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India's most successful star kid had 2 blockbusters at 25, was lauded at Cannes; not Ranbir Kapoor, Allu Arjun, Hrithik
1 week, 2 days ago

India's most successful star kid had 2 blockbusters at 25, was lauded at Cannes; not Ranbir Kapoor, Allu Arjun, Hrithik

Hindustan Times  

The term star kid has been used almost in a derogatory fashion by Indian film fans of late. India's most successful star kid left a legacy that went much beyond hits and flops India's most successful star kid The Kapoor family is often considered India's biggest and most influential film clan. Among the biggest names is Raj Kapoor, the eldest …

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Blood, sweat and fears: Inside the rise of body horror
1 week, 3 days ago

Blood, sweat and fears: Inside the rise of body horror

Hindustan Times  

The human body is a grotesque battlefield, or at least that’s one way to look at it. The idea of body horror can be traced at least as far back as the 19th-century Gothic novel, says Xavier Aldana Reyes, a scholar of Gothic horror in films and literature, at Manchester Metropolitan University. “Body horror” is believed to have been coined …

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The voices of Mrinal Sen and Payal Kapadia
1 week, 4 days ago

The voices of Mrinal Sen and Payal Kapadia

Live Mint  

Kharij, which won the Jury Prize in 1983 at Cannes, was the last film by an Indian to win a competition award at the festival before Payal Kapadia won the Grand Prix this year. Kapadia has a lovely flair for the voiceover: her first film, A Night of Knowing Nothing, is stitched together with a young woman filmmaker’s voice. Bhuvan …

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Tom Cruise was ‘stressed and afraid’ at Cannes Film Festival
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Tom Cruise was ‘stressed and afraid’ at Cannes Film Festival

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Tom Cruise was “stressed and afraid” when debuting the 2022 thriller …

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See entertainment’s biggest moments in 2024, through the lens of Associated Press photographers
2 weeks, 2 days ago

See entertainment’s biggest moments in 2024, through the lens of Associated Press photographers

Associated Press  

2024 wasn’t all “Wicked.” The year draws to a close with the film dominating the box office and discourse after a marketing blitz that saw stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande grace not just premieres, but the Oscars, Met Gala and Olympics too. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Democratic presidential nominee Vice …

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Looking back at MAMI 2024
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Looking back at MAMI 2024

Hindustan Times  

The 2024 MAMI Mumbai Film Festival was a notably more low-key affair than years past. “Shuchi Talati’s debut feature Girls will be Girls isa mother-and-daughter coming-of-age symphony of charged silences, withering stares and stolen moments.” When the organisers came together to pick the opening film, the choice must have been a no-brainer. Another festival-fêted standout, also starring Kusruti, was Shuchi …

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Faceless, dialogue-less movie 'Meta the Dazzling Girl' wins Best Experimental Film Award at Cannes
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Faceless, dialogue-less movie 'Meta the Dazzling Girl' wins Best Experimental Film Award at Cannes

India TV News  

Director Prasandh Mamul's film 'Meta the Dazzling Girl' has brought pride to the country by winning the prestigious Best Experimental Film Award at the Cannes World Film Festival. After this prestigious award, plans are being made to send the film to the Oscars next year 'Meta the Dazzling Girl' is a film that will take the audience to a different …

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To attend his Cannes premiere, he fled an Iranian prison sentence. The film is worth it
3 weeks, 5 days ago

To attend his Cannes premiere, he fled an Iranian prison sentence. The film is worth it

LA Times  

About a half an hour before the start of my conversation with exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, he gets tragic news from his home country. “In the last 15 years I’ve had very much to do with interrogators, the censors, the judicial system and the security apparatus of Iran,” Rasoulof says. “But as I got closer to the end of …

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Actor Divya Prabha on the ‘All We Imagine As Light’ effect and how she feels she found her space in cinema with it - The Hindu
1 month ago

Actor Divya Prabha on the ‘All We Imagine As Light’ effect and how she feels she found her space in cinema with it - The Hindu

The Hindu  

Actor Divya Prabha agrees that life has changed since May 2024, when her film, the Payal Kapadia-directorial All We Imagine As Light won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. But, I told her, ‘I want to work with you and that is why I am here’.” After the second round of auditions Payal told her to give Anu …

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The 2025 Oscars BuzzMeter: What’s getting the buzz so far?
1 month ago

The 2025 Oscars BuzzMeter: What’s getting the buzz so far?

