souls. Yella premiered at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival where Hoss won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award.