It’s showtime once again for the classic Malayalam film ‘Thamp’

Film Heritage Foundation’s restoration of Aravindan Govindan’s masterwork will be premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

· May 03, 2022 · 05:52 pm

Classics revisited: ‘Sinhasan’ is Marathi cinema’s own game of thrones

One of the sharpest political dramas in Indian cinema is based on two novels by journalist Arun Sadhu, who died on September 26.

Nandini Ramnath

· Sep 26, 2017 · 10:10 am

Classics revisited: Shyam Benegal’s ‘Ankur’ burrows deep into the consciousness

A nameless child, the hope of the future, serves as the voice of justice in the director’s stunning debut movie.

Bubla Basu

· Sep 04, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Film flashback: Surviving Naxalism and the Emergency in ‘Kathapurushan’

Malayalam director Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s 1995 masterpiece is his most autobiographical work.

Gautaman Bhaskaran

· Jul 03, 2017 · 09:15 am

‘36 Chowringhee Lane’: The movie where it all began for Aparna Sen

The director’s debut movie, starring Jennifer Kendal as an Anglo Indian teacher in Kolkata, is a poignant look at a disappearing world.

Bubla Basu

· Apr 02, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Sai Paranjpye’s ‘Katha’ is a fabulous fable about the most charming chawl in the world

The renowned filmmaker’s 79th birthday is the perfect excuse to revisit one of her loveliest films, starring Naseeruddin Shah, Farooque Shaikh and Deepti Naval.

Bubla Basu

· Mar 19, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Made in Pakistan with some help from India, lost and found again: the story of ‘Jago Hua Savera’

AJ Kardar’s 1959 classic, written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz , produced by Nauman Taseer and featuring Indian talent, is a reminder that art does not have borders.

Nandini Ramnath

· Oct 01, 2016 · 06:45 pm

Bonnie and Clyde

Arthur Penn’s classic 1967 film starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as a couple of violent bank robbers, is being screened through the week.

· Sep 16, 2016 · 10:42 pm

Five-star cinema: The all-seeing supervillain from Fritz Lang’s Dr Mabuse trilogy

The criminal mastermind’s influence has been far and wide, including on the Joker from ‘The Dark Knight’.

Nandini Ramnath

· Aug 15, 2016 · 01:30 pm

Five-star cinema: A Turkish triptych in ‘Egg’, ‘Milk’ and ‘Honey’

Semih Kaplanoglu’s trilogy is an intimate and moving set of films on one man’s journey from adulthood back to childhood.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jul 25, 2016 · 01:30 pm

Five-star cinema: The many lives of Orson Welles’s ‘Mr Arkadin’

There are at least six versions of the legendary American director’s beguiling exploration of identity and self-deception.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jul 10, 2016 · 01:30 pm

Five-star cinema: Rene Clement’s ‘Plein Soleil’

The 1960 screen adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’ made Alain Delon a star.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jul 03, 2016 · 05:00 pm