Film

Bollywood star launches ‘Farrey’ at International Film Festival of India (#IFFI54) – We are here!

The Bird is in Goa! We are here covering #IFFI54 #iffigoa excitement of #bollywood release #Farrey and producer #SalmanKhan –…

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‘Maestro’ at the BFI (December 1), ‘Last Summer’ and ‘Fingernails’ (LFF 2023 late reviews – updating)

Both Bradley Cooper (director and actor) and Carey Mulligan (actor) will provide an introduction to this film for a special…

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Sir Horace Ové – the artist filmmaker who was a pioneer and visionary – and Tara Prem, the TV producer ahead of her time…

A retrospective season begun screening at the BFI Southbank in October and runs through this month with a screening of…

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‘Pressure’ – British black ‘history’ that everyone should watch… entertaining, powerful, funny…(review)…

Now restored in 4K from its original 1975 print, this film is available on BFI i-player and screened both at…

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Mami – City of dreams festival brings stars, awards and more glitz…

Mumbai’s biggest celebration of independent movies, the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival just concluded on a promising note, here’s the lowdown…

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New Deepa Mehta doc: ‘I am Sirat’ – main subject speaks about the need for understanding transgender… (video)

Film that screened at London Film Festival screens in India for the first time at Dharmshala International Film Festival on…

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Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes – Waiting for ‘Tiger 3’ as other films fail…

The season of flops is back – but a Tamil film is creating records reports our cinema buff from a…

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London Indian Film Festival – stars on Red Carpet as “rock’n’ roll” fest opens with film – Berlin (review)

It’s part II of the London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) 2023 and it got underway yesterday evening… TWO OF THE…

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Mami 2023 – Preparing for lift-off of Mumbai Film Festival

Our cineaste in Mumbai is enthused… By Rodrigues C MAMI returns – yes, the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI)…

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‘Expats’ – “Nicole Kidman brought me onto this” director Lulu Wang told acv at LFF2023 (review here too)

Star director of The Farewell’ brought Nicole Kidman starrer series ‘Expats’ to London Film Festival (LFF 2023) SHOT on location…

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