Biju Menon and Joju George in a poster of ‘Valathu Vashathe Kallan’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Puzzles, crosswords and word mazes are often associated with lazy Sunday mornings for a reason. For that is usually when a good number of people find enough mental space to indulge in the pleasure of solving one. These…
Catherine O’Hara. Photo: Pop TV via AP Catherine O’Hara, the Emmy-winning actor known for comedic roles across the decades – from Kevin’s beleaguered mom in “Home Alone” to the iconic Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek” – died on Friday (January 30, 2026) at 71. The Canadian-born O’Hara died at her home in Los Angeles “following…
A still from ‘Send Help’ | Photo Credit: 20th Century Studios Sam Raimi’s return to his Evil Dead roots is something to look forward to in the New Year. The Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness director mostly delivers, with sufficient amounts of gore, boar-hunting, and eye-gouging. This meek-shall-inherit-the-earth trip is completely satisfying —…
A still from Vijay’s Jana Nayagan. Photo: Special Arrangement The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court seeking that no order should be passed without hearing it in connection with the release of actor Vijay-starrer Jana Nayagan. A caveat is filed by a litigant in the high courts…
Marvel’s Wonder Man is a skittish little contraband smuggled into the MCU as something wholly averse to its spectacled scaffolding. Three years ago, the pitch alone would’ve been internet bait — an MCU series about an actor chasing a role in a fictional Marvel movie, stuffed with industry ribbing and showbiz self-parody — and yet…
Tharun Bhascker, Eesha Rebba in ‘Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The 2022 Malayalam film Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey was not subtle in its take on patriarchy, opting instead for an intentionally over-the-top reversal of power. In adapting the film into Telugu and relocating it to the Godavari region, director A.R. Sajeev…
Rani Mukerji in ‘Mardaani 3’ | Photo Credit: Yash Raj Films Mounted more than a decade ago as a challenge to the action-hero archetype, Mardaani‘s third instalment begins as a fiercely committed, unflinching crime thriller that delves deeper into the horrors of child trafficking and the begging mafia, delivered with raw brutality and social urgency. Anchored…
The restored Victoria Public Hall pays tribute to old instruments like kinnaram and kokkarai thanks to the efforts of Manikandan, a sound engineer, who also plays these instruments for visitors Source link
Javed Jaaferi in ‘Mayasabha’ | Photo Credit: Zirkon Films Just as Tumbbad soaked with rain, Mayasabha brims with smoke. If Tumbbad accumulated an age-old myth, Mayasabha exorcises an almost dystopian reality of a dilapidated single screen theatre. It carries the atmosphere of dread in its meticulously imagined morbid interiors of the space. Like the cursed…
A still from ‘Valavaara’. | Photo Credit: Morph Productions/YouTube Moments before the intermission of Valavaara (meaning favouritism), the movie’s lead character, Kundesi (Vedic Kaushal), lets out a huge cry of desperation. The scene is a testament to debutant director Sutan Gowda’s control over the craft, as he ensures we are as anxious and stressed about…
