Austin Abrams as Jay Gardiner in ‘Whalefall’ | Photo Credit: 20th Century Studios The biblical tale of Jonah and the whale is the stuff of endless Sunday school entertainment, where…
Category: Bollywood
Telangana CM Revanth seeks film stars’ help to prepare people for El Nino challenges
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said that film starts and other influential personalities’ connection with the public could help communicate the importance of conserving water and using electricity judiciously.…
Shah Rukh Khan announces music festival UNIFYD with Arijit Singh, Karan Aujla, and Sonu Nigam
Shah Rukh Khan has curated the upcoming music festival UNIFYD | Photo Credit: PTI and Special Arrangement Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has announced a music festival titled, UNIFYD, which…
‘Street Fighter’ movie review: Fists, fetishes and a fighting chance at cult status
Fighter games have always posed an obnoxious little problem for Hollywood. While action games, adventure games, horror games, RPGs and narrative-driven games feature some semblance of storytelling to be excavated,…
Albert Theatre: the fading of Rajini’s fortress in Madras
Albert Theatre. File | Photo Credit: R. Ragu The lights were out, a torn, old poster of a film fluttered in the wind, and on the pavement, a woman constable…
‘Nayyi Navelli’ movie review: Yami Gautam’s genre-neutral offering is high on decibels, low on charms
Yami Gautam in ‘Nayyi Navelli’ | Photo Credit: Amazon MGM Studios India/YouTube Nothing can prepare you for Yami Gautam’s Nayyi Navelli. The film begins as a typical small-town comedy. It…
‘Sacrifice’ movie review: Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy bumble along in this confused satire
Chris Evans in ‘Sacrifice’ | Photo Credit: Elevation Pictures/YouTube Satirising your own self is a tricky art form. It requires a balance of contempt and tolerance for the same party.…
Writer of the Malayalam series ‘Eyes’, Anjana Nayar, on how she came to create it
Anjana Nayar, story writer of the crime thriller web series ‘Eyes’ | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Eyes, the Malayalam web series streaming on SonyLIV, would resonate with most women a…
‘Prahaar: The Ujjwal Nikam Story’ movie review: Caught in the paradox of fairness
The dastardly attacks of 26/11 have been covered in Indian cinema from multiple angles. This week, director Avinash Arun takes us into the systemic battle that followed, through the singular…
‘Crazy Kalyanam’ movie review: A middling marriage drama salvaged by a strong finish
“The ordinary is the writer’s richer field. Its unexpectedness, its singularity, its infinite variety afford unending material,” novelist Somerset Maugham famously observed about the inspiration that ordinariness offers for stories.…