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Madam Sir: How Babita Singh Reporting shows the balancing act of women cops

A growing cohort of India’s policewomen on screen, addressed as ‘Madam Sir’, fight crime but must still keep patriarchy comfortable from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/snDWMzp via IFTTT

‘Mayday’ movie review: Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh co-pilot a rollicking bromance through the Danger Zone

John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein send ‘Top Gun’ nostalgia into the Cold War with Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh making a surprisingly winning pair of wingmen from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OXIFNlx via IFTTT

‘The End of Times’: Colombian filmmakers Bibiana Rojas Gómez and Juan David Cárdenas use AI hallucinations to imagine life beyond capitalism

Premiering at Venice Critics’ Week, Bibiana Rojas Gómez and Juan David Cárdenas turn five decades of family footage into an AI-fuelled attempt to imagine life beyond capitalism from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/rBAZ3NT via IFTTT

Uttam Kumar at 100: What made him the ‘mahanayak’?

From wordless performances that won over audiences to celebrated romances, musical instincts and spectacular missteps, a look at the talent, temperament and contradictions that made Uttam Kumar Bengal’s enduring ‘mahanayak’ from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/5yKloEh via IFTTT

Can one man do everything? Forget ‘Niu Lai’, this Tamil indie film will shock you

Indie filmmaker Sangakiri Rajkumar has spent six long years to make ‘One Man,’ which he says is the first feature film in the world to be entirely made by just one person without any assistance from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/K8Qtq3X via IFTTT

What is Sikkil Gurucharan’s ‘Jannal Oram’? From Ilaiyaraaja and Kamal Haasan to ‘Interstellar’

Sikkil Gurucharan’s immersive musical experience seeks to open a window into the rich connections between Carnatic music, Tamil cinema, storytelling and contemporary culture from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/vcFk3o7 via IFTTT

‘The Early Spring’: Why this Chinese drama is taking global audiences by storm

Starring Jing Boran and Sun Qian, the steamy workplace romance has found fans around the world for its portrayal of complex relationship dynamics, intimacy, and the challenges of navigating modern dating alongside ambitious professional pursuits from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/sHzetXc via IFTTT

‘Furious’ series review: Emmy Rossum powers this tale of feminine rage

Using the hunt for a serial killer to have difficult conversations on abuse, vengeance, gender and power becomes a sharply written, brilliantly acted, bingeable psychological thriller from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/TFxbQsk via IFTTT

‘Video’ trailer: Srinidhi Bengaluru’s found footage film promises a spine-chilling thriller

Srinidhi Bengaluru’s Kannada movie ‘Video’, produced by Dheekshith Shetty, gives a sneak peek at audience reactions during a special screening, promising a wild ride packed with chills and thrills from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/tYr1syM via IFTTT

Nivin Pauly-Mamitha Baiju’s ‘Bethlehem Kudumba Unit’ to release in Tamil soon

Produced by Bhavana Studios and directed by Gireesh AD, the film was released in Malayalam on August 21 from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/5inbLec via IFTTT

Why Mollywood is betting big on major Onam releases this year

Audience response to releases lined up for the festival season, including Nahas Hidhayath’s I’m Game, A.D. Gireesh’s Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, and Vysakh’s Khalifa, will be a test of strength for actors Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly, and Prithviraj Sukumaran who has had a mixed run at the box-office in recent times from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/CE3wecl via IFTTT

Positive response to Onam releases revives hopes for Malayalam film industry

With filmmaker A.D. Girish’s Nivin Pauly-starrer Bethlehem Kudumba Unit turning a blockbuster, exhibitors say the impressive collections for the rom-com are expected to help them sail through this quarter of fiscal on a positive note from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/n3DAO2Q via IFTTT

Kozhikode Aboobacker, composer and noted Mappilapattu veteran, passes away

Composer of over 3,000 songs, ​Aboobacker was widely admired across South India for his prolific contributions to Mappilapattu, a traditional Muslim folk song style native to Malabar region of Keralam from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/8tPleCf via IFTTT

‘America America 2’ trailer: Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar promises a feel-good love triangle

Starring Shanvi Srivastava, Nirup Bhandari and Pruthvi Ambaar, the Kannada movie is a spiritual sequel to 1997 blockbuster ‘America America’ from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Muvi60l via IFTTT

Inat and the recipe for being Djokovic

What makes Novak Djokovic what he is? He needs fear and anger for his fangs; he is a gentle family man, and he’s going for tennis glory. A riveting new documentary reveals some fascinating answers from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/gvJxAmi via IFTTT

Watch: ‘Toxic’ is at war with itself | Frequently Made Mistakes

Can a star vehicle be both mass entertainment and meaningful cinema? In FMM 29, The Balancing Act, we use Geetu Mohandas’ Toxic, starring Yash, to explore the eternal battle between art and commerce, star and character, class and mass. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/WeCVsgU via IFTTT

‘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