Film on Diana's death coming up

Helen Mirren will playQueen Elizabeth II in a film that delves into the strained relationship between Buckingham Palace and 10, Downing Street afterPrincess Diana's death on August 31, 1997.The......

How Brick Lane was made: Director's cut

Filmmaker Sarah Gavron grew up watching Hollywood's fantasy films, but never seriously thought about the filmmaking process.So years later, when Britain's Film4 asked her to direct Brick Lane, she......

Beckham gets another nomination

Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham has bagged another prestigious nomination.The Writers Guild of America nominated Chadha, her husband Paul Mayeda Berges and Guljit Bindra's screenplay for......

An immigrant's sinister journey

From the moment you see a human heart floating in a London Hotel in the opening shot of Dirty Pretty Things, you brace yourself for a relentless drama about the illegal and marginalized immigrants......

'America's Christ on a bicycle' Armstrong's disgrace revisited in film

The Program documents the dark side of professional cycling, which still struggles to shake off suspicions of cheating amid a culture of loyalty to a team's star IMAGE: Lance Armstrong.......

Sports sagas: When real life inspired reel...

It was double whammy for Indian sports lovers over the weekend as two big biopics hit cinema screens on Friday, the 13th. Pele: Birth of a Legend and Azhar, biographical films on two sports icons,......