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May 19, 2012

Talking Movies : Happily never after

Directors get caught up in everything but the content while revisiting a fairytale. »
Meryl Streep
March 17, 2012

Talking Movies : Iron Ladies

The strongest female personas we see on the screen are tributes to actual women who have lived remarkable lives. »
January 21, 2012

Talking Movies : Adventure of the immortal detective

Sherlock Holmes is the ultimate survivor. Multiple media keeps him alive long after his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's death. »
In Time: Something in it for us to think about. Photo: AP
November 19, 2011

Talking Movies : Moving with Time

Movies made on the concept of Time have been selling points simply becausealternative ways of looking at Time ticks. »
Jane Rogers. Photo:S. Subramanium
September 3, 2011

The Man Booker Prize - Making the cut

Parvathi Nayar looks at the 13 contenders to the Shortlist. »
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April 21, 2012

Crossover debates

In a world where children are growing up faster, it's hardly a surprise that young-adult movies are doing well in the market. »
In this file photo an Oscar statue stands on the red carpet outside the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
February 18, 2012

Snubbed again

The Oscar shortlist is skewed again, thanks to an opaque nomination process. »
Evoking criticism: The twilight series. Photo: Special Arrangement
December 17, 2011

Talking Movies: Vampire sagas

They drink blood but have undergone change just as we humans have. Vampires are a transformed race now. »
Iconic: A 1954 file photo of Marilyn Monroe during the filming of
September 17, 2011

Violins please...

In spite of changing mores, both on- and off-screen, there is nothing quite as satisfying as a boy-meets-girl fantasy of love… »
Cautionary tale: Caesar the chimp, a CG animal portrayed by Andy Serkis, and James Franco in a scene from “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”. Photo: AP/Twentieth Century Fox
August 20, 2011

Ape and super ape

Two recent films take one back to the evolving man-ape relationship on celluloid that has been fuelled by fear and partly by fascination… »
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