Films based on video games don’t have a good history. Over the years, numerous filmmakers have tried to stimulate the genre by infusing some novelty to the signature interactive experience. Of the dozen of adaptations, only Jake Gyllenhaal’s Prince of Persia: Sands of Time succeeded in delivering the goods though only to a limited extent. This ...
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You might be a bundle of anxiety and, understandably so, before you set off to make your first film. Here’s some inspiration from the most brilliant and fearless voices in the indie space, for starters. Six indie directors share valuable insights and advice from their experiences for those venturing into filmmaking for the first time. 1. Sandeep ...
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2016 wasn’t a great year for Malayalam cinema. Like Tamil cinema, it had quite a few promising projects which either turned out average or disappointing. In 2016, Malayalam filmmakers played a safe game with family dramas. Of course, they are great, among other Indian filmmakers, when it comes to making restrained inter-generational dramas. But, even the critically-acclaimed ...
2016 wasn’t a great year for Malayalam cinema. Like Tamil cinema, it had quite a few ...
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(Updated: January 17, 2020) 2016 was a year when mega stars played outside their larger-than-life characters (Akshay Kumar, Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan). It was the year when Bollywood found inspiration from real-life events (Neerja, Airlift, Aligarh, Dangal) to tell their stories, with enough cinematic liberties, at times. It was also a year when indie voices ...
(Updated: January 17, 2020) 2016 was a year when mega stars played outside their larger-than-life ...
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It feels like yesterday when Leonardo DiCaprio won his first ever Oscar for an unalloyed, riveting performance in The Revenant. It’s Christmas again and another year is about to end as we head closer to the awards season. But before that, let’s do a quick recap of the best Hollywood movies that released this year. Best ...
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KEEP READING(Updated: August 4, 2020) M-town’s rise over the past decade has been exciting, to say the least. But Marathi filmmakers raised the bar further in 2016, taking the industry to a whole new level. Marathi films have almost perfected the art of balancing audience expectations and critical scrutiny. The films set box office records in 2016 with ...
(Updated: August 4, 2020) M-town’s rise over the past decade has been exciting, to say the least. ...
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Most of us relate the word ‘animation’ to the colorful, digital imagery of Pixar/Disney movies. We can, of course, understand the appeal of these glitzy movies. The American studios’ talent in building rich, immaculate visuals is unquestionable. However, animated movies are not just visual entertainment targeted at children. They are not just made to give ...
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Aamir Khan goes for gold in 2016. After Manoj Bajpayee in Aligarh, he delivers the finest performance of the year and his career’s best. His dedication to perfection is synonymous to his being but the physical transformation he went through for the character at this age is commendable. Staunch, fiery, intimidating and a man of ...
Aamir Khan goes for gold in 2016. After Manoj Bajpayee in Aligarh, he delivers the ...
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Shwaas (2004) was a landmark film in the history of Marathi cinema. It became the first Marathi film in 50 years to have won a National Award, after Shyamchi Aai. Shwaas was also India’s official entry to the Oscars in the foreign film category that year. Three of the past 10-12 Indian films submitted to Oscars were Marathi and ...
Shwaas (2004) was a landmark film in the history of Marathi cinema. It became the first ...
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Ever since George Lucas made the disappointing Star Wars prequel trilogy, it didn’t seem like the franchise would make a return to its glorious form. But JJ Abram-directed follow up to the culminating chapter of the original trilogy The Force Awakens last year, brought the almost sunken ship back to life and how! The movie event ...
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I love to understand and explore what goes behind making films, studying films that create profundity through visuals. Films which contemplate on our inscrutable emotions. Films that don’t shirk from the hard reality. But, every now and then, I return to films that cheer me up and are an instant, if only short-lived, cure for life’s ...
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Watching the latest Disney film Moana, I kept veering off the storyline, engaging as it was. The breath-taking animation made me think, more than once, about how far can visual effects go before they become a trick? Here’s my question. Animation is (mostly) used to express ideas and worlds, building which in real life is near ...
Watching the latest Disney film Moana, I kept veering off the storyline, engaging as it ...
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“My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you’ve got to be a filmmaker.” – Robert Wise Mainstream Indian cinema has largely failed to tap the horror genre. Absurd themes, shoddy visuals, unintentionally comical effects – we’ve been dished out all. Lately though, indie filmmakers have been curiously experimental, redefining and rewriting the rules ...
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Bollywood’s sudden obsession with Sairat is the stuff every Marathi cinema lover dreamt of. Year after year of absolute gems from the Marathi industry, Marathi films went unnoticed on a national stage, despite having Mumbai, the cradle of Bollywood. Our films won several national awards but the large masses across the nation were unaware of any ...
Bollywood’s sudden obsession with Sairat is the stuff every Marathi cinema lover dreamt of. Year ...
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La La Land is wonderful from the word go and sticks the landing. Damien Chazelle’s previous directorial Whiplash was an exhilarating experience that rode high on performances and emotions which came out in the form of its electrifying jazz music. This time too the majestic filmmaker has thoroughly capitalized on his perennial love for melody and rendered ...
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