Aseem Chhabra lists the elements that he loved and was pleasantly surprised by in the movies.
Arthur J Pais analyses Oscar 2014 big wins and losses.
Smita Patil would have been 60 on October 17 had fate not cruelly snatched her from us in 1986. She was only 31 when she died. Rediff.com salutes the incomparable actress in a special series.
'We cannot be the country that created the Kamasutra and then we show flowers kiss and a child is born.'
The awards aren't the only story, and here, in chronological order, are my top 10 moments from this year's Globes.
Aseem Chhabra spots 10 must-see movies at the Berlin Film Festival.
Hailed as one of the finest filmmakers of his time, K Balachander, who passed into the ages on December 23, has left behind a rich legacy of hard-hitting films, some of which have been routinely credited with redefining Tamil cinema.
Talented, rebellious, obsessive: Ranjita Ganesan and Dhruv Munjal find traces of the actor's different streaks in Mandi, Chandigarh and Mumbai.
'In Carol, Cate Blanchett reminds us what a real movie star is and why we are enamored by her acting and looks.'
'Smita Patil was the reason I got into films. She kept telling me to get into films but I said I was happy doing theatre, I don't like films. Today, when I look back, I don't think I disliked films. Maybe I thought who would take me in films? I think it was a complex.' Nana Patekar looks back at his life.
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