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  • Surely, one of the greatest minds

    “Oh, you are impossibly dramatic,” Bronisława Dłuska says to her sister following a frantic argument in the opening minutes of Radioactive, director Marjane Satrapi’s biopic of Marie Curie. She might as well have been talking about this film.   Premiering at Toronto Internat...
  • Inside KGF art director Shivakumar J's drawing board

    KGF art director Shivakumar J on how he used his training in art to create the dark world of Narachi: 'We did an in-depth study of documentaries on mining, and saw how people lived there, the labour quarters, everything   Hours after watching KGF2, and once the adrenalin high of the Prashanth...
  • I don’t want to frighten them off with “female stuff”. Not any

    In the sharp and smart new Channel 4 comedy-drama Chivalry, written by Steve Coogan and Sarah Solemani, the acclaimed feminist director Bobby (Solemani), who has to work with Cameron, a classic chauvinist studio boss (Coogan, in a classic Coogan role), explains why her progress in the film industry ...
  • Shabana Azmi and Shah Rukh Khan have in common

    In Bollywood, we have seen several stars portraying the role of a journalist by giving their own emotional and realistic touch.   They have all nailed the role of an investigative journalist, albeit in different ways. Here is looking at the journalist’s journey via Bollywood.   1...
  • Shaunak Sen's documentary Film Festival's Special Screening

      Cannes Film Festival announces official fest line-up, Indian documentary 'All That Breathes' in Special Screening section. The 10-day festival, considered one of the most prestigious gathering of cinema talent from across the world, will also see Hollywood spectacles such as Top Gun: Maveric...