LA Times  

The Buzz is back! Mike Leigh — “Hard Truths” “Because of the scale and scope of ‘The Brutalist,’ Venice best director winner Brady Corbet could beat out Sean Baker and Jacques Audiard, but it’s a close race. Marianne Jean-Baptiste — “Hard Truths” “It’s ‘Anora’ vs. ‘Emilia Pérez’ again as Mikey Madison and Karla Sofía Gascón battle. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor — “Nickel …

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Oscars 2025: Early assumptions. True or false?
1 month ago

Oscars 2025: Early assumptions. True or false?

LA Times  

We’re a week out from Thanksgiving, still figuring out how much turkey to buy, how a bird that size will possibly fit into our oven and whether we might use our next-door neighbor’s oven as a backup. Answer: True Karla Sofía Gascón stars in Jacques Audiard’s unusual musical “Emilia Pérez.” It’s usually silly to declare races over this early, but …

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Hansal Mehta Says OTT Platform Is Interested In Cannes Winner All We Imagine As Light; Distributor Responds
1 month ago

Hansal Mehta Says OTT Platform Is Interested In Cannes Winner All We Imagine As Light; Distributor Responds

ABP News  

New Delhi: Filmmaker Hansal Mehta has claimed that Payal Kapadia's Cannes winner All We Imagine As Light is facing difficulty in securing a platform for its digital debut. On Monday night, Mehta shared a review of the film by American news outlet The New Yorker and said he has that "no OTT platform" has bought the film as of yet. …

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Hansal Mehta claims no OTT platform is buying Cannes winner All We Imagine As Light
1 month ago

Hansal Mehta claims no OTT platform is buying Cannes winner All We Imagine As Light

India TV News  

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta has claimed that Payal Kapadia's Cannes winner All We Imagine As Light is facing difficulty in securing a platform for its digital debut. The film scripted history by becoming the first film from India to win the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival in May this year. On Monday night, Mehta shared a review of …

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Hansal Mehta: No OTT platform is buying Cannes winner All We Imagine As Light
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1 month ago

Hansal Mehta: No OTT platform is buying Cannes winner All We Imagine As Light

India Today  

Renowned filmmaker Hansal Mehta has voiced his frustration over the state of independent cinema in India, revealing that All We Imagine As Light, a film that won the Grand Prix award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, has struggled to find a home on any major OTT platform. In a recent tweet, Hansal wrote, "And from what I hear, a …

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Payal Kapadia on Laapataa Ladies being India's Oscar pick: I've been a fan of Kiran Rao since Dhobi Ghat
1 month, 1 week ago

Payal Kapadia on Laapataa Ladies being India's Oscar pick: I've been a fan of Kiran Rao since Dhobi Ghat

Hindustan Times  

For Payal Kapadia, director of All We Imagine As Light, awards don’t define the value of a piece of work. Speaking to us ahead of her film’s theatrical release on November 22 in India, Kapadia says awards are a “bonus” and not the measure of how a film is liked. Though she does know that “it is because of the …

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Her film floors audiences worldwide, even if her home country dropped the ball
1 month, 1 week ago

Her film floors audiences worldwide, even if her home country dropped the ball

LA Times  

Have you ever watched a movie and been so enveloped by its world that you wanted to live in it? Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia remembers seeing Wong Kar-wai’s “Chungking Express” as a teenager and adoring its dreamlike vibe of romantic longing so much that she wanted to hop on the next flight to Hong Kong so she could get lost …

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Sometimes cinema can be closer to poetry than prose: Payal Kapadia on 'All We Imagine...'
1 month, 1 week ago

Sometimes cinema can be closer to poetry than prose: Payal Kapadia on 'All We Imagine...'

