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FILE PHOTO: Angie Stone performs during a free tribute concert to the late Aretha Franklin at Chene Park in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., August 30, 2018. | Photo Credit: LEAH MILLIS Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and known for the hit song “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” … Read more

Harrison Ford attends the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards, in Los Angeles, California | Photo Credit: Reuters Harrison Ford will be absent from this year’s Academy Awards after being diagnosed with shingles. The 82-year-old actor, who was scheduled to present at the 97th Oscars on Sunday, withdrew from the event on Saturday morning, according to … Read more

A still from ‘Flow’ | Photo Credit: @madmanfilms/YouTube Pardon the wordplay in the headline. I could not help it. Films rarely feel as simple yet complete and…. as perfect as Gints Zilbalodis’ animated fantasy adventure, Flow. In a runtime of less than 90 minutes — in which not a single word is spoken yet a … Read more

Ibrahim Ali Kha, Khushi Kapoor in ‘Nadaaniyan’ | Photo Credit: YouTube/Netflix India Netflix India has debuted the trailer for Nadaaniyan, a romantic drama marking the debut of Ibrahim Ali Khan and co-starring Khushi Kapoor. Directed by Shauna Gautam and produced by (who else?) Karan Johar, the film is set to stream from March 7.  Set … Read more

Oscar logos are pictured in the red carpet area for Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. | Photo Credit: Chris Pizzello The Oscars fever will grip the world on Monday (India time), March 3, as the 97th Academy Awards is set to take place in … Read more

M.K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar. | Photo Credit: SREE RAMASEVA MANDALI The 116th birth anniversary of M.K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, widely regarded as the first superstar of Tamil cinema, was observed today in a special Guru Pooja ceremony. The Tamil Nadu government recognised this occasion as a state event, reflecting Bhagavathar’s immense contributions to both the film industry … Read more

Union Minister and actor Suresh Gopi (file) | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister Suresh Gopi on Saturday (March 1, 2025) conceded that cinema may have a role in the violence occurring in society, but it cannot be said that movies were the source of the same. Mr. Gopi, the Union Minister of State for Petroleum, … Read more

Playback singer Shreya Ghoshal. | Photo Credit: THAMODHARAN B Singer Shreya Ghoshal on Saturday said that her X account has been hacked and warned fans not to access any link sent from her profile on the microblogging site. Ghoshal shared a post on her Instagram handle, saying that her X account was hacked on February … Read more

Madame Web, an American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character of the same name, nabbed the most wins at the 45th Razzie Awards on Friday, including worst picture, actress and screenplay. The Razzie Awards are the annual Oscar spoof that spotlights Hollywood’s worst performances. Seinfeld actor Jerry Seinfeld’s Netflix satire about the cereal industry, … Read more

While stepping into films like Aghathiyaa, you need to set your expectations right, something the promo material of the Pa Vijay-directorial fails to do. So when the film opens with a drone shot swooping us into a palatial bungalow replete with translucent ghosts and a Piano-playing French woman whose head can turn 360 degrees, you … Read more

Francis Ford Coppola. | Photo Credit: AP Multiple Oscar-winner Francis Ford Coppola on Friday said he was “thrilled” to accept this year’s tongue-in-cheek Razzie Award for worst director, insisting it shows he has a “courage” sorely lacking in modern Hollywood. The legendary filmmaker behind The Godfather and Apocalypse Now poured his own money into last … Read more

Brad Winderbaum and Daredevil/Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) in Marvel Television’s ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ | Photo Credit: Ruth Dhanaraj and Giovanni Rufino Nearly 10 years after Daredevil dropped on Netflix, comes the continuation/revival, Daredevil: Born Again. Running for three seasons from 2015 to 2018, Daredevil tells the story of Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer by day … Read more

A 16-foot long memorial of 3,000-odd film technicians, primarily actors, who have traversed the Malayalam film industry since the first Malayalam film, Vigathakumaran, in 1928, to the present, sounds like hyperbole which stretches the imagination. And then I see it at the Aluva home of former insurance employee-turned-artist Javan Chacko and his wife, Reena. Resting … Read more

A still from ‘Crazxy’ | Photo Credit: @sohumshahfilmss/YouTube We get so many spam calls these days that it is hard to figure out which ones are real. Then, while driving the car, you listen to FM stations where prank calls drive the programming. Director Girish Kohli employs this odd everyday reality in this thrilling race … Read more

A file image of Raj Kapoor Many decades ago, there lived in Kolkata — then Calcutta — a boy called Shrishti Nath Kapoor, who studied in a school called Mitra Institution in Bhowanipore. When his family later moved to Bombay, he not only carried along the artistic influence that Calcutta left on him but also … Read more

