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Regency England comes alive in all its visual and aural splendor in this adaptation of Jane Austens debut novel
Happy Halloween! We folks here in India may not get to fully partake in the traditional trick-or-treating festivities of spooky szn like our Western counterparts, but were putting our money on these 20 as the scariest films of the 21st century
Led by powerful performances from Keerthy Suresh and Radhika Apte, the matriarchal neo-noir flips crime-saga tropes on their head, showing that powers corrupting pull isnt gender-coded.
In turning back the clock on an ageing couple, Love Always stumbles upon a potent exploration of regret, desire and second chances, but Madhumithas series is too caught up in its own melodrama to make the most of its magical conceit
Directed by Laxman Utekar, Eetha will be released in theatres on December 4
Co-written and directed by Sandeep Singh, the project is currently under pre-production
It was he who introduced Ilaiyaraaja and me to Malayalam films, recalled music director and lyricist Gangai Amaran
Accomplished theatre and film actor Vatsala Rajagopalan passed away in Chennai today at 93. Heres an interview that appeared in The Hindus Friday Review on June 11, 2004
Trivikram revisits familiar territory with a story built around Venkateshs family-man image, delivering entertaining twists before the narrative loses its way
Vatsala was also an accomplised stage actor, with over 450 performances in a career that spanned 25 years
While director Vinod Kapri evocatively captures the painful desolation of Uttarakhands ghost villages through raw, life-like performances, its cinematic grammar occasionally feels deliberately engineered for a global festival gaze
Ian remembered their long friendship and called Patrick a man to rely on, to admire and love
Opposing Sourav Gangulys plea, the makers of Doosra maintained that the cricketer was merely a source of inspiration for the film
The talk show is touted to be a celebration of Telugu cinema through candid conversations with its leading stars.
David Jonsson, who plays Dr Seward in the audio adaptation of Dracula, says the novel is gothic, funny, sexy and dark, and that mix makes it resonate even today
Cinematographer Pankaj Kumar on building visuals for Nitesh Tiwaris Ramayana, the deliberate pre-visualisation process, filming the Swayamvara scene and his philosophy behind capturing light
I am saddened by Sadanandams death. He was with me from the early days, Ilaiyaraaja said in a message
Complaint against the duo was filed following financial dispute related to making of Action Hero Biju 2. The complainant alleged that after entering into an agreement to produce the film, its overseas rights were sold to another party without his knowledge
Another Sense and Sensibility must prove it has more to say than its predecessors
In the Kannada series Ayyana Mane 2, some threads stretch a bit while the big twists land mainly near the end, making it a passable watch
Singh was best known for creating CID, the crime investigation series that premiered in 1998 and went on to become one of the longest-running shows on Indian television
Directed by Santosh Davakhar, the film will be re-released in seven languages in India, the USA, the UK, Europe, Australia, Dubai, and Africa
Directed by Maksim Kuznetsov and produced by Kartina Entertainment, White Night Films and Wish Media, the film marks a cross-cultural collaboration
At the pre-release event of Aadarsha Kutumbam - House No.47, Trivikram Srinivas thanks Venkatesh for his support at the early stage of his career
The horror film, reportedly made on a budget of around USD 750,000, emerged as a global box office success, grossing more than USD 500 million worldwide.
The 36th Gotham Awards will honour independent cinema on November 30, with Olivia Wilde, Jesse Eisenberg, Jane Schoenbrun and Nathan Fielder among the filmmakers and artists represented across this years nominations
The final trailer for Denis Villeneuves Dune: Part Three has been released, offering a closer look at Paul Atreides descent into tyranny, Chanis growing opposition and Robert Pattinsons debut as the franchises new antagonist
Based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Jocko Willink, the film is written by Will Staples and directed by McG
Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind the Iranian film It Was Just an Accident, was arrested in Tehran on Saturday, just weeks ahead of the 2026 Academy Awards
The Iranian mischief-maker supreme rewires a revenge thriller into a blisteringly funny indictment of power, memory, and the absurdity of surviving a regime determined to silence him
The cast of Apple TVs upcoming show, Nocturne, talk about their experiences of adapting Lars Keplers Joona Linna crime series for television
The new ruling against the Palme dOr-winning filmmaker comes amid continuing legal proceedings in Iran, with the court also ordering the confiscation of his assets and imposing two-year travel and social media bans
Anandhi talks about portraying Burra Katha artiste Garividi Lakshmi on screen, shunning social media, and having a life beyond cinema
The debutant writer-director opens about returning from Los Angeles to India to tell his own stories, how the unconventional structure of Magazine took shape, why he thinks he was delusional during production, and more
He rhymed, he schemed, made nonsense routine, the feline menace with a flair for the obscene. With a tip of his hat and a flick of his tail, The Cat is back to let chaos prevail
Directed by Siddharth Anand, the film also stars Deepika Padukone, Rani Mukerji, Anil Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Arshad Warsi and Suhana Khan in pivotal roles
By opening up its canvas in the sophomore season, the military thriller offers a tighter tale with a side of graphic violence
Also headlined by Malayalam superstar Mammootty, the action thriller is set to release in theatres on November 20
The Creators Carnival, set to be held on October 30, 31, and November 1, will showcase 35 films, apart from discussions with the creators themselves
The film is produced by Yash Raj Films, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and also stars Aaishvary Thackeray and Bobby Deol in pivotal roles.
This marks a reunion between Rajinikanth and Nayanthara after Chandramukhi, Kuselan, Darbar, and Annaatthe
The National Award-winning film editor on the late Tamil cinematographer-director-author whose The Paper Flower will premiere at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival
Rukmini Vasanth is teaming up with director Shree Karthick for a fresh, untitled project. The director is known for the science fiction drama Oke Oka Jeevitham
Superstar Rajinikanth watched his latest blockbuster, Jailer 2, with fans in an IMAX screens in Chennai
With an electric ensemble and a gripping plot, director Ritesh Shah turns a routine police investigation into a breathless arena of institutional warfare
In Orijinal , the time travel trope becomes an excuse for the portrayal of a man introspecting his life choices and then using the accidental gift of time travel to make amends, not always in the right way
Scene, Naslens debut Tamil film, is set to release in theatres on November 6
How the wildlife of Karthik Subbarajs period drama reveals the absurdity and smallness of human prejudice
One of the films few positives is that some of the fantasy elements are seamlessly weaved into the story of a man aspiring to be a big-time gangster, that they almost seem believable

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