James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DC Universe, organised under the ominously biblical banner of “Chapter One: Gods and Monsters”, has so far dedicated a disproportionate amount of time attending to the Gods in question, with Superman and Supergirl each bringing a spot of Kryptonian optimism to the big screen, and the expanding franchise making […]

“I have been on this path for close to 60 years, so it would be easy to bluff about my work,” says Ashok Bhowmick with candour. “But painting has nothing to do with words.” “When you use words to talk about your painting, you unknowingly convert it into a physical language. If I use English […]

Kaushal Oza and a still from ‘Little Thomas’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Amid the spectacle of action and romance, innocence has withered away from Hindi cinema screens in recent years. Consumed by an overarching tendency to tell larger-than-life stories, the smaller ways haven’t quite found expression. That changes this coming Friday (October 23, 2026) […]

Nathan Fielder, left, and Elizabeth Holmes in a scene from ‘You Can See Everything’ Sony Pictures has acquired the rights to release A24’s You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, in India. The film, which opened in the US last week, had one of the biggest openings for a […]

When Deva began popularising gaana songs in his films during the early 2000s, that genre became his singular identity, completely defining his legacy in the public eye. | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK The opening scene of the recently-released film Lubber Pandhu. Inside a bus, the song Rasithan Kai Rasithan plays in Chitra’s voice. Entranced by […]