‘Bombay Velvet’ is all Glitz and Glamour With a Lackluster Plot

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There’s no doubt about it: “Bombay Velvet” is visually stunning. How could it not be? Set in Prohibition-Era Bombay, with an amber-tinted lens lending a retro haze to sets of sprawling cabaret bars and cramped brothels; candlesticks illuminating darkened room corners; twinkling marquees rising up between urban alleyways, director Anurag Kashyap has both recreated—as well as reimagined—a city that is nothing short of dazzling in both its grit and glory. Read More