Engaging in a different kind of tension, [Bhutiani] crafts a modest yet spiritually inspiring story...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 31, 2019

The father-son bond dominates this bittersweet tale, which is not only impeccably played by a fine cast, but also beautifully designed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 6, 2018

Quietly profound, very moving, very engaging and made me feel like I was in a kind of magical bubble and when cinema works at it best, that's what it does.

| Nov 6, 2018

An Indian comedy full of emotional depth and understated paradox.

| Nov 6, 2018

The filmmakers make the most of a tiny budget here.

| Nov 6, 2018

Bhutiani's characters play at a very modest pitch. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 29, 2018

Shubhashish Bhutiani tells his story with delicacy, without selling folklore for export and without the emotional approach between that father and son sounds like a guiding formula. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 27, 2018

Beautifully photographed. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 26, 2018

Hotel Salvation is a bittersweet meditation on life, death and salvation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 27, 2017

Hotel Salvation is a celebration of all the things we miss when we stop looking around at just how amazing life can be, and sometimes a reminder is all it takes to remember to smile.

| Nov 3, 2017

Filmed on a modest budget with a subtle sense of place and pace, this highly impressive debut considers mortality with a wry compassion that's rare for such a young director.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 31, 2017

Looks beautiful ... with night-time scenes rendered in gorgeous indigo blues and deep purples, brown faces lit by warm orange lamps.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 27, 2017

Hotel Salvation is a film of great tenderness, one that relishes the details of physical reality, even while acknowledging that leaving all behind is the most natural, even essential thing of all.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 25, 2017

A dextrous Indian drama set in a hostel for the dying on the banks of the Ganges, replete with wry humour, cheeky visual gags and an obsession with the paradox of celebrating life on the edge of death.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 25, 2017

A wonderful look at how tradition can still hold values despite societal and technical advancements in a deeply spiritual country like India.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 25, 2017

This modest, melancholy affair unfolds with wry humour and a warm heart as the demanding father and his resentful son find peace, love and understanding.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 25, 2017

This beautifully rendered Indian arthouse film, the debut of young director Shubhashish Bhutiani, enacts a subtle family comedy-drama that anyone who has spent time with an ageing parent could relate to easily.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 25, 2017

The film has feeling, warmth, wisdom and locations gorgeous with history.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 24, 2017

A leisurely, wise and ultimately affecting meditation on the benefits of letting go

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2017

Highly satisfying in many senses: audio-visually, emotionally and spiritually.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2017