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Bollywood
Shah Rukh Khan to receive career achievement award at Locarno Film Festival
Alia Bhatt, Sharvari to headline female-led YRF Spy Universe film ‘Alpha’
English remake of ‘Kill’ in the works, ‘John Wick’ director Chad Stahelski to produce
Fawad Khan to make Bollywood comeback after 8 years opposite Vaani Kapoor: reports
Sathyaraj, Prateik Babbar board Salman Khan’s ‘Sikandar’
Ajay Devgn, Tabu’s ‘Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha’ postponed
Huma Qureshi to headline investigative drama ‘Bayaan’
Kareena Kapoor Khan’s ‘The Buckingham Murders’ to release on September 13
AR Rahman-backed documentary, ‘Headhunting to Beatboxing’, to premiere at IFFM 2024
Justin Bieber arrives in Mumbai to perform at Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant wedding
Hollywood
‘Gladiator 2’ unveils first look with Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal
Neil Gaiman accused of sexual assault by two women, denies allegations
Christopher Reeve’s son to make a cameo in James Gunn’s ‘Superman’
Netflix acquires Matt Damon, Ben Affleck’s ‘RIP’
‘Chinatown’ screenwriter Robert Towne dies at 89
Sigourney Weaver to be feted with Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice
Production begins on live-action ‘One Piece’ Season 2
Denis Villeneuve’s next projects, new Monsterverse film get release schedule
‘Inside Out 2’ hits $1 billion at global box office
Julianne Moore, Milly Alcock to star in Netflix limited series ‘Sirens’
Morgan Freeman slams AI voice imitations of himself
Cillian Murphy wraps production on ‘STEVE’, shares set photo
Regional cinema
Rajinikanth, Lokesh Kanagaraj’s ‘Coolie’ goes on floors
First look of Ajith Kumar’s ‘Vidaamuyarchi’ out
Shivarajkumar’s film with director Hemanth M Rao titled ‘Bhairavana Kone Paata’
Manisha Koirala meets ‘Indian’ co-star Kamal Haasan, calls him ‘one of the brilliant minds’
Samantha Ruth Prabhu defends her nebuliser post
Prabhu Deva’s next titled ‘Singanallur Signal’
Rashmika Mandanna’s first look from Dhanush-Sekhar Kammula’s ‘Kubera’ out
Harish Kalyan teams up with ‘Andhaghaaram’ director V Vignarajan for his next
Basil Joseph’s next, ‘Marana Mass, produced by Tovino Thomas, goes on floors
Aishwarya Rajesh, Meenakshi Chaudhary on board Venkatesh Daggubati’s ‘SVC 58’
‘Bigg Boss Tamil’ fame Raju Jeyamohan to debut as hero in ‘Bun Butter Jam’
World cinema
French director Benoît Jacquot accused in French cinema’s #MeToo wave
Kate Winslet honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at Munich Film Festival
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ will open the Venice Film Festival 2024
Junji Ito’s iconic horror manga ‘Uzumaki’ to finally receive anime adaptation later this year
Saudi Netflix show creator says he has been convicted by anti-terrorism court
Trailers
John Cena, Akwafina fight off murderous lottery-chasers in ‘Jackpot!’ trailer
Vijay Antony runs from dark past in ‘Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan’ trailer
Ralph Macchio, William Zabka prepare for one final challenge in ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6 Part 1 trailer
Anurag Kashyap and Sundar C play a cat-and-mouse game in ‘One 2 One’ trailer
John Cho is trapped in an AI nightmare in ‘Afraid’ trailer
Ray Liotta’s final appearance in trailer for period actioner ‘1992’
Yogi Babu’s signature chutney rivals Nizhalgal Ravi’s famous sambar in ‘Chutney Sambar’ teaser
Guru Somasundaram drinks to forget he’s a drunkard in ‘Bottle Radha’ teaser
Noémie Merlant sizzles in ‘Emmanuelle’ trailer
Indrans, Murali Gopy promise an emotional thriller in ‘Kanakarajyam’ trailer
Essential reading
1) Kalidas Jayaram and Dushara Vijayan interview on ‘Raayan’
>> The performers speak about how actor-turned-filmmaker Dhanush extracted performances out of them
2) Director Christo Tomy interview: ‘I did not want black and white characters in the movie’
>> He says ‘Ullozhukku’, headlined by Parvathy Thiruvothu and Urvashi, has characters moulded from his lived experiences
3) Screen Share: Queer films that were snubbed from glory
>> With Pride Month in the rear view, here’s a look at some extraordinary stories from recent queer cinema
4) On Gods and godmen in popular Hindi cinema
>> A piece on whether mainstream cinema has the space available for critical relations with religious figures and ideas
5) How cinema is captured and presented through the IMAX format
>> The continued use of IMAX format in the production pipelines of many major films suggests that it is here to stay
6) The problem with David E. Kelley’s ‘Presumed Innocent’
>> Many of TV man David E. Kelley’s shows have not aged well and his latest seems headed the same way
7) The ‘Longlegs’ hype: How Neon successfully sold the ‘scariest horror movie of 2024’
>> The reactions to Osgood Perkins’ new film shows Neon’s marketing hitting the sweet spot
8) Lyricist Ramajogaiah Sastry charts his journey with songs
>> Sastry’s latest song ‘Mallepoola Taxi’ from ‘Dhoom Dhaam’ marks his return to the spotlight
9) Kannada actor-director MG Srinivas: ‘Being an RJ taught me to use silence in film’
>> The RJ-turned-filmmaker talks about how his radio skills have complemented his film journey
What to watch
1) In ‘Despicable Me 4,’ surf a tide of multi-hued super-villainy including the blue-and-yellow kind
2) Lakshya rampages in ‘Kill,’ a propulsive bloodfest
3) The heat is on with Eddie Murphy in ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’
4) ‘Mirzapur’ Season 3, an epic on the nexus between crime and politics, is strictly for fans
5) Arvind Sastry’s drama, ‘Bisi-Bisi Ice-Cream’ is a fine character study of lonely people
6) Emma Roberts’ annoying protagonist leads a silly underdog comedy in ‘Space Cadet’
7) New vampire romances keep the audience thirsty for more in ‘Interview with the Vampire’ Season 2
8) Beheadings, bawdy humour, and romance pepper ‘My Lady Jane,’ a smart, alternate history
9) ‘A Family Affair,’ Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman’s tired age-gap sexcapade. is an insipid affair
10) Eva Longoria-led family drama, ‘Land of Women,’ needs to do some soul-searching
11) With ‘That ‘90s Show’ Part 2, the popular teen sitcom has joyfully become its own beastie
Published - July 05, 2024 05:33 pm IST
