Films

Bazooka review: Mammootty’s experimental thriller is all style, no firepower

Anand Kochukudy
10 April 2025 1:04 PM GMT

Mammootty shines as an ethical hacker, but Deeno Dennis’ experimental thriller, set in Kochi, stumbles with a weak plot, patchy execution, and too much flash over substance

Bazooka

Manoj Kumar

Manoj Kumar obit: How the actor-filmmaker gave patriotism a face on screen

5 April 2025 3:54 AM GMT

Empuraan, Censorship and its politics

Is cinema losing its freedom? Empuraan controversy riles Kerala

1 April 2025 5:33 PM GMT

Tom Holland, Spider-Man, Marvel Studios, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Kevin Feige, Sony Pictures, Marvel-Sony split

Tom Holland’s ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ releases next year; check the date

1 April 2025 6:25 AM GMT

L2: Empuraan, CBFC, Mohanlal

Mohanlal blinks, apologises for Empuraan while Prithviraj maintains stoic silence

30 March 2025 9:41 AM GMT

Empuraan review

L2: Empuraan to be re-released with changes as makers bow to right-wing fury

29 March 2025 2:50 PM GMT

Bride and Prejudice

Bride and Prejudice: How Gurinder Chadha gave Jane Austen’s novel a Bollywood twist

25 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT

Aamir Khan at 60

Aamir Khan at 60: The ‘perfectionist’ who remains Bollywood’s grandmaster of surprises

17 March 2025 8:30 AM GMT

‘Panchayat’, ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ under spotlight at IIFA Digital Awards

‘Panchayat’, ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ under spotlight at IIFA Digital Awards

9 March 2025 4:55 PM GMT

Devika Rani

Devika Rani: How Indian Cinema’s daring first lady was ahead of her time

7 March 2025 3:15 PM GMT

DNEG CEO on Dune Oscar win and AI tech

Tech firm DNEG's CEO on Oscar for Dune-2, use of AI to de-age actors

6 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT

Adrien Brody-Oscars

Oscars 2025: What Hollywood’s big night tells us about America and the Academy

5 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT

Oscars 2025: Did the Academy play it safe by avoiding controversial films?

Oscars 2025: Did the Academy play it safe by avoiding controversial films?

3 March 2025 11:03 AM GMT

Is Still Here-Oscars

Oscars 2025: I’m Still Here becomes first Brazilian film to win best international feature

3 March 2025 5:27 AM GMT

Zoe Saldana

Oscars 2025: Zoe Saldaña wins best supporting actress for Emilia Pérez

The Federal
3 March 2025 2:30 AM GMT

Zoe Saldaña wins the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard’s musical crime drama; creates history as the first...

Kieran Culkin

Oscars 2025: Kieran Culkin wins best supporting actor for A Real Pain

3 March 2025 1:52 AM GMT

The Brutalist

Oscars 2025: A look at the top contenders, and other films tipped to win

2 March 2025 7:30 AM GMT

Gene Hackman obit: How the everyman actor became a reluctant Hollywood icon

Gene Hackman obit: How the everyman actor became a reluctant Hollywood icon

28 Feb 2025 4:21 AM GMT

James Bond: As Amazon MGM takes control, will 007 still have a license to thrill?

James Bond: As Amazon MGM takes control, will 007 still have a license to thrill?

23 Feb 2025 1:00 AM GMT

Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam

Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam review: Dhanush’s light-hearted take on rebound love

21 Feb 2025 4:25 AM GMT

The Phoenician Scheme is inspired from the iconography of the 1950s sci-fi films.

Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme: What to expect from the espionage thriller

19 Feb 2025 3:40 AM GMT

M S Sathyu-Garm Hava

M S Sathyu interview: On Garm Hava, and why he wants to keep making films

18 Feb 2025 1:00 AM GMT

Mrs-The Great Indian Kitchen

Mrs: What Arati Kadav gets right in the Hindi remake of The Great Indian Kitchen

17 Feb 2025 1:00 AM GMT

Amid strike threat, internecine war erupts in Malayalam film industry

Amid strike threat, internecine war erupts in Malayalam film industry

14 Feb 2025 9:18 AM GMT

Bhargav Saikia-Bokshi

Bhargav Saikia interview: ‘Ecology, feminism run parallel to each other in Bokshi’

3 Feb 2025 12:45 PM GMT

Bad Girl runs into controversy on Brahmin girls

'Bad Girl' set in a milieu that I relate to: Director Varsha Bharath

28 Jan 2025 1:00 AM GMT

Vijay’s ‘final’ film Jana Nayagan a remake of Telugu hit Bhagavanth Kesari: Report

Vijay’s ‘final’ film Jana Nayagan a remake of Telugu hit Bhagavanth Kesari: Report

27 Jan 2025 10:41 AM GMT

The Seed of the the Sacred Fig

The Seed of the Sacred Fig: A harrowing political drama on women’s protests in Iran

27 Jan 2025 4:05 AM GMT

Christopher Abbott in ‘Wolf Man’

Wolf Man review: Imaginative retelling of 1941 classic has scares, lacks sentiment

18 Jan 2025 6:05 AM GMT

Ritwik Ghatak

BIFFES | Bengaluru International Film Festival to mark centenary of Ritwik Ghatak

17 Jan 2025 1:46 PM GMT