New York Indian Film Festival to celebrate Shabana Azmi's 50 years in cinema

Considered North America’s longest-running and most prestigious Indian film festival, NYIFF will run from May 31 - June 2 and showcase 49 narrative, documentaries and short films

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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Disney drops epic first look at Mufasa prequel story

Amongst the star-studded cast, Blue Ivy Carter, daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, makes her big-screen debut

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Dwarakish, the complete entertainer

Veteran cinematographer BS Basavaraj and National Award-winning director, KM Chaitanya, who worked with Dwarakish for more than a decade, share their experiences with the legendary actor

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Diljit Dosanjh makes history, sells out ‘largest ever Punjabi show outside India’

Kicking off his tour on Saturday night, Diljit Dosanjh regaled over 50,000 concert goers at the BC Place stadium in Vancouver, Canada, with his popular songs

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Aftab Shivdasani joins Akshay Kumar in ‘Welcome to the Jungle’

Aftab shared a goofy post thanking Akshay as he confirmed his role in Ahmed Khan’s film

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Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman mourn demise of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ art director Ray Chan

Chan had worked on Marvel blockbusters such as ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame‘

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‘Abigail’ movie review: Universal’s vampire flick is all style and no substance

‘Abigail,’ starring Melissa Barrera and Alisha Weir, sacrifices character development in favour of a billion litres of blood exploding in everyone’s faces every minute

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‘Dead Boy Detectives’ series review: This ‘Sandman’ spin-off is boundless fun

The riotous ride of the two teenage ghost detectives is stuffed to the gills with fantastic creatures including a vengeful immortal witch, a melancholy walrus and a giant, sharp-toothed fish

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FIR lodged as Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah actor goes missing, Delhi police team visits his house

Multiple teams have been formed to find the 50-year-old actor, who resides in the Palam area here, after he went missing five days ago, the police said

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Alexander Payne directing documentary about ‘finest film professor in the world’

Payne, known for directing the recent ‘The Holdovers’, is shooting a doc on American film scholar Jeanine Basinger

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Mexican film ‘Shame’ wins top prize at Moscow International Film Festival while major studios boycott Russia

‘Shame’, a film by director Miguel Salgado and co-produced by Mexico and Qatar, was the most highly awarded film at the festival, which began in 1935 and which has been held annually since 1999

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A look at past and future cases Harvey Weinstein has faced as his New York conviction is thrown out

Harvey Weinstein's New York sexual assault conviction has been thrown out by an appeals court, but it's just one of many cases the disgraced movie mogul has faced

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Power of translation: ‘Shōgun’ champions the art of understanding

Shōgun is a refreshing reminder that in a time where the power of the ‘one-inch tall barrier,’ still seems distastefully under contention, sometimes you need to revive the literal Tokugawa Shōgunate to bridge the cumbersome gap between worlds

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Owen Wilson declined $12M to star in a film depicting O.J. Simpson as innocent

“If you think I’m going to take the lead role in a movie about how O.J. didn’t do it, you’ve got to be kidding me,” Wilson reportedly said.

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Sajin Gopu on ‘Aavesham’: ‘Playing Ambaan was a tightrope walk’

Sajin Gopu is getting rave reviews for his character in the Fahadh Faasil-blockbuster Aavesham

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Sachin Vaali on ‘Sathya S/O Harishchandra’, which brings Nirup Bhandari and Sai Kumar together on-screen after a decade

‘Sathya S/O Harishchandra,’ directed by debutant Sachin Vaali, features Nirup Bhadari and Sai Kumar who set the screen on fire with their stellar performances nearly a decade ago with ‘Rangi Taranga’

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Crew members injured in crash on Georgia set of Eddie Murphy movie ‘The Pickup’

Neither Murphy nor the film's other stars, including Keke Palmer and Pete Davidson, were on the set at the time

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Venkaiah Naidu, Mithun Chakraborty, Usha Uthup, Ram Naik conferred Padma awards

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, among others, were present at the function.

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‘Deadpool and Wolverine’: Ryan Reynolds teases fans with intriguing new teaser, poster

The trailer for ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ will be out on April 22; the film releases in cinemas on July 26, 2024

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Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ continues box-office campaign at No. 1

Universal Pictures’ ‘Abigail,’ a critically acclaimed R-rated horror film about the daughter of Dracula, came in second with $10.2 million

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MS Sathyu: ‘The human mind is destroyed, diminished by OTT’

Veteran film director, MS Sathyu talks about his passion for films, theatre and what it means to be conferred with the lifetime achievement award at BIFFes

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Prabhas’ ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ team to release Amitabh Bachchan’s first look during Sunday’s PBKS vs GT IPL match

The first look will be unveiled on Star Sports at 7:15 PM today

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Malayalam hit ‘Manjummel Boys’ to stream on Disney+ Hotstar

A release date is set to be announced soon, said the streamer

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Cillian Murphy, Paul Mescal and more win big at the Irish Film & Television Awards 2024

