Film

‘2073’ – Asif Kapadia’s latest film looks into the future:  “This is a warning”

This film had its world premiere in Venice and acv talked to him at a small roundtable there, and chronicles…

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Venice 81 (2024): ‘Pooja, Sir’ world premiere – director Deepak Rauniyar and lead Asha Magrati talk racism, sexism and descrimination… (video)

Watch the video – more below… FILMMAKER Deepak Rauniyar is one of Nepal’s leading filmmakers and works closely with his wife…

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Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes: One hit; Aki and Devgn flops and Kangana’s troubles with ‘Emergency’

As star names fail the litmus test at the box office, here’s a lowdown on what the chatter is, in…

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‘Martin’ film – ACV reporter-videographer Natalie Barrass becomes ‘international celebrity’ journalist – A Mumbai tale…

Reputed to have cost more than 100 Crores (nearly £10 million), the talents behind this South Indian language film launched…

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Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024: ‘Superboys of Malegaon’, ‘Boong’, Riz Ahmed, ‘All We Imagine as Light’, ‘Santosh’, ‘Shook’ and Malala

The full film schedule and final late selection announcements all came out this week. The festival runs from September 5-15……

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Venice International Film Festival 2024 – Asif Kapadia and Indira Varma – preview and bird bites – ‘Sky Peals’ and ‘Trap’

Tatiana Rosenstein looks ahead to Venice and see what will interest the asianculturevulture at at the festival known by locals…

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Gurinder Chadha: Our stories matter and must be backed and do make money!

‘Bend it Like Beckham’ global smash hit director says her home country doesn’t make it easy…  BRITAIN’S most successful woman…

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Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes – Monsoon Wedding brings stars out; UK next for elite gathering (?), while next month sees box office battle

As the rains and celebrity activity keep Mumbai occupied, here’s what’s also happening at the box office… By Rodrigues C…

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Paris Olympics 2024: A film about what it means to compete in the greatest sporting show on earth…

Shown at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, www.asianculturevulture.com saw it and enjoyed a film which is not only about sporting…

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Taha Shah Badussha – London calling…

Netflix Heeramandi star was recently in London and we round up news and our interviews since we first met the…

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