“Everything looks like Instagram images.”

This week in The Buzz Cut, a journalist's health worries the government, a director makes strides in science, and a climate report pleasantly waves at humans locked in self-destruction.

This week in The Buzz Cut, two women defy scientific odds with their friendship and Hollywood learns casting from Bollywood.

'Om Shanti Om' pays tribute to the power of stories and is a reminder to embrace excess in all forms -- whether joyful or bitter.

This week in The Buzz Cut, a director praises an actor's fall from class, a rapper's actions reverberate in a parallel universe, and a pop star is invited to speak about her imprisonment by the imprisoner.

This week in The Buzz Cut, Bollywood develops an advanced sense of humor, English aristocracy gets the representation it needs, and a corporation has an existential crisis.

Distorted portrayals of trans realities from a stereotypical and heteronormative gaze only embolden existing transphobia.

Bollywood taught us to care about people with disabilities only when they can figure out a way to "recover."

Breathless coverage of a star-kid's arrest over farmers' deaths and Pandora Papers is an example of political 'media priming.'

While we can't watch any more of Imtiaz Ali's tiring tropes, Jab We Met is a refreshing reminder of learning from women who love themselves.

The trope has molded and encouraged toxic ideas around masculinity and romantic relationships.

The movie is flawed -- but depicts a nuanced idea of family, relationships, and societal identity.

The vigilante exists to "solve" the problem by making the problem disappear.

The characters navigate their life choices using lies and deceit to survive a world set up against them.

Critics say the probe is an excuse to silence anti-government voices.

"We can ... see the progress over the last 70 years as these biases have been reduced."

Armed with crotch pads, communication skills and trauma handling know-how, intimacy coordinators can uncomplicate intimacy in Bollywood.

Despite the progress, the "[gender] imbalance in behind-the-scenes roles remains stunning."