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‘Tony’ movie review: A young Anthony Bourdain finds his calling in this warm, spirited origin story

Without romanticising the burns, cuts and pains of being a young chef, the Matt Johnson directorial tells the story of the one summer that changed Anthony’s life from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/GtVE0wS via IFTTT

‘King100’: Nagarjuna Akkineni exudes timeless charm in 100th film

Written and directed by R.A. Karthik, the film features music by Devi Sri Prasad from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OXGKiFL via IFTTT

‘Babita Singh Reporting’ movie review: Nimisha Sajayan steers the social autopsy of patriarchy

Director Ambiecka Pandit mounts a small-town murder mystery which functions far more effectively as a breakdown of hypocrisy than as an unconventional procedural. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/PJMkv34 via IFTTT

Peter Cullen, voice of Optimus Prime in ‘Transformers’, dies at 85

The Canadian voice actor gave Optimus Prime his iconic baritone across the original animated series, the 1986 film and Michael Bay’s live-action franchise from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/vujy4pd via IFTTT

Shalini Adnani’s ‘Our Share of Sand’: Inside the Indian sand-mining story heading to Venice

Ahead of the world premiere of ‘Our Share of Sand’ at Venice Critics’ Week, the Chilean-Indian filmmaker discusses growing up between two cultures, the human cost of India’s development boom and the moral compromises that come with privilege CAN U ADD SUBHEADS TO THE COPY PL from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/CtcOZs3 via IFTTT

Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth film with David Fincher retitled ‘The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth’

Written by Quentin Tarantino, the film will be released in IMAX worldwide on November 25, before streaming on Netflix on December 23 from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Q5GpHTa via IFTTT

Tim Curry, ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and ‘It’ star, dies at 80

The British actor, best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter and Pennywise, died at his Los Angeles home after a career spanning stage, film and television from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/KdSLW4n via IFTTT

How designer Abhishek Chaudhary is adding a quirky punch to Bollywood movie posters

Berlin-based product designer Abhishek Chaudhary is giving iconic Hindi films a fresh, unexpected visual language with his quirky posters from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/DyVlfti via IFTTT

The glorious past of Chennai’s Shanti Theatre

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Chennai Canvas: Madras Week Episode 4 | How cinema became part of Chennai

Cinema is woven into the fabric of Chennai’s cultural memory. From romance, longing and movie-inspired moments on the city’s beaches to the dramatic shift from celluloid reels to digital projection, Chennai’s relationship with the big screen has constantly evolved. At the heart of that journey are theatres that became landmarks in their own right, including Royapettah’s Pilot Theatre. Episode 4 of Chennai Canvas, for Madras Week, revisits these spaces, memories and technological changes to explore why, for generations of Chennai residents, the city and cinema have been inseparable. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/HNApnGL via IFTTT

‘Gunmaaster G9’ teaser: Emraan Hashmi is a wounded lover in Aditya Datt’s pulpy actioner

With music by Himesh Reshammiya, the film also stars Genelia D’Souza and Aparshakti Khurana in pivotal roles from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/5lDEOPk via IFTTT

‘Geethanjali’ re-release: PC Sreeram revisits Mani Ratnam’s iconic love story

Ahead of its digitally restored 4K re-release, cinematographer PC Sreeram talks about filming ‘Geethanjali’ in the hills of Ooty and how the mist became a silent third character from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/G05VS6v via IFTTT

From celluloid to digital: the changing face of Chennai’s cinema industry

Over 84 years, Kodambakkam, the heart of Tamil cinema, has changed beyond recognition, and so has the Tamil film world. Surviving all odds, cinemas have evolved from a single projector and four intervals to the IMAX of today, while filmmaking has moved on from the expensive process of shooting on celluloid to embracing digital technology from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Ewl2gsr via IFTTT

Ajay Devgn’s ‘Drishyam 3’ titled ‘Drishyam The Conclusion’

The film is set to be released in theatres on October 2 from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/0eVOutg via IFTTT

Watch: How writers get heroine agency wrong | Studying DC | FMM Ep. 28

What makes a female character strong? A gun? A cigarette? A few swear words? Or does real strength come from agency — having desires, making choices and driving the story? In FMM 28, we look at Arun Madheswaran’s DC, Wamiqa Gabbi’s Chandra, and films like Badlands, Bonnie and Clyde, True Romance and Natural Born Killers to understand the difference between writing a badass woman and writing a woman with agency. Plus, a simple screenwriting exercise: DELETE THE HERO. What does she want when he isn’t around? from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UCvOc5l via IFTTT

When National Theatre brought cinema to the western suburbs of Chennai

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‘Toxic’: How Yash built his reputation as an actor

From ‘Googly’ and ‘Raja Huli’ to ‘KGF’, a look at the performances that reveal the actor behind Yash’s larger-than-life image, ahead of ‘Toxic’s August 26 release from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/JA0gNpd via IFTTT

Engineering student fractures leg as stage equipment collapses at Yash’s ‘Toxic’ event

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Sun NXT Shorts: Sun TV Network enters micro-drama space with over 150 short-form titles

Sun TV Network has launched Sun NXT Shorts, a dedicated micro-drama offering within the Sun NXT app that brings short-form regional storytelling to mobile phones and, in a first for South India, television screens from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OIAFrgf via IFTTT