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Mar- 2020 -7 March
Bollywood asianculturevulturevibes – from our Mumbai correspondent: ‘Baaghi 3’, ‘Angrezi Medium’, ‘Kaamyaab’, ‘Sooryavanshi’…
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Feb- 2020 -21 February
Riz Ahmed at Berlinale press conference on new film, ‘Mogul Mowgli’, being ‘dumped’ by Britain and an ‘unapologetic brown film’
Film screens for first time at Berlin International Film Festival tonight By Suman Bhuchar (in Berlin) 7.30pm UK time AHEAD…
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19 February
Berlinale 70: Riz Ahmed in ‘Mogul Mowgli’ ; Indian indy smash ‘Eeb Allay Ooo’, ‘The Shepherdhess and Seven Songs’, and ‘Sthalpuran’ and filmmaker Rima Das in Berlin, as well Indian rugby film ‘Jungle Cry’…
Berlin Film Festival starts tomorrow (February 20) – as this year’s award season closed on Oscar’s evening with the incredible…
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14 February
Steve McQueen: Taking the long view…(Tate Modern Exhibition, ‘Steve McQueen’)
• Only artist to have both an Oscar and Turner Prize• 3 works never displayed in Britain before• First major…
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10 February
Oscars 2020: History is made with ‘Parasite’ – first foreign language film to win best picture and collect four in all – director Bong Joon Ho on ‘beauty of cinema’ and his next ‘filim’ (T videos); Mindy Kaling, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Lilly Singh…
This could be a moment as a foreign language film in subtitles effectively conquers the world… 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 PARASITE has gone…
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10 February
Oscars 2020: ‘Parasite’ creates history becoming the first non-English language film to win best picture award – more coming soon…
See our story, video and pictures here shortly…about ‘Parasite’, the South Korean film by Bong-Joon ho’s quadruple victory at the…
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9 February
Oscars 2020 preview – Londoner Cynthia Erivo who talked to us about her film ‘Harriet’ and British documentary ‘For Sama’ up for Oscars; Mindy Kaling among award presenters; Parasite, The Farewell, and Adam Sandler triumph at Indie Spirit Awards
A little look at tonight’s Oscars which should be offering us more than it is – but some cheer at…
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6 February
‘Mushy – Lyrically speaking’ Chance to see much praised musical about stammer star Musharaf (‘Mushy’) Asghar online…as Ameet Chana talks about story behind story…
A story of adversity and triumph as told through music and drama… By Suman Bhuchar IN 2013, the documentary of…
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4 February
‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ (‘Let the heart beat’) – Javed Akhtar 50-year celebration at BFI: Bollywood at its best with family drama, comic, tragic and heart-warming and a song or two…
Marking of one of the most iconic voices in Indian cinema with a contemporary classic – and an event with…
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3 February
Bafta 2020: Calls for greater diversity echo from all corners – praise for Joaquin Phoenix speech; Prince William says Diversity must be recognised; Michael Ward Rising Star award; Asim Chaudhry skit…
The usual hullabaloo was punctured by serious calls to address inequality and discrimination in the industry… POWERFUL and impassioned calls…
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