Aseem Chhabra lists the best non-Hindi language films he watched in 2020, with the hope that they will have a wider reach in the new year.
Hollywood's biggest night was high on glitz and glamour but lacked the edge and excitement of the movies it was celebrating, observes Sukanya Verma.
'Options are just not working; people are not coming out.' 'So what happens is, when you are not really sure, two things happen.' 'If you release it (in theatres) and if the film doesn't work, your OTT price also goes down.'
Jin's powerful storytelling in A Touch Of Sin has touched a nerve in China.
'The Iranians are very resilient people. So even when they are throttled, they try their best to survive.'
Gully Boy", produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, featured Ranveer as an up-and-coming rapper who sets out to achieve his dream by rhyming about his life on the Mumbai streets.
'Had anyone asked me if I was Aamir Khan, I would have admitted to it.' Senior movie journalist Roshmila Bhattacharya flips through the pages of her many interactions with Aamir Khan, who turned 60 on March 14.
Can a culture survive as a way of life, even as the language and writing at its core, alter with time? Can we be rational and Malayalee or do we have to necessarily be religious and proudly cultural to be Malayalee? asks Shyam G Menon.
Kraven The Hunter feels like a missed opportunity, a film that could have offered a fresh take on a complex character but settles for mediocrity, observes Sonil Dedhia.
Shoojit Sircar picks two Oscar-winning, slice-of-life films which say a lot with the minimum of fuss.
Sukanya Verma looks at all the movies he's made so far. Tell us your favourite in the poll.
Amit Masurkar's black comedy didn't make it to the next round.
'These accusations of my film being a copy only makes our chances at the Academy harder.'
'You have to separate the concept of India as a nation State which is very young and the Upanishadic wisdom which is timeless.'
The 88th Academy awards event will take place in Los Angeles on February 28, 2016.
Here's a look at the nominees for the year's biggest prize.
Did you know Dev Anand worked as a clerk at a salary of Rs 85 before he became an actor?
Asghar Farhadi won the Oscar for the Best Foreign Film in 2012. The Iranian director, one of the finest filmmakers in the world today, speaks to Rediff.com in an exclusive interview.
Gandhi will now be seen in two upcoming OTT series -- Hansal Mehta's Gandhi, starring Pratik Gandhi in the title role, and Freedom at Midnight by Nikkhil Advani.
Director Salim Ahmed laments that only close friends came forward to fund the high promotional cost needed to impress the Oscar jury.
Mehmood and R D Burman shiver, wail and flail when they encounter a stuffed tiger that wags its tail, furniture that moves on its own volition and dancing skeletons and mummies. Dinesh Raheja revisits a must-watch.
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Peepli [Live] is India's official entry for the Oscars out of 27 films
S S Rajamouli's period action film RRR has scooped nominations in two categories at the Golden Globe Awards: Best Picture, Non-English, and Best Original Song, Motion Picture.
Aamir Khan is second time unlucky.
Sukanya Verma goes down memory lane to recap the desi sightings at the Oscars.
'It is a film with a good human concept that would touch people around the world.' 'We are honouring a film that deserves to be at the Oscars.'
Indo-Pak tensions cast its shadow on the Mumbai International Film Festival with organisers on Monday dropping Pakistani film "Jago Hua Savera" in its retrospective section amid threats of protests at its screening.
The singers' live performance at the 95th Academy Awards was a goose-bump moment with American dancers doing justice to the track.
Karma Cartel director Vinod Bharathan gives us an insight into his style of filmmaking.
Hollywood glams up for the big night.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who worked with the veteran director, expressed her grief over his death.
Good, bad, evil, we saw a gamut of emotions on display in their most stirring form as actors reiterated their worth.
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
The film industry praises Aamir Khan's directorial debut Taare Zameen Par, as it goes to the Oscars next week.
Should we not be creating roles in India for the talented, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
IPL can be truly said to have come of age. It is now more Indian than ever before. Teams often fielded fewer than the four allowed foreign players. Indian batters and bowlers were simply better in performance, consistency and reliability, points out Shreekant Sambrani.
