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LFF 2024: Brit Sandhya Suri’s ‘Santosh’ talks women, inspiration and what she’s doing next… (video)

Earlier today the film had its first screening in the UK at London Film Festival (LFF) after its world premiere…

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LFF 2024 – ‘All We Imagine as Light’ – Payal Kapadia Cannes Grand Prix winning film comes to London… (video) latest listings too

Writer-director talks languages, migration, Mumbai, monsoon and her reflections on her Cannes experience… PAYAL KAPADIA’S second film, ‘All We Imagine…

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London Film Festival (LFF) 2024 Opening Gala: Steve McQueen’s bold film about war and family and togetherness…(review+)

London-born Oscar-winning director dedicates film to capital city that was bombed heavily in 1940… LAST NIGHT’S opening film of the…

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‘A Tupperware of Ashes’ – A Queen Lear worthy of its comparisons…

One of Britain’s leading playwrights Tanika Gupta has laid down a marker, we feel… THIS is a play that deserves…

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Theatre listings October – A Tupperware of Ashes; King Troll; The Gentlemen’s Club; Pins and Needles; Statues and more…

As we move into the delightful autumn rays of October and Black History Month “reclaiming narratives”, London Film Festival, Halloween,…

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Bollywood vibes asianculturevulture – Beating down on the City of dreams

The sudden downpours, chaos, shoot disruptions, Coldplay-Bollywood crossover fervour, Oscars controversy – there’s a lot happening in Mumbai right now,…

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London Film Festival 2024: ‘Last Swim’ – Sasha Nathwani & Deba Hekmat – and more on the page…

See the talent coming to London Film Festival 2024 (October 9-20) talk about their films with acv editor Sailesh Ram……

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LFF 2024 – BFI Festival director Kristy Matheson on ‘All We Imagine as Light’, ‘Santosh’, ’Sister Midnight’ and US ‘A Nice Indian Boy’ (video)

Three films which wowed audiences in Cannes this year are coming to London, two have British Asian directors, while rising…

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‘The Real Ones’ – award-winning Waleed Akhtar on his new play which puts friendship under the spotlight…

Actor and playwright opens up about his new production, ‘The Real Ones’ currently at The Bush Theatre in West London……

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‘Antony and Cleopatra’: A unique theatrical experiment has the deaf community calling for more British Sign Language (BSL) productions

The Globe theatre’s bilingual production using BSL and spoken word has resonated widely, especially with people within the South Asian…

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