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Hayley Atwell will reunite with Charlotte Rampling on the big screen after Atwell signed for I, Anna, the debut feature for writer-director Barnaby Southcombe. Atwell and Rampling shot The Duchess together with Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes. Atwell joins I, Annaas Emmy, daughter of Charlotte Rampling’s eponymous character, Anna. Read the rest of the article [...]
The 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival will take place from April 20 through May 1, 2011. The festival recently announced their partial line-up. Starting with the Opening Night film, following you will find the first part of their list. OPENING NIGHT FILM The opening night film for this tenth edition of the festival will be [...]
‘Only if every man was Manu, and no girl on this planet had even a hint of Tanu!’ Director Anand L Rai’s romantic comedy Tanu weds Manu celebrates ‘Arranged Marriages’ and so undoubtedly it will be liked. Because Indians love weddings and everything associated with weddings; the pomp, the show, the confusion, the emotions, jewellery, [...]
Considering the constraints of its genre, it is hard to expect a Barton Fink or Serious Man here and I do not think the plot offers any scope for open ending. But the Coens summon their visual flair and are also aided by the cutting edge technology to deliver a visual experience that demands a big screen watch. Also, their fascination with the macabre as well as their penchant for eccentric characters makes it a captivating experience like no other.
In a year that has seen releases from seasoned maestros like Scorsese, Polanski, Stone and Coen Brothers along with new age auteurs such as Nolan and Aronofsky, as well as long snubbed mavericks like Fincher, The King’s Speech came from nowhere and it seems that it now has the blessings of the “Academy” that matters.
Director: John Cameron Mitchell Writer: David Lindsay-Abaire (play and screenplay) Music: Anton Sanko Cast: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Ackhart, Dianne Wiest, Miles Teller, Tammy Blanchard What goes for the film: An immensely sensitive and insightful screenplay. Powerhouse performances to very well-written characters. What goes against the audience: It might be a blinkered bias, but nothing in [...]
7 Khoon Maaf Director : Vishal Bharadwaj Writers : Vishal Bharadwaj, Matthew Robbins Music : Vishal Bharadwaj Cast : Priyanka Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Annu Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Aleksandr Daychenko, Naseeruddin Shah, Vivaan Shah, Usha Uthup, Harish Khanna What goes for the film : A brilliant ensemble, powerhouse performance by Priyanka Chopra, the [...]
Seriously, I could easily replace Jesse Eisenberg or James Franco with Ben Stiller in the Oscar nomination list. I never thought I would say this, so I am as surprised as you are by these statements. Sure, we’ve all liked Ben Stiller for years…what’s not to like? He’s not afraid to make fun of himself, [...]
Patiala House Director : Nikhil Advani Writers : Nikhil Advani (Screenplay), Anvita Dutt (Dialogues) Music : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Cast : Akshay Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Anushka Sharma What goes for the film : Akshay Kumar, a rousing first hour What goes against the audience : Cliched treatment post the first hour, an unnecessarily grand scale [...]
I believe that truly groundbreaking, momentous inventions are most often misunderstood. Just a few days ago, Arianna Huffington re-tweeted this quote “If at first an idea isn’t absurd, there is no hope for it.” History is littered with examples of individuals ahead of their times, who today we call innovators, but in their own era [...]
After the comprehensive observation of the Bush administration and the Iraq War with ‘No end in sight’, Charles Ferguson scrutinises the recent US financial meltdown with ‘Inside Job’. It is a morally outraged documentary that examines the line-up of events that led to the global recession of 2008 that started in the United States of [...]
An elderly man is doing Yoga to improve his gastric troubles. His much younger ‘friend’ comes in and suggests an aasan. While the man is in a difficult space, lying on the ground, knees close to the chest (the sort of pose which gymnasts and Baba Ramdev do with great ease), the friend suffocates him. [...]
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