Santosh

...doesn't offer hope or liberation, instead leaving viewers with a sense of burning outrage at the inequities shown.

Sandhya Suri’s police drama reckons with power’s corrupting force.

...Sandhya Suri works in a globally familiar style of contemporary, post-Dardennes neorealism: minimal exposition, documentary-esque location filming, jumpy scene transitions, blunt symbolism, no music.

Even at its most traumatic, “Santosh” gives viewers plenty to consider.

...served its purpose by hitting the powerful uncomfortably close to the bone.

...terrifically tense cop movie digs into sexism and caste prejudice in India.