A glut caught in a rut
The summer releases that Hollywood is unleashing this year tell a collective, and somewhat disturbing, tale. When a ‘movie’ industry moves completely away from ‘cinema’, there is reason to worry.
A ride through history
Of late the Indian Railways has hit the news for all the wrong reasons. First it was a hike in passenger fares.
Why do they kill themselves?
Jiah Khan, a 25-year old Bollywood actress, who committed suicide by hanging herself made news as she was in the show business.
Merchant of 'Vanish'
Master illusionist and India's greatest living magician Pradip Chandra Sorcar Jr and his daughter, Maneka, were in the National Capital for an entire month in May.
In memorium: Rituparno Ghosh (1963-2013)
Chokher Bali, Rituparno Ghosh's visually sumptuous Tagore adaptation, was the opening film of a festival in Delhi ten years ago.
Enchanted by India
India was an integral part of the life Hungarian soldier-turned-Indologist Ervin Baktay Gottesmann (June 24, 1890- May 7, 1963).
Cannes awards signal tectonic shift
A rising crop of fringe auteurs took centre-stage when the Steven Spielberg-led jury revealed the names of the year's award winners on Sunday: a lesbian romance directed by an Arab, a trip into a Mexican hellhole, and a scalding critique of capitalist-communist China by a state-supported film Saibal Chatterjee
Sidney Herbert to Florence Nightingale
Crimean War was fought between Russia on the one hand and the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, France, and Sardinia on the other. The causes of the conflict were inherent in the unsolved Eastern Question and dispute between Russia and France over the Palestinian holy land.
Of gardens and grandeur
It is surprising, and rather sad, that how the perception built in the media actually helps or hampers the chance of a city or a country to emerge on the international tourism map. The country that has suffered the most from this propaganda war is undoubtedly Iran.
Where the past breathes again
For a decade now, the past has been coming alive every May on the Croisette, with the Cannes Film Festival showcasing restored prints of cinematic masterworks in its Classics section. So, even as the glitzy French Riviera event celebrates the finest and the most provocative of contemporary films, it also turns the spotlight on the steadily spreading global campaign to save world cinema heritage through the systematic restoration and digital re-mastering of old movie negatives.
Rising above revulsion
Sanjeev Sinha, one of the earliest breakout painters of Bihar’s 1980s generation, seeks reconciliation and harmony amid the disruptive and disturbing contrasts in contemporary reality by K.S. Narayanan, Photos by mukunda de
From Neecha Nagar to Miss Lovely
Indian cinema’s association with the Cannes Film Festival goes back a long way. As the world’s largest film producing nation inches its way back into the reckoning on the Croisette, here is a historical overview of what has gone before
The world on the Croisette
A rare double for India, a quartet of American auteurs in Competition, an array of potential surprises, the latest works of some of the world’s most celebrated filmmakers and a mix of well-loved veterans and exciting newcomers – the official selection of 66th Cannes Film Festival has them all . by Saibal Chatterjee
Beyond Matryoshkas & Marshrutkas
With its fabulous museums, rich cultural life, breathtaking architecture and history in every nook and corner, Moscow, beyond doubt, will remain forever etched in your heart. By Saurabh Kumar Shahi
Hollywood Asians
More and more directors from the largest and most populous continent are taking a shot at a toehold in the movie capital of the world. Is this the beginning of a new invasion or just a few negligible drops in the ocean? The jury is out.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
