2023 was a good year for international cinema with many strong films premiering at the Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Toronto film festivals.
The third Bonjour India is coming to 33 cities!
We invited readers to share their college recommendations to the Class of 2010 -- the colleges with the best teachers, facilities, study programmes. Here we present the responses we recieved for colleges in Kerala.
'Our civil society here is vibrant, and courageous, although it is beaten up and beaten down, repeatedly.'
Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you.
'A lot of what you see on screen, particularly the night of the massacre, is pretty close to what really happened as it is based on survivor stories.'
Make your Valentine's Day fun and fabulous with Sukanya Verma's OTT suggestions.
By the time they turned 40, Prithviraj Kapoor had done about 50 films, Raj Kapoor about 46 films and Rishi Kapoor about 80 films. As Ranbir Kapoor turns 40, Deepa Gahlot explores the Kapoors cinematic landscape to find out where the young actor stands in comparison to his great grandfather, grandfather and father.
Zombies, high society, avenging monkeys, reincarnation, twins, meteor strikes, you'll be spoiled for choice on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma makes her recommendations:
'When I realised that I was to take the pictures of Pandit Nehru, I was very nervous and scared.'
'Historically, Qatar has done wonders as I don't think this will ever be possible with the new format of the World Cup.'
But this project is changing that -- one public artwork at a time.
Don't look for a volunteering job for money, but as an investment for life, advises management consultant Virender Kapoor.
'Or because I am getting a s**tload of money.'
For teams that work on projects to make art, culture and travel accessible to the differently-abled, the experience of seeing faces light up is reward in itself.
On her 72nd birthday on September 18, Sukanya Verma gives three cheers to the legend and lists 20 of her stellar performances.
'The Elephant Whisperers is a hopeful story of respect and cooperation with nature in an era rife with conflict and threat to our beautiful planet.'
Sukanya Verma takes us inside 10 of her all-time favourite movie homes.
Theatre is not about having all the answers. It's about raising the right questions that take you into a zone of reflection, says Aruna Ganesh Ram, founder, Visual Respiration.
'The Indian media has largely ignored my efforts.'
K G Subramanyan's artwork had a unique visual language, says Kishore Singh.
The South Asian International Film Festival celebrates 10 years of showcasing independent cinema.
'I consider everyone my competition.'
Rathika Ramaswamy's love affair with wildlife photography began in 2003, when she took pictures of birds at the Bharatpur bird sanctuary. That love affair -- captured in her lens -- bloomed! And how!
Looking to introduce your child to films that will cultivate their taste and broaden their horizon? Sukanya Verma offers a list of movies that is as entertaining as it is enriching.
'He knows what he doesn't want and likes exploring the rest with his cast and crew, so it's like a journey of making something beautiful together.'
'My Nani passed away in January 2016 and the house belonged to her and my Nana.' 'After they passed away, the family decided to sell the house.' 'My mother's immediate response was that we have to make a film in this house before it was sold.'
Neither the intense-because-we-say-it-is romance running through Mirzya or the soft-focus-myth is actually interesting, feels Raja Sen.
'I did hesitate and was scared, but I decided to save the child as I realised I would have done that if he was my child'
Meet Bollywood fan Ranjit Dahiya. If you are in Mumbai, you can't miss his massive tributes to the industry that he loves.
Millions of Indian children lack access to online education as they do not have smartphones, computers or an Internet connection.
The 34th MTV Video Music Awards may have been boring but it saw a lot of interesting fashion on the red carpet.
'When we saw Saawariya for the first time, I was aghast.' 'If only Bhansali had told me, I would have dissuaded him.
It was an exciting time for India and the world. Photography had been invented 50 years earlier, and the mass-produced Kodak camera of the 1880s helped democratise photography. Ritika Kochhar reports on an unusual exhibition of postcards that chronicle life in the British Raj.
From teaching to YouTube, these ideas will help students chase their dreams early on.
Avantika Bhuyan meets a train ticket inspector who captures everyday scenes beautifully on canvas.
Glimpses from the magnificent Kochi Biennale.
No one will outshine the Oscars stage this year.
Etiquette classes today cater to a wide audience of job seekers, front-desk execs, business heirs, romantics, students and even those with low self-esteem
