Piplu then gave life to the story by moving the musical instrument shop Jatin & Company from that Shiuli tree along with Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and poet Shamsur Rahman. Sharing this backstory during a master-class held at the British Council as part of the European Film Festival yesterday, Shaniwar Piplu said, “I have created […]
The story had already been told in documentary form, but Waititi combined this slightly fictionalized form with his signature sense of humor – a winning formula, if the enthusiastic applause from the crowd was any indication. Waititi said on the red carpet, “I wanted to tell this story because it’s uplifting… I’d never tried to […]
The winners were selected by a jury led by director Damien Chazelle (La La Land) and also included Jane Campion and Laura Poitras, who won last year with Big Pharma documentary ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’. The runner-up Silver Lion went to Japan’s Ryusuke Hamaguchi for ‘Evil Does Not Exist’, a quiet and eerie […]
Festival CEO Cameron Bailey told the audience that he believed the film to be “the most mature, shining expression” of Miyazaki’s vision. The screening was the main event on the first day of TIFF, North America’s largest film festival, which began in the shadow of the twin strikes by actors and writers that have nearly […]
Chilean-born Pascal, 48, who has become a global icon thanks to TV hit ‘The Last of Us’, stars as ex-gunman Silva. He travels to see an old acquaintance, Ethan Hawke as a gruff-voiced Sheriff Jake, and the two spend what Almodovar calls an “orgasmic” night. The next morning, however, the tone changes, as it emerges […]
Just think of the interview in the film where Mrinal used Brecht’s concept of breaking the fourth wall very well. Here we see young actor Ranjeet Mallick behind the camera breaking the boundary between the real and virtual world, talking to the audience through the lens. It was all the more incredible in the context […]
Murphy, who previously starred in “Inception”, “Batman Begins”, “The Dark Knight”, “The Dark Knight Rises” and “Dunkirk”, has played the lead role in several Nolan films. The star-studded cast includes Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, Benny Safdie, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Alden Ehrenreich, Josh Peck, Jason Clarke, David Dastmalchian, Alex Wolff, James D’Arcy and […]
The competition is full of past winners, including two-time Palme d’Or winner Ken Loach, and other past winners such as Nanni Moretti, Wim Wenders and Hirokazu Kore-eda. Critics were enthusiastic, with The Hollywood Reporter calling it “an all-killer, no-filler program”. Scorsese’s “Killer of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, currently has […]
“I have finished the script of my last film,” the 60-year-old said when asked by Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux at the launch of his new book in Paris. Tarantino said, “I think we’ll probably shoot it in the fall.”
Helmed by Martin Scorsese, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Brendan Fraser as well as Jesse Plemons and Lily Gladstone. ‘Killer of the Flower Moon’, which is being produced by Apple Original Films, will then begin streaming on Apple TV+ at an unspecified date. Paramount Pictures will partner with Apple on the theatrical […]
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tarantino spent some years living in Austin, Texas. However, he primarily grew up in Los Angeles, California. As a young man, Tarantino frequented the now-defunct Video Archives rental store in Manhattan Beach, where he worked while writing, directing, and starring in his first unfinished film titled My Best Friend’s Birthday. As […]
Spielberg said that French director François Truffaut eventually persuaded him to make “ET the Extra-Terrestrial”, saying he had “the heart of a child”. “Truffaut said, you have to make a picture with the children,” he said. Spielberg is to collect an honorary Golden Bear for his life’s work on Tuesday evening at the Berlinale, Europe’s […]
