TRIBUTE: Birth Centenary Special Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Stories, songs, and socialismJuhi SaklaniHis films, often loosely labelled as middle-of-the-road cinema, deserve a more engaged appraisal.
FRONTLINE EXCLUSIVE ‘A tired hero questioning his own relevance’: Vinay Shukla on Ravish KumarAditya Shrikrishna
Interview ‘Chello Show has a sincerity and innocence that celebrates the power of cinema’: Shivendra Singh DungarpurSuhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Pride Month Paradox within a paradox: ‘Trans Kashmir’ captures the precarious lives of the transgender community in the ValleyUmmul Baneen HyderTrans Kashmir is a testament to the power of documentary film-making.
Hindi Cinema Changing values of Hindi cinemaM.K. RAGHAVENDRAFrom films highlighting moral values to those portraying “illegality as enterprise”, ethical motifs in popular Hindi cinema have undergone a tremendou
Film Review Movie Review: ‘Puzhu’ dissects the insidious worm of casteC.S. VenkiteswaranPuzhu is the most recent in a series of Malayalam films that have explored and elaborated on the ways in which caste hatred and violence works in Kera
CINEMA 'Mi Vasantrao' captures the making of maverick classical vocalist Vasantrao DeshpandeGouri DangeThe Marathi film Mi Vasantrao on famed classical singer Vasantrao Deshpande takes us into the very essence of his life.
Documentary This Oscar-nominated documentary delves into the art of darknessTabish KhairDanish film-maker Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s ‘Flee’ is a complex and moving story about refugees, with Afghanistan as its background.
Interview: Anand Patwardhan Anand Patwardhan: 'Silence is no longer an option' Ziya Us SalamInterview with the film-maker Anand Patwardhan.
CINEMA Chilean documentary films: Records of resistanceVIDYARTHY CHATTERJEEAs Chile looks forward to a hopeful future under the recently elected socialist President Gabriel Boric, a review of the large body of films that has
Tribute Lata Mangeshkar: Lingering melodyZiya Us SalamLata Mangeshkar (1929-2022) enthralled music lovers across eras and leaves behind a treasure trove of songs that will resonate with generations to com
Tribute: Sidney Poitier To Sidney, With LoveSuhrid Sankar ChattopadhyaySidney Poitier (1927-2022), the iconic actor and first black Hollywood superstar, subtly used cinema to transform popular culture in America. His film
Film Review “Payasam”: Vasanth S. Sai’s sensitive retelling of a Thi. Janakiraman short storyS. Theodore Baskaran In his film adaptation of Thi. Janakiraman’s Tamil short story “Payasam”, film-maker Vasanth S. Sai succeeds in bringing alive the spirit of this fabl
Story of a silent era pioneer Maya Roy: Forgotten star of silent eraVidyarthy ChatterjeeDebiprosad Ghosh’s painstaking research pieces together the writings of Maya Roy, an actor of the silent movie era who did groundbreaking work as a pe
Cinema Celluloid cityTHEODORE BASKARANFrom roadside screenings of short silent films to producing big-budget films, Chennai has come a long way since 1897.
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
