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Sunil Chauhan

Sunil is a writer and programmer. He regularly curates seasons at south London's Deptford Cinema and co-runs the documentary screening collective Wavelength.

We have 40 reviews by Sunil Chauhan in the database: read them here.

Latest Film Reviews

  • As Light As Air (2026)
    Review preview for As Light As Air

    Primarily a patchwork piece devoted to conveying an enigmatic sense of place, rather than following a clear through line.

    Sunil Chauhan · 3 out of 5
    Documentary about Sufi pilgrims.
  • The Cats Of Gokogu Shrine (2024)
    Review preview for The Cats Of Gokogu Shrine

    As ever, Soda’s style is patient, unintrusive, and warmly curious.

    Sunil Chauhan · 3.5 out of 5
    Documentary about the cats that have set up home around the Shinto shrine in Ushimado.
  • L'Homme-Vertige: Tales Of A City (2024)
    Review preview for L'Homme-Vertige: Tales Of A City

    L’Homme Vertige forces you to lament changing cityscapes and the fate of residents at the mercy of local authorities and property developers

    Sunil Chauhan · 3.5 out of 5
    Documentary about Point-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe.
  • Architecton (2024)
    Review preview for Architecton

    As much as Architecton rues humanity’s depletion of our resources, it also marvels at our ability to harness materials for our own ends.

    Sunil Chauhan · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary meditation on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveals our destruction - and offers hope for survival.
  • Dahomey (2024)
    Review preview for Dahomey

    Vigorously covering all bases, Diop cuts elegantly to give each position ample space.

    Sunil Chauhan · 3.5 out of 5
    Documentary about the return of artworks to Benin that were looted by French colonisers.
  • Mangosteen (2023)
    Review preview for Mangosteen

    The film is compellingly, playfully wayward, a documentary-leaning piece so sincere you might not entirely believe it to be a fictional construction until the credits roll.

    Sunil Chauhan · 4 out of 5
    Beginning at a mangosteen juice factory on the east coast of the gulf of Thailand, we follow brother and sister as their interior worlds reach out to meet one another.
  • The Taste Of Mango (2023)
    Review preview for The Taste Of Mango

    The brutality of the abuse is never played down or shied away from, but nor is it considered insurmountable.

    Sunil Chauhan · 3.5 out of 5
    Three generations, spanning London to Sri Lanka, weave together in this documentary considering a history of abuse.
  • An Asian Ghost Story (2023)
    Review preview for An Asian Ghost Story

    Wang’s affection for his subject matter is clear, but he also seems to delight in inviting the viewer to question what’s relayed.

    Sunil Chauhan · 4 out of 5
    Documentary exploring the haunting memories of Asia’s late 20th-century modernisation through the large-scale export of wigs during the Cold War.
  • Nowhere Near (2023)
    Review preview for Nowhere Near

    It's never a difficult watch, both because of, and despite its refusal to sit with anything too long.

    Sunil Chauhan · 3 out of 5
    Documentary reflecting the filmmaker’s attempts to understand his and his family’s experiences as undocumented Filipino immigrants in the US.
  • Tokyo Uber Blues (2022)
    Review preview for Tokyo Uber Blues

    As its wryer, original title Tokyo Bicycle Festival suggests, Aoyagi’s film is never heavy-handed.

    Sunil Chauhan · 4 out of 5
    Documentarian records his work as an Uber delivery guy in the pandemic.

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