David Keighley | Photo Credit: X/ @IMAX David Keighley, a central figure in the development of IMAX and one of the foremost advocates of large-format cinema, has died at the age of 77. His son, producer Geoff Keighley, confirmed that he passed away Thursday in New York following a battle with neuroendocrine prostate cancer. Over…
Graham Greene as Kicking Bird in a still from ‘Dances with Wolves’ | Photo Credit: Majestic Films International Graham Greene, the Canadian actor whose breakout performance in Dances with Wolves earned him an Academy Award nomination, has died at the age of 73. His family confirmed he passed away Monday in Toronto after a long…
A still from Sabar Bonda | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Sabar Bonda, a fiction feature from Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, is set to release in theatres of India on September 19. The film, which won the Grand Jury Prize, the highest honour at the Sundance Film Festival 2025, is distributed by Rana Daggubati’s Spirit Media. Selected…
Dwayne Johnson poses for photographers on the red carpet for the film ‘The Smashing Machine’ during the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Scott A Garfitt Actor Dwayne Johnson broke down in tears after his film, The Smashing Machine, received a 15-minute standing…
‘Mark’, ‘Devil’ and ‘45’ are set for December 2025 release. The Kannada film industry, after a dull 2025 barring the sensational hit Su From So, is gearing up for a blockbuster December. This Christmas, three big films are set to cash at the box office, with Devil starring Darshan, Mark headlined by Sudeep and 45,…
A still from Malayalam film Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra, which is drawing audiences to theatres in huge numbers. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The makers of the newly-released Malayalam film Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra, have issued an apology to people of Karnataka, who had accused the film of portraying Bengaluru as “a hub of parties…
In the last couple of years, the question of female desire has quietly found its way into cinematic conversations courtesy of strong, young voices. After Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light and Shuchi Talati’s Girls Will Be Girls, this festival season, Nidhi Saxena’s Secret of a Mountain Serpent takes forward the craving for companionship among ordinary women to new…
Western instruments have long been part of Carnatic music’s landscape. The violin is credited as one of the earliest to be adapted into Carnatic concerts in the early 19th century by Baluswami Dikshitar, the younger brother of the renowned composer Muthuswami Dikshitar. He recognised the violin’s potential as an ideal accompaniment for Carnatic music due…
Mainstream Kannada cinema has shied away from the topic of caste. For filmmaker Bheemrao P, it was important to ensure that his debut venture didn’t get nipped in the bud. While promoting his movie, Hebbuli Cut, he called the film a tender story of a boy’s dream to get a fancy hairstyle. The film is…
Delhi P. Sunderrajan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Delhi P. Sunderrajan displayed his command over Sanskrit compositions at a vocal concert organised by The Music Academy, at the Kasturi Srinivasan Hall. M.R. Gopinath on the violin and Shertalai R. Ananthakrishnan on the mridangam were the accompanists. The concert was organised under the endowment instituted by…
