Sister Midnight (15)

★★★★ This Mumbai-set comic horror finds the terror in arranged marriage. ~ The Guardian.

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The BAFTA nominated film written and directed by Karan Kandhari.

A newly arranged marriage. An oddball couple shoved together in a small Mumbai shack with paper-thin walls. They are awkward and alone-together.

Unpredictable Uma does her best to cope with the heat, her total lack of domestic skills, nosy neighbours and her bumbling spouse until the nocturnal world of Mumbai and its inhabitants lead her to face her own strange behaviours.

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★★★★ Oddly poignant — and quite beautiful. ~ Financial Times.

★★★★ Karan Kandhari’s film about a misanthropic newlywed giving into her feral impulses is an unpredictable, genre-bending delight. Like its heroine, this flouts all convention. ~ Little White Lies.

★★★★ A feral feminist fable with a whole lot of bite. ~ Time Out.

★★★★ And a rousing soundtrack, from Bengali folk to the strains of Iggy Pop, whose 1977 track gives the film its title, all lend this surreal and inventive comedy horror unique flavour. ~ Radio Times.

★★★★ An endlessly inventive marriage of perfectly pitched comedy and deranged ambience. ~ Irish Times.