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    Why the 2026 Academy Awards look set to be a two-film race for the ‘Big Five’

    Sonakshi Awasthi
    15 March 2026 6:30 AM IST

    The categories, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Screenplay, are often seen as the most prestigious honours at the Oscars. Winning them can shape how a film is remembered for...

    Why the 2026 Academy Awards look set to be a two-film race for the ‘Big Five’
    Films
    The Bride!: Maggie Gyllenhaal reimagines Frankenstein as a tale of creation, feminist rage
    Film Reviews

    The Bride!: Maggie Gyllenhaal reimagines Frankenstein as a tale of creation, feminist rage

    14 March 2026 6:18 PM IST
    What makes Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s film, It Was Just an Accident, a riveting watch
    Films

    What makes Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s film, It Was Just an Accident, a riveting watch

    11 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Taapsee Pannu interview: ‘If women lose vulnerability, they stop growing as human beings’
    Films

    Taapsee Pannu interview: ‘If women lose vulnerability, they stop growing as human beings’

    8 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Boong

    Boong review: Lakshmipriya Devi’s BAFTA-winning debut turns childhood into political cinema

    7 March 2026 2:33 PM IST
    Hamnet review

    Hamnet review: Chloé Zhao’s masterly, intimate portrait of William Shakespeare’s grief

    3 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    How The Kerala Story 2 uses rape as a weapon to push its violent hate propaganda

    How ‘The Kerala Story 2’ uses rape as a weapon to push its violent hate propaganda

    1 March 2026 1:34 PM IST
    Accused

    Accused review: Konkona Sen Sharma anchors a stylish thriller on power, hubris and public shaming

    27 Feb 2026 5:11 PM IST
    Anurag Kashyap

    Kennedy, Bandar: Why Anurag Kashyap the filmmaker needs to snap out of his creative funk phase

    25 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    R. Gowtham-Members of the Problematic Family

    R. Gowtham on his Tamil film, Members of the Problematic Family, and why identity is art-based

    24 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    The Kerala Story

    How The Kerala Story franchise turns manufactured numbers into manufactured rage

    22 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Kennedy-Anurag-Kashyap

    Kennedy review: Rahul Bhat-led revenge thriller shows flashes of vintage Anurag Kashyap

    20 Feb 2026 12:46 PM IST
    Assi

    Assi review: Anubhav Sinha’s thunderclap against rape culture, apathy of legal system

    20 Feb 2026 10:50 AM IST
    Mahesh Narayanan-Patriot

    Mahesh Narayanan on Patriot and how a filmmaker understands politics as human struggle

    19 Feb 2026 1:00 PM IST
    Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

    The Kerala Story 2 trailer: CM Pinarayi slams ‘propaganda’

    Rajeev Ramachandran
    18 Feb 2026 9:33 PM IST

    Questioning the regulatory approach, the Chief Minister also asked how films allegedly aimed at spreading division and hostility are granted screening...

    How Sam Mendes’ quartet of films on The Beatles aims to tell Fab Four’s whole story

    How Sam Mendes’ quartet of films on The Beatles aims to tell Fab Four’s whole story

    17 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Arundhati Roy

    Why Arundhati Roy pulled out of Berlinale 2026

    14 Feb 2026 7:23 AM IST
    Wuthering Heights

    “Wuthering Heights”: How Emerald Fennell reworks Emily Brontë’s novel about destructive love

    14 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    O Romeo

    O’ Romeo review: Vishal Bhardwaj returns to form with Shahid-Kapoor-led romantic thriller

    13 Feb 2026 7:15 PM IST
    Tu Yaa Main

    Tu Yaa Main review: Bejoy Nambiar’s lively Gen-Z influencer romance slips on its ambition

    13 Feb 2026 10:10 AM IST
    Mayilaa, Tamil Film

    Semmalar Annam on how Mayilaa, her Tamil film, depicts the travails of a rural woman

    10 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Ghooskhor Pandat

    Ghooskhor Pandat: Why row over Neeraj Pandey-backed Manoj Bajpayee cop drama is a non-issue

    6 Feb 2026 12:53 PM IST
    Dhurandhar: The Revenge: Blood-soaked sequel set for March 19 release

    Dhurandhar: The Revenge: Blood-soaked sequel set for March 19 release

    3 Feb 2026 4:10 PM IST
    Mardaani 3

    Mardaani 3 review: Rani Mukerji-led crime thriller retreats into familiar territory

    30 Jan 2026 7:52 PM IST
    Kishor Pandurang Belekar-AR Rahman-Gandhi-Talks-Hindi-Films

    Kishor Pandurang Belekar on directing silent film Gandhi Talks, working with AR Rahman

    29 Jan 2026 5:45 PM IST
    Sanjay Leela Bhansali

    Why Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been roped in for cinema’s first Republic Day tableau

    25 Jan 2026 8:35 PM IST
    Weekly South cinema round up: AR Rahman row, Mammootty Adoor reunion, Raaja Saab fallout

    Weekly cinema round up: AR Rahman row, Mammootty Adoor reunion, Raaja Saab fallout

    25 Jan 2026 6:09 PM IST
    Sinners

    How Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, with 16 Oscar nods, marks a turning point for Black-led cinema

    24 Jan 2026 7:13 PM IST
    Oscars: Geeta Gandbhir’s two nods put focus on Indian-origin documentary filmmakers

    Oscars: Geeta Gandbhir’s two nods put focus on Indian-origin documentary filmmakers

    23 Jan 2026 7:54 PM IST
    Border 2

    Border 2 review: Ambitious Indo-Pak war epic let down by excess length and loud writing

    23 Jan 2026 6:04 PM IST
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