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Viola Davis in ‘G20’ | Photo Credit: Ilze Kitshoff In line with the many president-saves-the-day films—an action sub-genre popularised by titles like Air Force One, White House Down, and the Has Fallen films—comes G20, starring a fierce Viola Davis as a POTUS who can throw quite a punch. That it’s headlined by Davis, an Academy … Read more

Frequently Made Mistakes | Episode 1 | Animal | Video Credit: The Hindu Welcome to ‘Frequently Made Mistakes’, a deep-dive series that unpacks where storytellers stumble—and how to course correct. In our premiere episode, we tackle one of the most widespread storytelling errors: representation that seems like endorsement. Just because a film shows toxic masculinity doesn’t mean it’s critiquing it. Our … Read more

Rangayana Raghu in ‘Agnyathavasi’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In Agnyathavasi, director Janardhan Chikkanna uses the setting as a powerful narrative tool. He turns to cinematographer Advaitha Gurumurthy and music composer Charan Raj to create an immersive experience for the viewers. The film, backed by Hemanth M Rao, boasts technical solidity, even as it tries hard to … Read more

‘Warfare’ movie review: Kit Connor and Will Poulter star in a harrowing tale of life and death on the battlefield 

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar speaks during the press conference of his upcoming movie ‘Kesari Chapter 2’ in Mumbai on April 11, 2025 | Photo Credit: AFP Akshay Kumar on Friday said only a fool would criticise his social dramas such as Padman and quickly backtracked when informed about Jaya Bachchan’s criticism of the title of … Read more

A poster of Telugu film ‘RRR’ featuring actors Jr. NTR and Ram Charan | Photo Credit: – A fight scene from SS Rajamouli’s RRR is among the three images that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences shared on Instagram to announce their new Oscar category – Achievement in Stunt Design. The picture from … Read more

Joel and Ellie pause for a moment outside the zoo in Salt Lake City, Utah, in a still from ‘The Last Of Us’ game | Photo Credit:  Naughty Dog By the quarantined summer of 2020, I found myself once again in the overgrown ruins of a familiar place. The screen flickered to life. A dilapidated … Read more

If your week began with The White Lotus finale, chances are the rest of it felt like a slow descent. But we’re here to cushion the fall. This is your weekly guide to all things film, TV, and hot takes you’re welcome to steal. This week we’re bidding farewell to two of the year’s most … Read more

In television, as in triage, timing is everything, and HBO Max’s brutal and oddly beautiful breakout medical dramaThe Pitt understands this implicitly. The most viscerally compelling series in its genre since ER defibrillated audiences in the ’90s, The Pitt wastes no time establishing its domain: the fictional emergency department of Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center, colloquially … Read more

A still from ‘Vidyapati’  Directors Esham and Haseen Khan enjoy generating humour out of desperate situations. Imagine a couple who can’t stand each other but are locked inside a house due to a pandemic. That was Ikkat in 2021. Imagine a flashy, greedy, and lazy man becoming a pauper overnight. That’s Vidyapati for you in … Read more

Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki’s anime fantasy films have enthralled generations of children both within Japan and internationally. These movies instilled in countless viewers a lifelong opposition to war, militarisation, and all forms of violence, regardless of their political affiliation. Across Studio Ghibli films like Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Castle in the Sky, soldiers … Read more

Nushrratt Bharuccha meeting PM Modi at CNN-News18’s ‘Rising Bharat Summit’ | Photo Credit: Instagram/@nushrrattbharuccha Actor Nushrratt Bharuccha took to social networking platform Instagram to share glimpses from her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At the CNN-News18’s ‘Rising Bharat Summit’, the actor met the PM and thanked him for his assistance in helping her evacuate … Read more

When Soha Ali Khan was dropped from Amol Palekar’s ‘Paheli’: ‘I had quit my job’

Amy Pietz | Photo Credit: Dana Patrick The Caroline in the City actress Amy Pietz will join the cast of Elle, an upcoming Amazon Prime Video series that serves as the prequel to Resse Witherspoon’s comedy movie Legally Blonde, reported Deadline. Pietz will have a recurring role in the series as one of the regular … Read more

Watch: I don’t want ‘yes men’ in my circle: actor Siddhu Jonnalagadda

Samuel L. Jackson | Photo Credit: CJ RIVERA Actor Samuel L Jackson is set to star in Paramount Pictures’ film Man Of War. The film will have a screenplay by Sheldon Turner. It is directed by Tim Story, who is also producing the project alongside Turner and Jennifer Klein, according to the entertainment news outlet … Read more