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Cinema can sometimes be closer to poetry than prose, says filmmaker Payal Kapadia whose much acclaimed "All We Imagine As Light" is an ode to women, their inner world and the bustling city of Mumbai that becomes home. The poetically titled "All We Imagine As Light", which is ready for its theatrical run on November 22, features dialogues …

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Shekhar Kapur to start shooting for 'Masoom' sequel in 2025
1 month, 1 week ago

Shekhar Kapur to start shooting for 'Masoom' sequel in 2025

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur on Monday said he will start shooting for the follow-up to his 1983 film "Masoom" early next year, with original stars Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah set to return. Shekhar Kapur to start shooting for 'Masoom' sequel in 2025 The two actors will be joined by Manoj Bajpayee, who worked with Kapur in "Bandit Queen", …

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Directors’ Fortnight comes to L.A. for the first time, plus the week’s best movies
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Directors’ Fortnight comes to L.A. for the first time, plus the week’s best movies

LA Times  

Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. But also very freeing.” Mati Diop‘s stirringly enigmatic documentary “Dahomey” won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year and is Senegal’s entry for the international feature Oscar. But in its relaxed professionalism, it’s still a worthy closing argument for what …

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MAMI 2024: Shabana Azmi Receives Excellence in Cinema Award for 'All We Imagine As Light'
2 months ago

MAMI 2024: Shabana Azmi Receives Excellence in Cinema Award for 'All We Imagine As Light'

Hindustan Times  

The 2024 edition of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival opened with a full-house screening of filmmaker Payal Kapadia's Cannes Grand Prix winner, All We Imagine As Light. Veteran actor Shabana Azmi received the Excellence in Cinema Award. The festival also celebrated 50 years of Shabana's career with a special screening of her iconic film Arth.

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His Palme d’Or may change things, but for now, he can still go to the movies in L.A.
2 months, 1 week ago

His Palme d’Or may change things, but for now, he can still go to the movies in L.A.

LA Times  

If you drive down Crenshaw Boulevard in Gardena, you might see the marquee for an old movie theater. Sitting here now at Gardena Cinema, Baker reflects on how movies — and the joy of movie theaters — helped inspire “Anora.” “I got rejected from McDonald’s and Burger King,” he says, laughing in a sweetly nerdy way, remembering applying for summer …

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13 films that made audiences faint and be sick: ‘I couldn’t take it anymore’
2 months, 1 week ago

13 films that made audiences faint and be sick: ‘I couldn’t take it anymore’

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This James Franco drama – based on the real story of …

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Donald Trump didn't want The Apprentice released before the US election. It's coming to cinemas this week
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump didn't want The Apprentice released before the US election. It's coming to cinemas this week

ABC  

Around the time Ali Abassi was first offered Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice in 2018, the Iranian-born Danish director couldn't actually enter the US due to Trump's infamous travel ban. The Apprentice is the semi-biographical story of Donald Trump's ascension through New York's real estate scene in the 80s, and his relationship with lawyer/mentor Roy Cohn. Jeremy Strong plays ruthless …

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AFI Fest brings the best from other festivals to L.A. film fans
2 months, 3 weeks ago

AFI Fest brings the best from other festivals to L.A. film fans

LA Times  

An image from the 2024 documentary “No Other Land,” an examination of the Palestine-Israel conflict. The festival will close with the world premiere of 94-year-old Clint Eastwood’s “Juror #2,” a legal thriller starring Nicholas Hoult. Pablo Larraín’s “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie as opera star Maria Callas; Tim Fehlbaum’s “September 5,” which dramatizes the Olympics hostage crisis of 1972; Athina Rachel …

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