Hollywood

Movie Review: The Legend of Tarzan

Ajit Duara

The best scenes in the film have Tarzan swinging from the trees

Independence Day: Resurgence

Ajit Duara

America still reigns supreme, though there are throwaway concessions with a few Chinese and African characters included

Movie Review: The Conjuring 2

Ajit Duara

The Conjuring 2 is no match for the first film in atmosphere, narrative or scares. Be forewarned

Bibhu Mohapatra: Haute Styliste

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A sought-after designer in the US, he dresses not only Hollywood A-listers but also the likes of Michelle Obama

Jurassic quirk

Madhavankutty Pillai

The mystery of the age-no-bar obsession with dinosaurs

The Limits of Prevention

Madhavankutty Pillai

The questions that arise from Angelina Jolie’s revelation of more organ removals

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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Hoffman’s childhood passion was wrestling; he gave it up due to a neck injury

In the candid banter typical of his films, Richard Linklater talks about 18 years with the same two characters, a career on the periphery of the Hollywood studio system, and the evolution of the love story in cinema

Charging Forth

Nikhil Taneja

Paul Schrader, the mind behind some of Hollywood’s most seminal films, talks about cinema’s crisis of form, parting ways with Martin Scorsese, and Bollywood’s body obsession