Director Paul Thomas Anderson of ‘One Battle After Another ‘. | Photo Credit: AP Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Guillermo del Toro, Chloé Zhao and Josh Safdie have been nominated for the Directors Guild’s top prize. The organisation announced feature film and first-time director nominees on Thursday for the 78th annual Directors Guild Awards. The…
Stills from ‘Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood’ and ‘Athena’ | Photo Credit: Crunchyroll, Netflix This week’s picks are siege stories at heart that examine empire from two ends of time and form. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (available of Crunchyroll) is an expansive, procedural anime, unfolding across decades of history and carefully engineered cause and effect. Meanwhile, Athena (streaming…
Adarsh Gourav and Shanaya Kapoor in the film | Photo Credit: Colour Yellow/YouTube The teaser of Adarsh Gourav and Shanaya Kapoor’s upcoming survival thriller, Tu Yaa Main was unveiled by the makers on January 9, 2026. The film, directed by Bejoy Nambiar, is based on a story by Himanshu Sharma with the screenplay by Abhishek…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin on Friday (January 9, 2026) alleged that the Central Board of Film Certification had also “become a new weapon of the BJP-led Union government”, after the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), and…
Tamil star Sivakarthikeyan, whose Parasakthiis set for release on Saturday, has opened up about the 20-odd changes implemented by the makers to comply with the instructions of the Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC). For the unversed, the makers of the Sudha Kongara directorial had approached a revising committee of the CBFC to appeal the…
Early on in The Raja Saab, a health scare prompts Prabhas to ask comedian Mahesh Achanta to fetch an odd assortment of items, from footwear to cigarettes. When Mahesh asks if he is serious, Prabhas snaps back with: do the needful — call an ambulance. The exchange is meant to be funny, but it lands…
A still from ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’ and ‘Tanvi The Great’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Four Indian titles, including Kannada blockbuster Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1 and the Hindi film Tanvi The Great, are among the 201 feature films eligible to compete for the Best Picture award at Oscars 2026, the Academy of Motion…
History lovers often crave the human drama behind epochal events. They pine for the backroom intrigue, the clash of egos, the creases in the starched characters that decorate our history books, not to forget the impact of their moral stand on the man on the street. These days, ancient and medieval history offers plenty of…
Jayanthi Kumaresh’s performance at Mylapore Fine Arts Club’s 74th Art festival in December 2025. | Photo Credit: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN Jayanthi Kumaresh’s veena recital turned out to be a unique ensemble, featuring rare ragas. She was supported by H.N. Smitha on the violin, B Jayachandra Rao on the mridangam and Pramath Kiran on the tabla and…
A still from ‘Jana Nayagan’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It was a slip between the cup and the lip for actor Vijay’s much-anticipated last movie Jana Nayagan as a single judge of the Madras High Court, on Friday (January 9, 2026), directed Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to issue U/A 16+ certificate forthwith,…