The 16th Bengaluru International Film Festival will begin with an inauguration ceremony outside the premises of Vidhana Soudha on Saturday. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the annual festival while veteran star Shivarajkumar and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar will join the event as chief guests. Books to be released Shivarajkumar, who returned from the U.S. … Read more

Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist is the kind of project that seems willed into existence by sheer conviction alone. A stark, unflinching, and rigorously designed meditation on ambition, power, and the immigrant experience, the film unfolds with the same extended grandiosity as the clean, concrete constructs its protagonist spends his life erecting. Running a formidable 202 … Read more

A still from ‘Sabdham’  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement What distinguishes music and noise is a thin line. It also seems to be the case between service and business for those with healthcare needs. The former involves soundwaves while the latter can be implied with a heartbeat waveform and in both cases, the lines cannot … Read more

Ibrahim Ali Khan as Arjun Mehta, Khushi Kapoor as Pia Jaisingh in ‘Nadaaniyan’ | Photo Credit: Megha Chattani/Netflix Avail on 3/1/2025 The Potato Lab A passionate researcher’s life takes a turn when a strict director arrives at her potato lab — proving that love can sprout in the most unlikely places. Avail on 3/3/2025 Hot … Read more

Carrie-Anne Moss and Keanu Reeves in ‘The Matrix’ | Photo Credit: Ronald Siemoneit A friend’s brother, who happens to be an assistant cinematographer, shared on his Instagram story how he enjoyed watching the sci-fi thriller Coherence. Of course, I had to reply to him asking if he caught the recent Tamil film Black, an adaptation … Read more

Timothée Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unknown’ Do not go into A Complete Unknown expecting your senses to be set upon a magic swirling ship a la Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There or Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese or No Direction Home. James Mangold’s biopic based on Elijah Wald’s 2015 book, … Read more

Stills from ‘Good Bad Ugly’ | Photo Credit: Mythri Movie Makers Ajith Kumar, in a scene from Vedhalam, replies to one of the villains if he looks like someone from a Mexican cartel before taking him out. In his upcoming film, the Adhik Ravichandran-directorial Good Bad Ugly, the teaser of which dropped today, the actor … Read more

‘Superboys of Malegaon’ movie review: Not too super, much too safe

For an institution that loves to drape itself in the grandeur of Hollywood’s golden age and dedicate itself to celebrating the best in cinema, the Oscars have always been just a bit of a mess. The annual night at the Dolby Theatre desperately wants to be a bastion of taste and cultural significance, but more … Read more

Jyotika, Anjali Anand, Shalini Pandey, Shabana Azmi, Nimisha Sajayan in ‘Dabba Cartel’ | Photo Credit: Netflix Shabana Azmi is the fiery queenpin of a female outfit. They ply a disreputable trade. Her underlings feel the heat of her glare. She suffers no fools. I’m talking, of course, about a film called Mandi, directed by the … Read more

Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani are expecting | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Bollywood actors Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani have announced their pregnancy. In an Instagram post, the couple, who are expecting, shared a picture of knitted baby socks and wrote: “The greatest gift of our lives. Coming soon.” Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani were married … Read more

A still from ‘Kudumbasthan’. | Photo Credit: Think Music India/YouTube Kudumbasthan, the hit Tamil comedy drama, has continued the successful run of actor Manikandan. Released on January 24, 2025, in theatres, the movie is directed by Rajeshwar Kaliswamy. The movie revolves around the life of a newly-married middle-class youngster. As he succumbs to the pressure … Read more

K J Yesudas. | Photo Credit: KARUNAKARAN M Vijay Yesudas, actor, playback singer and son of KJ Yesudas, has responded to the rumours about the legendary singer’s health. Recent reports said Yesudas, 85, was facing age-related issues and was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai. “There is no truth to the reports of hospitalisation,” … Read more

A still from ‘Poovu‘ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Poovu, a film by cinematographer Anish Babu Abbas, takes viewers along with the characters on a road trip. It is the metaphorical journey as well, where the protagonist’s life comes full circle.  As he drives through picturesque landscapes — lush fields, bridges, forests and tree-lined vistas, … Read more

A still from ‘Nickel Boys’ | Photo Credit: Prime Video RaMell Ross has been trying to reshape our understanding of what storytelling can be. His debut, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, turned everyday Black life into something lyrical and ineffable, demonstrating how cinema could hold time gently and reverently, before it slips away. Now, … Read more