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Around Tinsel Town
BAFTAs 2022: Sci-fi epic “Dune” won five prizes and brooding Western “The Power of the Dog” was named best film
Here is a list of key winners from the awards ceremony
Bollywood
Kareena Kapoor Khan to make streaming debut with Sujoy Ghosh’s Netflix film
Durba Sahay’s feature film Aavartan, received accolades at the Bengaluru International Film Festival
Uproar in Karnataka Council over screening ofThe Kashmir Files for legislators. Meanwhile, director Vivek Agnihotri gets ‘Y’ category security
Hindi remake of Tamil thriller ‘Aaranya Kaandam’ in the works
Shah Rukh teases OTT venture, Salman Khan congratulates him for launching ‘new app’
Hollywood
Sydney Sweeney joins Dakota Johnson-fronted ‘Madame Web’
Jodie Comer to star in ‘Big Swiss’ series from Adam McKay
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ to screen at Cannes Film Festival
Regional cinema
SS Rajamouli, NTR and Ram Charan hold forth on filming ‘RRR’ in Ukraine and why their film should be viewed as fiction and not as a chapter from history
Kamal Haasan’s ‘Vikram’ to hit the screens on June 3
Radhamani in ‘Oruthee’ is an everyday woman we see around us, says Navya Nair
‘Lalitham Sundaram’ is a feel-good movie about the family, says Madhu Wariar
The Film Exhibitors United Organisation of Kerala (FEUOK) will not cooperate with Dulquer Salmaan’s production house over the release of his movie Salute.
Bhavana set to return to Malayalam cinema after five years
The World Cinema category at the 26th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), will showcase the works of 86 filmmakers from over 60 countries
Salman Khan joins Chiranjeevi for ‘Godfather’ shoot
New in streaming
New on Netflix: Ryan Reynolds stars in The Adam Project, docu-series The Andy Warhol Diaries, Leighton Meester’s The Weekend Away, and more
New on Amazon Prime: Vidya Balan’s Jalsa, the second season of Upload, Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas’ thriller Deep Water, and more
New on Disney+ Hotstar: Marvel’s Moon Knight, a documentary on Olivia Rodrigo, the story of Elizabeth Holmes in The Drop Out, etc.
Essential reading
1) From Holi to Eid, festivals are used as a trope to examine people and society in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films
>> Read on how it allows the director to relate to the memory of Hindi cinema and the roots of Indian culture here
2) Portraying historicals on celluloid
>> Read about how Tamil and Telugu cinema have a long legacy of historicals here
3) All about ‘Pachinko’: Minha Kim and Lee Min-ho on being part of the epic saga
>> The Korean actors speak about their sweeping drama, directed by Kogonada and Justin Chon, here
4) Baz Luhrmann’s Red Curtain Trilogy
>> Read on how the filmmaker uses his uniquely colourful perspective to combine drama with cinema here
5) Ilaiyaraaja: ‘There are no composers today, only programmers’
>> How the Isaignani is gearing up for ‘Rock with Raaja,’ Chennai’s first big concert in two pandemic-influenced years, here
6) Greg Daniels on ‘Upload’: ‘Technology is not the villain’
>> The creator on the second season of the darkly comic web series here
7) Yami Gautam on completing 10 years in Hindi cinema
>> The actor also talks about her latest film, ‘A Thursday’, working with Dimple Kapadia and more here
8) ‘Awkward and not toxic’: Farhan Akhtar and team take us behind their latest coming-of-age series
>> All abut the upcoming Netflix show Eternally Confused and Eager for Love here
9) How Monisha Advani and Madhu Bhojwani of Emmay Entertainment are “being soothsayers”
>> Currently developing content for young adults, how the producers are eyeing a new generation of consumers here
10) Lights, camera, action, authenticity
>> How Tamil filmmakers have been giving opportunities to non-actors by casting them in small yet significant roles here
What to watch
1) The second season of Greg Daniels’ Upload might be slightly lacking in depth, but it takes you along on a smooth, shiny futuristic ride.
Read the full review here
2) In Stand Up Rahul, what could have been a refreshing coming-of-age romantic comedy gets marred by clumsy writing
Read the full review here
3) The Andy Warhol Diaries is a communal portrait of a lonely artist
Read the full review here
4) The Kashmir Files is a disturbing take which grips and gripes in turns
Read the full review here
5) Pada is a sympathetic portrayal of the anger of the oppressed
Read the full review here
6) In Drive to Survive Season 4, the show struggles to survive against the real life on-track drama
Read the full review here
7) The Telugu-Dakhani series Qubool Hai? exploring child marriages and trafficking in Hyderabad’s Old City engages partially
Read the full review here
8) The Adam Project is a time-turning feel-good ride
Read the full review here
9) Turning Red is Pixar’s delightful ode to female adolescence
Read the full review here
10) In Maaran, a passive Dhanush tries to keep you invested in an incomplete film
Read the full review here
11) In Kuthiraivaal, there is very little ‘movie’ in this abstract and trippy experience
12) In Jalsa, Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah shine in a tryst with the truth
Read the full review here
Review of the week
Michael Bay’s back with the ultimate adrenaline rush in Ambulance
Read the full review here
Trailer of the week
Ms Marvel, Marvel Studio’s first onscreen Muslim hero, will arrive on the streamer Disney Plus on June 8.
The studio also released the first trailer for the series fronted by newcomer Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan aka Ms Marvel, a Muslim American teenager growing up in Jersey City.
