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Philedelphia based film distributor Artsploitation Films has been hibernating for the past 15 months, however, this June they come roaring back with brand new DVD and Blu-ray releases of festival favorites Horsehead, Der Samurai, and The House of 1,000 Eyes.In...

I'm a little late on these, but it is well worth catching up on a trio of recent releases from the upstart Artsploitation label on DVD. So, here are the initial releases, now on DVD:GanduWe love Gandu. Both Todd Brown...

There's a new kid on the indie distribution playground, and Philadelphia's Artsploitation Films is wasting no time in setting up a formidable stable of fantastic films. First up is the Earth-shaking debut narrative feature from Bengali enfant terrible, Q (Kaushik...

The London Indian Film Festival opens on June 20th, and among their programming coups is Q's festival smash, Gandu. Along with screening the film, the LIFF will be hosting the Gandu Circus, a live musical performance featuring Q and members...

Life has been a whirlwind adventure lately for Gandu director, Q. His magnificent breakthrough feature premiered less than a year ago at New York's South Asian International Film Festival, where Q earned a Best Director Award.  In the time since,...

With potent Indian indie cult drama Gandu - it means Asshole, regardless of what the poster may say - becoming one of the surprise festival hits of the year as it astounds audiences in Park City and Berlin, director Q...

[With Q's Gandu now screening in Berlin it seems a good time to revisit my previous review.]Bold, energetic and by turns both deliberately vulgar and sharply incisive, Kolkata based director Q is sure to turn heads with Gandu - a...

For a country with one billion residents, it is sort of strange that the cinematic culture of India seems so homogeneous to the outside world.  Bright and colorful musicals dominate the international community's view of Indian cinema.  For the most...

I can almost guarantee that regardless of how many Indian films you have seen, you have not seen one like Gandu. From a director who calls himself simply Q, Gandu falls very much in the gritty, indie, social realist side...