'The character is so popular that even now, there is a new meme on me every day.'
Aseem Chhabra lists the top 10 films at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
There is a group of La La Land haters -- especially jazz aficionados who feel the film gives too much importance to a white man who sets out to save the musical genre associated with the African American community, points out Aseem Chhabra.
Gerson da Cunha lists his favourite films from the recently concluded Cannes International Film Festival.
The veteran filmmaker passed away in Mumbai. He was 88.
Roger Ebert's favourite Fellini film, time travel in Kolkata, Charlie Kaufman's existential horror, Fahadh Faasil's hacker skills, audacious superheroes, fledgling superheroes, Sukanya Verma offers 10 recommendations to watch on OTT.
Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies.
'How do you stay so energised? So young?' 'Dev Anand flashed that familiar crooked grin and told me, "The mind never grows old. It urges you to surge ahead".'
Which films are *you* rooting for?
The 90th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold.
Sukanya Verma tells you everything you need to know about the Oscars.
Parasite created history at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards as the South Korean class drama went on to become the first foreign language film to pick up the top prize of the Best Motion Picture cast award.
Dunkirk may have been missed at the year's earlier awards shows, but thanks god, Chris Nolan's classic gets enough play at the Oscar noms.
The smash-hit musical -- led by Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling -- picked up the most nods on Tuesday, and tied the record set by Titanic and All About Eve.
Indian cine stars such as Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Shraddha Kapoor along with other prominent personalities on Sunday appealed to fans to "explore Indian islands" and coastal destinations.
''Chadwick Boseman didn't get sympathy votes because he is dead.' 'He would have won even if he were alive.' 'What a contrast to our nation where you are instantly anointed to greatness if you are dead and your abysmally mediocre posthumous film gets designated as a classic,' sighs Subhash K Jha.
'The way the winners react and the speeches they deliver.' 'That is where the fun happens, when the actors and other winners let down their guard, challenge the system, talk about issues that should matter to us,' says Aseem Chhabra.
Justice, revenge, romance, tears, take your pick from Sukanya Verma's OTT recommendations for the week.
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's newsmakers and events.
The 87th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners.
Take a look at the nominees!
Why were two of 2018's critically panned films awarded?! exclaims Aseem Chhabra.
A look at the winners of the 89th Annual Academy Awards.
Following a year of pandemic prompted no-show and another of backlash for its staggering lack of representation, the Golden Globes felt more atonement than awards ceremony in its 80th iteration.
The 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners.
In spite of a selection of fine actors doing their best, and an eye-catching visual quality, Rana Naidu is more disturbing than entertaining, feels Deepa Gahlot.
'When Ajitsaab pronounced the word lion in his own, unique way, I retained it.' 'And so, 'lion' became 'loin' and my dialogue attained cult status after the film's release.'
The 92nd Annual Academy Awards hardly had any surprises up its sleeves. Here's a quick look at the winners.
The 91st Annual Academy Awards was anything but boring, feels Aseem Chhabra.
The best films are not necessarily the most successful -- that would be another list altogether -- although sometimes quality and commerce do converge.
As his latest, much-talked about venture, I, starring Vikram, is all set to hit the screens this Pongal, here is a look at the other heroes, who have been a part of this brilliant director's extraordinary journey of success.
The 71th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. There have been quite a few surprises and some expected nods.
A look at the hopefuls this year!
J Jagannath on how he expects to see the Trump effect at the Academy Awards.
'Dune deserves all the raves it has been getting.'
'It's amazing how many different kinds of patriotic songs we have in our country.'
'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.' 'Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.'
'If you sit collar turned up and tell yourself, you are great, you will never evolve as an actor.'
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