24
Apr
There’s something oddly comforting about a world that admits it’s broken. Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 24: For a while, entertainment tried very hard to be… hopeful. Bright colours, clean endings, heroes who knew exactly what they were doing. It was aspirational. It was marketable. It was also increasingly a little exhausting. Now, the shadows are back. Across films and streaming platforms, audiences are leaning into darker, morally ambiguous narratives, the kind that don’t offer easy answers or convenient resolutions. Call it noir, neo-noir, or just storytelling without illusions, but the shift is visible. And perhaps more tellingly, it feels appropriate.…
