Film
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Jan- 2019 -24 January
Sundance Film Festival 2019 (January 24-February 3) – our picks from here
Park City, Utah (US) 1am/8am (US Mountain Time/UK time) *Gurinder Chadha new film ‘Blinded by the Light’ world premiere here*Mindy Kaling stars and…
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24 January
‘Love Sonia’ (full review) – the very ugly face of the sex trade between East and West
Freida Pinto as you have never seen her before… (**Spoiler alerts towards end) By Suman Bhuchar THIS is a new…
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22 January
UK Asian Film Festival (March 27-April 7) – are you ready?
Interview with creative director and latest on festival… IT WON’T be long now before you’re poring over the listings for…
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22 January
IFFI and Film Bazaar – our video interviews: Tim McGovern (VFX Oscar winner), Ivan Ayr (Soni), Chaitanya Prasad (IFFI director), Samir Bhamra (UK Asian Film Festival), Imthias Mohammed (Lakshawadeep Tourism)
Our video interviews from this festival all on one page! IN NOVEMBER 2018, we were at the International Film Festival…
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9 January
BAFTA nominations: Sandhya Suri’s ‘The Field’ makes shortlist – and other notable nominations
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) announced which films and talent are up for awards… SANDHYA SURI’S…
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7 January
Golden Globes: Diverse and minority talent gets spotlight
It’s the start of the awards season and those once on the margins are stepping gloriously into the limelight… HOLLYWOOD…
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2 January
Mrinal Sen: The last of a trio of famous Bengali filmmakers (Obituary)
Eschewed mainstream and conventional Indian cinema style to produce something often more esoteric and challenging – but struck a more…
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Apr- 2018 -21 April
‘Balekempa/The Bangle seller’ Award-winning Rotterdam film comes to East End Film Festival (London)
Independent cinema in India continues to make strides, and regional cinema away from the blockbusters, is also making an undoubted…
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20 April
Beyond the clouds (review): Stirring human drama has much to recommend it – not least a charasmatic lead and support…
Described in some circles as ‘the Indian slumdog millionaire’ but is less fairytale and more real in other respects… IT’S…
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19 April
‘Thari – The Loom’ – Malavika Sarukkai: Bharatanatyam but maybe not as we know it…
Renowned dance artist brings new piece to the newly refurbished Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre in what could…
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