A still from ‘Alappuzha Gymkhana’ | Photo Credit: Think Music India/YouTube In Boxing, dodging a punch is probably as important as landing one. Filmmaker Khalid Rahman clearly knows a thing or two about this evasion technique, which he portrays so well in the elegantly staged boxing bouts in his fifth film, Alappuzha Gymkhana. Like a … Read more

Ajith Kumar in a still from ‘Good Bad Ugly’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil superstar Ajith Kumar has just made a scintillating return to form at the box office with Good Bad Ugly, which collected Rs. 28.50 crores on its opening day on Thursday, April 10. This figure is much bigger than the Rs. … Read more

Kamal Haasan with Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco, California, US | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Veteran actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan on Friday (April 11) visited the San Francisco headquarters of the AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI and met the company’s CEO Aravind Srinivas. Sharing pictures taken during the visit on … Read more

A still from ‘The Fall Guy’ | Photo Credit: Universal Pictures The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will officially recognise the art of stunt work with a new Oscar category for Best Stunt Design, debuting at the 100th Academy Awards in 2028 for films released in 2027. The long-anticipated move marks a historic … Read more

Four months into 2025, and there are three adaptations of author Harlan Coben’s books on Netflix — Missing You, the Polish adaptation of Just One Look, and Caught, set in Argentina. Two more adaptations are in production, and his latest book, Nobody’s Fool (published by Penguin Random House) has just been released. There is also the thriller he has written … Read more

Sunny Deol comes out of memes this week, demanding an apology from naysayers. Taking a break from the western front, the original one-man army fires a salvo on the Coromandel coast. When Bollywood takes a break from Muslim terrorists, it reincarnates Ravan to take on the hero. A decade after Shah Rukh Khan rode on Chennai … Read more

Who knew that a character sending a specific someone’s photo on a WhatsApp group would make for one of the ‘massiest’ sequences we have seen in recent times? Director Adhik Ravichandran, who, over the last ten years, has gotten us used to his use of bright colours, dutch-angle shots and quirky humour, takes it up … Read more

Mammootty in a still from ‘Bazooka’ A few late flourishes can sometimes redeem a film even though it might be hurtling downhill till that point. But, in Deeno Dennis’s directorial debut Bazooka, that supposed redemption arc comes way beyond a point where most of us would have stopped caring for the characters or the plot. … Read more

Director Neeraj Ghaywan posing during a photocall for ‘Masaan’ at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes | Photo Credit: AFP Ten years after his breakthrough debut Masaan was selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan returns to the Croisette with his sophomore feature Homebound, again featured in the same category. The … Read more

Dhanush, Mari Selvaraj and Ishari K Ganesh | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement We reported in 2023 that Tamil star Dhanush is teaming up with filmmaker Mari Selvaraj once again after 2021’s Karnan for a film produced by Dhanush’s Wunderbar Films. Now, on Wednesday (April 9), Dhanush announced that the film will be bankrolled by Ishari … Read more

The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is shaping up to be a year of familiar names, high expectations, and a notably strong Hollywood turnout. In a press conference held in Paris, festival director Thierry Frémaux, alongside president Iris Knobloch, unveiled a competition lineup that includes new films from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, Kelly … Read more

Tabu has gotten on board director Puri Jagannadh’s pan-India project that is set to feature actor Vijay Sethupathi. The project is being produced by Jagannadh and Charmme Kaur’s production house Puri Connects. The duo took to social networking site Instagram to share the news. Recently, Tabu was cast as Sister Francesca in Max’s (formerly HBO … Read more

Praveen Kandregula is soaking in the calm before the storm. Over a mocha at a cafe in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, the director is at ease discussing his two Telugu films awaiting release — Paradha, a story of female friendships featuring Anupama Parameswaran, Darshana Rajendran and Sangitha Krish, and Subham, a comedy produced by Samantha Ruth … Read more

Praveen Kandregula is soaking in the calm before the storm. Over a mocha at a cafe in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, the director is at ease discussing his two Telugu films awaiting release — Paradha, a story of female friendships featuring Anupama Parameswaran, Darshana Rajendran and Sangitha Krish, and Subham, a comedy produced by Samantha Ruth … Read more