Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022
Journalism of Courage
Tanushree Ghosh
Tanushree Ghosh is a Principal Correspondent at The Indian Express. She edits and produces Eye, the Sunday features supplement. She writes on culture and cinema — on the intersection of movies, society, politics, history. Her writing spans independent, regional, documentary, and South Asian cinema. She has written about films at award ceremonies (Oscars, Bafta, Emmy) […]
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Meet Negha S and Alina Khan, two trans actors, from India and Pakistan, who are changing the narrative
August 20,2022 13:55:26 PM
Seven decades since Independence, has Indian and Pakistani cinema and society become more accepting of the transgender community and are giving them real representation?
Sun, Aug 21, 2022
‘The attack on Salman Rushdie is an attack on creative imagination’
August 18,2022 09:10:08 AM
Artists and writers condemn the deadly attack on author Salman Rushdie in New York
Thu, Aug 18, 2022
‘Chhayaankan’, a new documentary throws light on the forgotten cinematographers who made Hindi cinema great
August 07,2022 06:10:37 AM
Former cinematographer Hemant Chaturvedi, who's worked with the likes of Ram Gopal Varma, Vishal Bhardwaj, Aparna Sen, quit Bollywood in 2015, and returns now with a documentary on 14 veteran cinematographers who showed the world the marvels of playing with shadows and more
Mon, Aug 08, 2022
Celebrating 75 years of India’s Independence with the now-forgotten 35 mm cinema
August 01,2022 21:02:51 PM
The India Habitat Centre in Delhi, through the month of August, will be screening one landmark film from each of the seven decades since Independence
Tue, Aug 02, 2022
Deepti Naval: ‘We have always co-existed despite Partition’
July 25,2022 11:57:34 AM
Actor-artist Deepti Naval on her memoir A Country Called Childhood, the stories that made her childhood, living through war, and a life readying her for cinema
Mon, Jul 25, 2022
The curious case of Kannada film Dollu bagging the 68th National Award for a sync sound film while not being one
July 24,2022 21:53:47 PM
The sound designer and filmmakers are clueless why the sync sound clause was added in the award category of location sound recordist that has been won by their dubbed film.
Tue, Jul 26, 2022
Bhupinder Singh was matchless, from being a giving ‘elder brother’ to a man with a unique voice
July 21,2022 19:19:16 PM
Colleagues recall the singer-composer-guitarist, who passed away this week, who rendered film music, ghazals and bhajans with equal elan and poise and was always ready to help
Sat, Jul 23, 2022
Saim Sadiq’s ‘Joyland’ makes a statement about inclusivity, diversity and Indo-Pak camaraderie
July 10,2022 06:10:32 AM
Made by a Pakistani director and a producer of Indian origin, 'Joyland' became the first Pakistani film ever to enter the Cannes Film Festival this year and picked up the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize and Queer Palm awards
Sun, Jul 10, 2022
Deepti Naval: Writing this book was almost cathartic, a process of realisation about myself, and my parents
July 06,2022 11:04:43 AM
At the launch of her new book ‘A Country Called Childhood: A Memoir’, actor Deepti Naval spoke of her childhood memories and stories, her syncretic upbringing, historical events that uprooted her family, and how she wanted to understand all the sides
Wed, Jul 06, 2022
How the documentary Trans Kashmir individualises a community which is often kept at bay
June 25,2022 19:37:17 PM
A new documentary by S Akmal Hanan and Surbhi Dewan shines a personalised light on a section of Kashmir nobody wants to talk about — its transgender community
Sun, Jun 26, 2022
Prappeda is an audacious Malayalam sci-fi anti-war film
June 22,2022 21:32:42 PM
Krishnendu Kalesh’s debut feature film Prappeda, which premiered at Rotterdam, screened at IFFK, and won the special award for promising debut in direction at this year’s Kerala State Film Awards, leaves you with questions.
