There are films that show women, and then there is Shuchi Talati, who turns inward, revealing what it feels like to be inside women’s minds and bodies. Asserting that desire and shame, love and resentment can co-exist. Her diary-like personal storytelling has raw, uncomfortable immediacy, quite unlike, say, Payal Kapadia’s poetic abstraction, or Mira Nair’s…
A lonely woman forming a bond with a preternaturally clever octopus has the very real danger of tipping into twee. Remarkably Bright Creatures, directed by Olivia Newman (Where the Crawdads Sing), carefully walks the thin line between sanded down Hallmark moments and genuine human connection, and mostly succeeds. Remarkably Bright Creatures (English) Director: Olivia Newman…
There are films that show women, and then there is Shuchi Talati, who turns inward, revealing what it feels like to be inside women’s minds and bodies. Asserting that desire and shame, love and resentment can co-exist. Her diary-like personal storytelling has raw, uncomfortable immediacy, quite unlike, say, Payal Kapadia’s poetic abstraction, or Mira Nair’s…
The poster of ‘Aakhri Sawal’ | Photo Credit: duttsanjay/Instagram Sanjay Dutt’s political-drama, Aakhri Sawal, has been postponed by a week and will be released now on May 15, the makers announced recently by unveiling the film’s trailer. Directed by Abhijeet Mohan Warang, the film also stars Amit Sadh, Neetu Chandra, Tridha Choudhary, and Sameera Reddy…
Shruthi Rajanikanth and Anrudh Balu in the film | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT At one point in the Malayalam short film Blue Lily, the viewer feels uneasy. It is about domestic violence, but the question that crops up is “who is the perpetrator?” Since it is a film on domestic violence, one, by default, expects…
Krishand at work | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Back in February, National Award winning filmmaker RK Krishand’s first commercial film Masthishka Maranam: A Frankenbiting of Simon’s Memories hit the big screen. For any ardent film buff, Krishand’s movieverse is familiar. The movie sat in the liminal space between reality, truth and altered reality, discussing larger…
Sachu Mathew Kuruvila at IFFK | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Sachu Mathew Kuruvila from Kottayam is on cloud nine. The Light, his six-minute debut short, recently found a place at AI Film Awards, an international event that ‘celebrates the transformative fusion of artificial intelligence with cinematic and advertising innovation.’ Sachu’s short film is head to…
‘Gullak’ also stars Jameel Khan, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Harsh Mayar and Sunita Rajwar in pivotal roles | Photo Credit: Sony LIV Actor Anant Joshi has joined the cast of Sony LIV’s Gullak season 5, the streamer announced on Friday (May 8, 2026). Anant, known for 12th Fail, Maamla Legal Hai and Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhein, will…
For a videogame franchise that built its global reputation on digitised heads exploding inside arcades, Mortal Kombat has spent over three decades surviving every possible fatality except cultural extinction. The series began in 1992 at Chicago-based developer Midway Games, where creators Ed Boon and John Tobias fused martial arts cinema, Hong Kong fantasy aesthetics, and…
FILE – British presenter David Attenborough holds his Bafta award Specialist Factual at the British Academy Television Awards at a central London venue, May 18, 2014; posters of ‘Life In Colour’ and ‘Parenthood’ | Photo Credit: Jonathan Short/Invision/AP and Special Arrangement Legendary natural historian and beloved television host Sir David Attenborough is celebrating his 100th…