The awards ceremony, held at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre and hosted by Baz Ashmawy, celebrated excellence in Irish cinema and television

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Actor Pankaj Tripathi's brother-in-law dies in road accident, sister injured

The two were headed to Chittaranjan, West Bengal, from Gopalganj, Bihar, to watch the shooting of Pankaj Tripathi’s film

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First Day First Show | Interviews of Rainn Wilson and Kani Kusruti

The Hindu’s First Day First Show newsletter brings you news and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming

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‘Premalu 2’ announced: Film starring hit pair Naslen K Gafoor and Mamitha Baiju to release in 2025

The sequel to the Malayalam blockbuster romantic comedy will again be directed by Girish AD, and produced by Bhavana Studios

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‘Fallout’ quickly renewed for a second season by Amazon MGM

Within its initial four days, ‘Fallout’ secured its place among Prime Video’s top three most-watched titles globally

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Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Ajith Kumar cast votes in Chennai

Several actors from Tamil Nadu’s film fraternity were amongst the first to cast their votes in Chennai and urged fans to do the same

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Netflix reveals teaser of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’

The 16-episode saga is adapted from Gabriel García Márquez’s magic realist masterpiece; Entirely in Spanish, the series was shot in Columbia with Latin American artists

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Quentin Tarantino abandons ‘The Movie Critic’ as his final film

‘The Movie Critic’ had gained momentum following the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike and the involvement of Brad Pitt in the lead role

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Riz Ahmed boards Wes Anderson’s next film

This marks the Oscar-nominated British actor’s first collaboration with the ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ director

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Emma Thompson, Ruth Wilson to lead Apple TV+ series ‘Down Cemetery Road’

The show is based on the book of the same title from award-winning author Mick Herron, whose ‘Slough House’ novels were made into the ‘Slow Horses’ series for Apple TV+

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Dwarkish: a package

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Dwarakish tried his hands at politics and was an observer of polls

He keenly followed Mandya district politics, where several film stars contested elections in the past

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Director Shankar’s daughter gets married; Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, MK Stalin attend

Also in attendance were Vikram, Suriya, Karthi, Nayanthara, Chiranjeevi, Mohanlal, Ramcharan, Ranveer Singh

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‘Love Lies Bleeding’ premiered in Brussels to homophobia, misogyny and violence, protests erupt

Rose Glass’s queer thriller starring Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian was met with homophobic and misogynist comments at its premier in Brussels

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Kashmiri actor Ayash Arif talks about his foray into Kannada cinema

The Kannada and Kashmiri bilingual, Flowers From Kashmir, is produced by him and three of his friends, including cinematographer Ashok Cashyap from Kannada cinema

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Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt’s ‘All Too Well’ rendition earns Taylor Swift’s seal of approval

Gosling, taking the reins as host of the NBC late-night sketch show on April 13, embarked on a humorous journey through his monologue, bidding farewell to his Barbie character, Ken, and joining Blunt for a rendition of ‘All Too Well’

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‘Karma’: Randeep Hooda comments on death of Sarabjit Singh’s killer

Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, was killed by unidentified bike-borne gunmen in Lahore on Sunday

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‘Civil War’ is A24’s highest opener, beating ‘Hereditary’

Alex Garland’s war-drama has quickly become the indie production house’s highest opening earner, besting Ari Aster’s ‘Hereditary’

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Shots fired outside Salman Khan’s Mumbai residence just days after Ranbir-Alia’s Eid visit

Preliminary investigations suggest five rounds were fired around 5 am while the motive behind the shooting remains unclear

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First Day First Show | Reviews of ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ and ‘Fallout’

The Hindu’s First Day First Show newsletter brings you news and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming

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It’s a wrap for Bala - Arun Vijay’s ‘Vanangaan’

The cast list of ‘Vanangaan’ includes Roshini Prakash, Samuthirakani, Mysskin and Ridha

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Eleanor Coppola, documentarian and Francis Ford Coppola’s wife, dies at 87

Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of ‘Apocalypse Now’, and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died

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Varada Sethu joins the cast of ‘Doctor Who’

The new season is currently in production and slated to debut in 2025

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Malayalam movies out of PVR screens over content-sharing row

PVR Cinemas did not release Fahadh Faasil-starrer ‘Aavesham,’ Vineeth Sreenivasan’s directorial ‘Varshangalkku Shesham,’ and Unni Mukundan-starrer ‘Jai Ganesh’ which were released on April 11

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CinemaCon 2024: Universal Pictures teases ‘Wicked,’ ‘Twisters’ and announces ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’

With the dust settled from a big 2023, winning best picture and topping the box office, Universal Pictures is looking to the future

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Salman Khan’ next film is titled ‘Sikander’, to release on Eid, 2025

Salman will play the titular role in the movie, which will be directed by A R Murugadoss

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‘Blair Witch Project’ reboot in the works from Lionsgate and Blumhouse

The 1999 low-budget indie horror revolutionised the found-footage horror, leaving a lasting impact on the genre