Wed, Jun 22, 2022
Kerala Film Awards 2022: How Aavasavyuham, Chavittu and Prapedda are expanding the scope of playing with the form
June 20,2022 09:47:01 AM
More than Malayalam mainstream, it is the indies — such as these three films, which won top creative prize at the 52nd Kerala State Film Awards — that are proof of what Anurag Kashyap said at the 26th IFFK about Malayalam cinema chronicling the times, unlike Hindi films
Mon, Jun 20, 2022
Cannes 2022: Death is a recurring theme in some of the Indian films at the festival
May 21,2022 12:00:10 PM
Among a crop of new and young directors meditating on death, in all its manifestations and ramifications, in their films at the Cannes Film Festival, are two classics resurrected from the dead, the freshly restored G Aravindan’s 'Thamp' (1978) and Satyajit Ray’s 'Pratidwandi' (1970)
Sat, May 21, 2022
Why was Deepika Padukone dressed in sofa upholstery at Cannes?
May 18,2022 18:47:07 PM
Deepika Padukone, a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival, and the choice of her red-carpet sari was a missed opportunity to celebrate Indian handloom.
Thu, May 19, 2022
When Irrfan got angry with Anup Singh
May 16,2022 12:00:08 PM
In a recent book, the filmmaker composes an ode to a friend, an actor whose life enriched the inner world of others
Mon, May 16, 2022
NYIFF 2022: Five debut Indian films to watch at the New York festival
May 06,2022 15:42:31 PM
For the first time, the 22nd New York Indian Film Festival, which runs virtually from May 7-14, will have a Sanskrit film and an award for debut filmmakers.
Fri, May 06, 2022
Regional cinema: Unesco glory for Dostojee, North American awards for Once Upon a Time in Calcutta
May 04,2022 18:52:46 PM
Dostojee, set in rural Bengal, has won the children's award CIFEJ Prize while OUATIC, a slice of urban Bengal, was awarded the Grand Jury Award at IFFLA, Los Angeles, and the Circle Award at Filmfest DC, Washington DC
Wed, May 04, 2022
HIFF 2022: Don’t miss these 8 Indian films at Habitat International Film Festival, which returns to Delhi after a hiatus of two years
May 02,2022 21:22:53 PM
The Habitat International Film Festival returns in physical form with an eclectic selection of over 60 films from home and the world.
Mon, May 02, 2022
‘Given Indian cinema’s volume, magnitude and legacy, that US festivals overlooked it didn’t make sense to me’: Christina Marouda
April 28,2022 18:55:37 PM
Christina Marouda, the Greek founder of the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, whose 20th edition starts today, on the need for global festivals to include more Indian independent films.
Thu, Apr 28, 2022
Anand Patwardhan: ‘Films that I made to fight religious and caste discrimination are the most useful’
April 15,2022 15:00:32 PM
The documentary filmmaker will receive the prestigious 2022 Outstanding Achievement Award at Toronto’s Hot Docs Festival this month
Fri, Apr 15, 2022
Explained: India’s several film bodies, now to be part of ‘umbrella’ NFDC
April 01,2022 17:45:09 PM
The government has made a budgetary allocation of Rs 1,304.52 crore up to 2026 for all these activities under NFDC.
Fri, Apr 01, 2022
‘Indian filmmakers retaining key decision-making roles is a huge part of this Oscar moment’
March 26,2022 14:52:04 PM
Filmmakers Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh of Writing with Fire, India’s first Oscar nomination in documentary feature, on the film, the spotlight and a controversy
Sun, Mar 27, 2022
‘I wondered what would courage sound like’: Tajdar Junaid
March 26,2022 12:48:05 PM
The musician on scoring for the Oscar-nominated Writing with Fire, being a sought-after composer for independent cinema, and how wars impact artistes
Sun, Mar 27, 2022
Khabar Lahariya says documentary an ‘inaccurate’ representation, filmmakers stand by portrayal
March 22,2022 22:53:22 PM
Khabar Lahariya's statement, which comes a week ahead of the 94th Academy Awards, says the film “eclipses” their work of over 20 years and captures only a part of their story — “and part stories have a way of distorting the whole sometimes”.
Wed, Mar 23, 2022
The omission of Pedro and Barah by Barah at the Bengaluru film festival and what it says about the state of film festivals in India
March 11,2022 10:15:05 AM
Bengaluru’s loss is Kerala’s gain, as Pedro, Barah by Barah, and Koli Taal are headed to film festivals in Kerala this month. With no big theatres, producers, OTTs eager to bet on them, for independent filmmakers, only festivals help them reach an audience.
Sat, Mar 12, 2022