A midnight screening of the fantasy horror film Tumbbad will be one of the highlights of the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). The film, which portrays the cycle of greed, was premiered in the critics’ week section of the 75th Venice International...
In my long years covering movies festivals in Europe and elsewhere, I have always observed that the Indian cinema which borders on the supernatural or magical or mystical always grabs the attention of festival programmers. I was not quite surprised to find the recent...
Anurag Kashyap’s latest film Manmarziyaan, also known as Husband Material overseas, has opened to a warm reception at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). And giving perfect company to Anurag at the festival were Abhishek Bachchan, Vicky Kaushal and...
Horror-fantasy Tumbbad has become the first Indian film to open the prestigious Venice Film Festival's Critics' Week on 9 August. The segment, which will run parallel to the 75th edition of the main festival, features nine films by first time directors from across the...
‘Newton’ was released theatrically in India in September and had its world premiere earlier this year at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival 2017. Newton, India’s official entry for the foreign language film category at the Academy Awards 2018, premiered at...
Mumbai: Director Hansal Mehta's Omerta, Anurag Kashyap's Mukkabaaz, and Bornila Chatterjee's The Hungry are the three Indian films that will have their world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). In Omerta, which features Mehta's perennial...
