Talking Films
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Tokyo Sonata’, the unequal music of an emotionally distant family
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s acclaimed drama is available on MUBI.
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Start the week with a film: ‘Yannick’ is a comic take on trolls taking charge of art
Quentin Dupieux’s French-language movie is being streamed on MUBI.
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‘Fighters, not losers’: Rajesh A Krishnan on the three heroines of ‘Crew’
Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon headline the comedy about air-hostesses giving it back to their crooked airline boss.
Nandini Ramnath
Trending
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
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Beyond the hype: Why the BJP is eyeing Tamil Nadu’s most prosperous region
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A dummy’s guide to propaganda films in Bollywood
What do we make of a rash of movies that have more to do with ideology than entertainment?
Nandini Ramnath
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Start the week with a film: In ‘The Wonder’, the strange truth behind a girl’s refusal to eat
Sebastian Lelio’s period drama, led by Florence Pugh, is available on Netflix.
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story’, a star as well as an inventor
Alexandra Dean’s documentary is available to rent on Prime Video’s iwonder documentary channel.
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Video
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
John Frankenheimer’s classic stars Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury and Frank Sinatra.
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How Tamaki Matsuoka became an unofficial ambassador of Indian movies in Japan
A Japanese love affair with Indian cinema that is over 50 years old and going strong
Nandini Ramnath
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Start the week with a film: ‘The Traitor’ breaks the omerta on the Mafia
Marco Bellocchio’s Italian drama is available on MUBI.
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The Reel
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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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‘Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout’ review: A bland cop meets a dull case
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‘Juna Furniture’ trailer: Mahesh Manjrekar directs and stars in film about ageing
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Tokyo Sonata’, the unequal music of an emotionally distant family
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In Fritz Lang’s cinema, the deadly beauty of doom
Screenings of three of the German-American filmmaker’s most well-regarded films ‘Metropolis’, ‘M’ and ‘The Big Heat’ are a reminder of his singular vision.
Nandini Ramnath
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Start the week with a film: ‘Mad Max 2’ and the satisfaction of a sequel well done
George Miller’s dystopian action thriller is available on Prime Video.
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Behind a new Josef Wirsching photography tribute: ‘The vision to recognise historical value’
Debashree Mukherjee has co-curated ‘A Cinematic Imagination’ at Mumbai’s CSMVS museum and edited ‘Bombay Talkies: An Unseen History of Indian Cinema’.
Nandini Ramnath
The Field
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement
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Paris Olympics 2024: Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali ruled out of Games with knee injury
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Badminton: Kento Momota, former world champion, announces international retirement
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju drops to second after draw against Fabiano Caruana
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Endgame: Indian Grandmasters are daring to dream at the 2024 Candidates