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‘Speak No Evil’ trailer: James McAvoy is unsettling in new psy-horror

A remake of the 2022 Danish psychological horror film, ‘Speak No Evil’ is backed by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions

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Robert Pattinson dies 17 times in Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi thriller, ‘Mickey 17’

Warner Bros debuted the upcoming film’s first trailer at CinemaCon 2024, marking the seasoned director’s first film since ‘Parasite’

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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ passion project to debut at the 77th Cannes Film Festival

‘The Godfather’ director’s return to the big screen in over 13 years will premiere in competition at Cannes 2024

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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ teaser: Lady Gaga puts a smile on Joaquin Phoenix

A sequel to Todd Phillips’ 2019 blockbuster ‘Joker’, the new film will open in cinemas on October 4, 2024

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Kevin Costner's Western film ‘Horizon’ to debut at Cannes Film Festival

The period drama, a four-episode project about the conquest of the American West, will be screened out-of-competition at the prestigious festival on May 19

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‘The Kerala Story’ | A film and the politics of resentment

The decision of the Syro-Malabar Church in the Idukki diocese to screen ‘The Kerala Story’ as mandatory viewing for Catechism students has had a muted but arguably outsize impact on low-decibel electioneering in the State

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Olivia Colman says asking actors to self-tape auditions is ‘disrespectful’

In a conversation with her ‘Fleabag’ co-star Andrew Scott for the Interview magazine, Colman weighed in on the entertainment industry’s growing dependence on audition tapes

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‘Pushpa 2 The Rule’ teaser: Allu Arjun thrashes goons while rocking a saree

Written and directed by Sukumar, the film also stars Rashmika Mandanna and Fahadh Faasil

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‘One Life’ movie review: The ever-dependable Anthony Hopkins drives this conventional biopic

The heart-warming tale of a London stockbroker who rescued over 600 Jewish children before WWII is given that necessary extra zing by Hopkins, twinkly eyes and all

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Lewis Hamilton regrets declining co-pilot role alongside Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

The seven-time Formula 1 Champion had previously lobbied Tom Cruise to be a part of the 2022 Oscar-winning blockbuster

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Andrew Scott wants ‘Fleabag’ fans to “go out and get some fresh air”

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Emmy-award winning comedy celebrates the fifth anniversary of its infamous series finale

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‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ named most popular animated series in the world by Guinness World Records

The immensely popular Japanese anime series has toppled the likes of ‘One Piece’ and ‘Attack on Titan’ to claim the top spot

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Zehnaseeb from 2014 Hasee Tho Phasee, gets a new musical ambience

Shekhar Ravjiani and Kasyap introduce a fresh vocal interpretation to Zehnaseeb, while Karan Kanchan contributes a new sound and texture to the song

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‘The Last Kingdom’ actor Adrian Schiller passes away

Adrian Schiller, who played Aethelhelm in the Netflix historical series ‘The Last Kingdom’ has passed away at the age of 60

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Sandra Oh joins Aziz Ansari’s comedy film ‘Good Fortune’

Aziz Ansari’s second directorial also stars Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves, and Keke Palmer

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‘The Bride’ first look out; Christian Bale becomes Frankenstein’s Monster in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s film

Starring Jessie Buckley as the titular bride of Frankenstein, the film is set to release in theatres in October 2025

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Malayalam actor Akhila Bhargavan is basking in the recognition that ‘Premalu; brought her

Akhila Bhargavan is enjoying the attention coming her way post-Premalu

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Delroy Lindo joins cast of Ryan Coogler’s untitled supernatural thriller

Michael B Jordan headlines the project reportedly set in the American South during the Jim Crow era 

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Anya Taylor-Joy confirms she secretly married musician Malcolm McRae

Taylor-Joy and McRae began dating in 2021 after meeting at the premiere of her critically-acclaimed series ‘The Queen’s Gambit’

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Bollywood’s Amit Trivedi to compose music for Kannada film ‘Uttarakaanda’

The ace composer will work in the two-part gangster film, starring Dhananjaya and Shivarajkumar and directed by Rohith Padaki

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas boards Barry Avrich's documentary 'Born Hungry' as producer

‘Born Hungry’ is a gritty drama about a young Indian boy who finds himself abandoned by his family and goes on to become celebrity chef Sash Simpson

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Jack Champion, Sophia Lillis join the cast of Michael Dowse's 'Trap House'

The Dave Bautista starrer also stars Kate del Castillo, Tony Dalton, Whitney Peak and Bobby Cannavale

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Shruti Haasan begins shooting for international film ‘Chennai Story’

‘Chennai Story’ is written and directed by BAFTA winner Philip John

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Shakira says her sons felt emasculated by ‘Barbie’ and she agrees

The pop icon suggested that Greta Gerwig’s Oscar-winning film robbed “men of their possibility to be men”

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Barbara Rush, iconic actress of ‘It Came From Outer Space’ fame, dies at 97

She is survived by her daughter who confirmed the news of her passing yesterday

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