cinema

The Invisible Other

Kaveree Bamzai

What makes us who we are? Increasingly in popular culture it is who we are opposed to

Sofia Coppola: Beholden to the Father Figure

Rajeev Masand

Sofia Coppola’s new film is a father-daughter buddy movie. The director talks to Rajeev Masand about her departure from reflective character studies

Stream of Consciousness

Rajeev Masand

Akshay’s horror comedy Laxmmi Bomb will drop on a streaming platform in November

The Body Couturier

Kaveree Bamzai

Bhanu Athaiya started as an artist trained at JJ School of Art but ended her career at 91 as a pioneering costume designer for Hindi cinema. It was a life of remarkable work and incredible beauty

Unfinished Business

Rajeev Masand

Priyanka Chopra’s memoir Unfinished hits bookshelves early next year

‘I’m not just defined by being an actor,’ says Hilary Swank

Noel de Souza

Hilary Swank in conversation with Noel de Souza

Alankrita Shrivastava: Sense and Sensuality

Kaveree Bamzai

Writer-director Alankrita Shrivastava creates women characters who express their most intimate desires

Act Two

Rajeev Masand

Neetu Singh has said yes to starring in a ‘dramedy’ in which she will play Anil Kapoor’s wife and Varun Dhawan’s mother

SP Balasubrahmanyam (1946-2020): A Versatile Voice

V Shoba

His 40,000 songs became the background score of the lives of millions of listeners

Broken Bollywood

Kaveree Bamzai

Divided, self-referential in its storytelling, all too keen to celebrate mediocrity, its reputation in tatters and work largely stalled, the Mumbai film industry has hit rock bottom