It is a meeting of two high-style, high-concept creative powerhouses. Luca Guadagnino has built a reputation as one of the most elegant filmmakers around, the visionary behind I Am Love (starring Tilda Swinton), A Bigger Splash (Swinton, Dakota Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Schoenaerts), Call Me by Your Name (Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer), Suspiria (Swinton, Johnson), … Read more
In 2022, the cast and crew of Stress Positions revisited a time most of us would rather forget. In one scene of the new comedy premiering April 19, John Early leans out the second-story window of a Brooklyn brownstone wielding a spoon, clanging it against a pot with a frantic intensity only someone who experienced … Read more
The Pillar of Strength, a Malaysian animated film, is the “Best Cultural Diversity Film Award” recipient at the International Human-Environment Care Film Festival (HECFF) 2023 in Toronto, Canada. The film, advocating for endangered generations while supporting efforts to break the cycle of endangerment, was up against Amuka (Belgium), Cosmovision (Brazil), Mentawai (Malaysia), and Stitch by … Read more
The schemes of Patricia Highsmith’s murderous demon twink Tom Ripley have been adapted for screens several times since she first published The Talented Mr. Ripley in 1955. Technically, more men have played Ripley than have played James Bond, but the most notable instances remain Alain Delon in the 1960 French adaption Purple Noon, Matt Damon … Read more
Howdy and hello. It’s been less than a week, and Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé’s latest album, has already stampeded airwaves and streaming services like a herd of wild horses. With its genre-blurring melodies, rich-as-honey harmonies, and lyrics spicier than ghost pepper hot sauce, Cowboy Carter is a triumph that reclaims and showcases frequently overlooked artistry. With … Read more
The day Thomas Sajan was expecting to see a South Indian action epic at a theatre in British Columbia, a spate of shootings thousands of kilometres away disrupted his plans. Sajan, a self-described South Indian film fanatic, said he had been waiting months to see Malaikottai Vaaliban, a blockbuster Malayalam-language film about an aging warrior … Read more
Little Monsters stay calm—Lady Gaga is returning to the silver screen for the first time in over two years. The singer and actress, who last appeared in the Oscar-nominated House of Gucci, will take on the role of Harley Quinn in director Todd Phillips’ upcoming musical thriller, Joker: Folie à Deux. The film is the … Read more
In the years since the Covid-19 pandemic shifting audience tastes have given rise to two divergent trends in India’s exhibition industry. According to the latest Ficci-EY media and entertainment report, footfalls in theatres (single screens and multiplexes) have fallen by 9% to 900 million in 2023 from 994 million in 2022. But, gross box-office collections … Read more
Can you ever have too much Elvis? 40 years ago, film studios hoped not when they cast the rock and roll legend in the 1960s light comedy Kissing Cousins. Released in March 1964, on the surface it looked like just another frothy confection of tangled romances, intercut with jaunty songs, but there was a big … Read more
On Tuesday night, Kristen Stewart attended the premiere of her latest film, Love Lies Bleeding, in a very un-Kristen Stewart look. The actress—who is known for her übercool-girl aesthetic and who usually dons dress code-eschewing, custom Chanel—stepped out in a labia-skimming bodysuit. Cut to her hip bone with an attached backless bodice, the piece resembled … Read more
