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The ‘Saami Padam’ is back: Tamil cinema rediscovers its oldest heroes

As a slew of devotional films are set to return to theatres across India, we look into the factors that lead to the revival of the ‘Saami Padam’ in Tamil cinema from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/XTDfRHg via IFTTT

J&K CM Omar Abdullah watches ‘Mirzapur’ at Srinagar’s only functional multiplex to flip cinema culture

“The presence of leading artistes and filmmakers in J&K would further strengthen the region’s association with cinema and contribute to building a vibrant film ecosystem in J&K,” said Mr. Abdullah, on the second day of the ongoing four-day film festival. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/PH3KXTy via IFTTT

Inside ‘Ghamasaan’: How Tigmanshu Dhulia and Pratik Gandhi’s minimalistic style shapes their work

Director Tigmanshu Dhulia and actor Pratik Gandhi talk about their upcoming film ‘Ghamasaan’, why Tigmanshu doesn’t like love stories, Pratik’s minimalistic approach to acting, and more from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/C4XDZu6 via IFTTT

‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Part II review: A stunning, inevitable climax

Love, revolution and a baby with a pig’s tail come together in this tragicomic conclusion to the seven-generation saga of the doomed Buendía family from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/MIdch54 via IFTTT

Veteran Keralam cinematographer T.N. Krishnankutty dies

He worked in more than 70 films during his long career in Malayalam cinema from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/kdHNZCf via IFTTT

‘KJQ’ (King Jackie Queen) movie review: Dheekshith Shetty sparkles in a crime saga with squandered potential

The Telugu film, directed by the late Kiran Kumar Meenuga, is an out-and-out male fantasy circling a man’s obsession with power over the world and women from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/MZuOLRH via IFTTT

‘Korean Kanakaraju’ review: Varun Tej and Sathya’s comic timing cannot rescue this dull narrative

Director Merlapaka Gandhi’s ‘Korean Kanakaraju’ offers a few laughs, but the Telugu horror-comedy struggles with an uneven screenplay from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/hQE0zTe via IFTTT

Manoj Bajpayee’s first look as Mahatma Gandhi in Sudhir Mishra-Anubhav Sinha’s next out

The film also features Saurabh Shukla in a lead role from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/q24hVun via IFTTT

‘Onslaught’ movie review: Adria Arjona powers this lean, mean fighting machine

Adria Arjona fights off super soldiers to protect her cute-as-a-button daughter, while Dan Stevens provides the snorts and giggles in this retro genre-bender from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/C0KP5Mi via IFTTT

Mohanlal and Vishnu Mohan's film gets titled 'Operation Ganga'

‘Operation Ganga’ refers to India’s evacuation mission launched to bring back Indian citizens, including thousands of students, who were stranded in Ukraine following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Kg3mjoO via IFTTT

Mohammad Ali Baig’s debut feature film ‘Chand Tara’ to premiere at TIFF 2026

The period drama, based on the story of Taramati and Sultan Abdullah Qutub Shah, will be screened in the market section of Toronto International Film Festival from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/5zEyKuP via IFTTT

Netflix unveils release date of ‘Lust Stories 3’

The anthology film returns with four new stories from Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra and Vishal Bhardwaj from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Cg2bK3f via IFTTT

‘Dil Chahta Hai’ at 25: How Farhan Akhtar’s breezy style created a new Bollywood coolth

Two and a half decades after its release, the fashion style and visual aesthetic of 'Dil Chahta Hai’ continue to evoke the same warmth. The film’s hairstylist, Avan Contractor, and set designer, Suzanne Caplan Merwanji, weigh in on how their creative choices gave the film a distinctive look from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/kjnLcGT via IFTTT

Inside Bigg Boss Tamil Season 10 house: Gender-neutral bedroom and the common man mural steal limelight

From a swimming pool and a mural dedicated to the common man to cosy corners and an independent bedroom for the captain of the week, here are some features of the Bigg Boss Tamil Season 10 house from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/DaM7yGt via IFTTT

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