Friday July 1 to Thursday July 7, 2016

Michael Grandage's 'Genius' is a deeply romantic film, albeit the kind one rarely sees on screen: a romance of the written word.

"Jon Favreau’s new production of The Jungle Book for Disney is nothing short of spectacular: a reinvention of the much-loved cartoon feature brought to life with taste, heart, and cutting-edge technology... any doubts I had about combining a live-action Mowgli (Neel Sethi ) with CGI-rendered animals was dispelled within moments.

"This adaptation of Jojo Moyes’s best-seller (scripted by the novelist herself) might have the structure of a comfort-food weepie, but it’s a rom-com with brains. The movie manages to shift sensitively from laugh-out-loud moments to tear-jerking scenes, discussing euthanasia on the way. In this adaptation, the book’s millions of readers have nothing to worry about.

"'A Hologram for the King' has great energy, and also a languorous, lived-in quality. Adapted by Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) from the Dave Eggers novel, the movie locates us in a place — Saudi Arabia — and makes us want to stay. It finds a rhythm and engages us in the struggle of the central character. It becomes a kind of world, and we’re glad to be in it.

"The world’s best tv and cinema ads are chosen each year in Cannes, France. In May, it’s home to the most famous film festival on the planet. Then in June, it plays host to the Cannes International Festival Of Creativity. Over 4000 film and video commercials from dozens of nations are submitted to the judges.