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Art
‘Saudha – Frida Kahlo Through Indian Classical music’ at the Royal Albert Hall – unique ‘fusion’ of surrealist painting and powerful music…
Popular South Asian arts group looks to link great artist spirit with rousing sounds… FRIDA KAHLO – one of the…
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Main Headlines
Tara Arts co-founder Jatinder Verma pays tribute to Peter Brook but says Glasgow production of director’s ‘The Mahabharata’ left him “saddened” and “disappointed”…
Brook is regarded as the father of multi-cultural casting – his original epic stage version of ‘The Mahabharata’ had actors…
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Festivals
Aparna Sen: Sticking to my guns and making the films I wanted to – leading Indian director tells BFI…
She remains one of India’s best known directors and one of the few women with a very long career of…
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Festivals
Tribeca 2022 round-up: Pratibha Parmar’s ‘My Name is Andrea’; ‘Two Sisters and a Husband’ and ‘God’s Time’ (reviews)
What we watched and noted from this year’s Tribeca Festival… LIKE many film festivals, Tribeca was a mix of online…
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Festivals
Superfan – The Nav Bhatia Story – you cannot help but love this guy!
One of the great sporting stories of our time…Nav Bhatia and the Toronto Raptors basketball team… IF YOU DON’T know…
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Film
‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ – Quite the ride into space in Bollywood star’s first film as director (review and links)
A bit like a nostalgic spy thriller… EFFICENT and well-told, it’s hard to believe this is veteran Bollywood actor R…
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Film
Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes: Down, down but not out – mounting losses. Is a re-shaping on the cards?
Mainstream commercial films are failing at the box office in large numbers, the coming few months are likely to determine…
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Festivals
Liff 2022 – ‘Little English’ – world premiere Red Carpet and Q&A at BFI Southbank (video)
It was a night to be proud…if we say so ourselves… ENJOYING its world premiere at the BFI Southbank and…
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Film
Satyajit Ray BFI Southbank season: Widest range of work – “Well-crafted narratives on Indian history,” says curator Sangeeta Datta…
One of the world’s greatest film directors is the subject of an extensive and original retrospective … By Mamie Colfox…
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