Perhaps the greatest and most influential actor in Hindi cinema, Amitabh Bachchan is the ultimate benchmark of a great actor. Coming from a humble background and being rejected by All […]
Has it truly been more than two decades since the first chapter of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ first thundered across the screen? ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ (2001) was easily […]
I watched ‘Forrest Gump’ (1994) probably about twenty years ago. It was one of the films that were part of my initiation into Hollywood movies. I was deeply impressed with […]
It seems to me inconceivable that Tom Cruise has been nominated for Best Actor just twice, and Best Supporting Actor only once. Before I begin, I will not entertain […]
WOW!!! Any fears that ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ will feel like a very expensive video game can be cast aside. The film is a huge entertainment machine where everyone involved […]
Michael Bay has been the target of much scornful film criticism over the last few years because his movies have, frankly, sucked. Though he is a master technician, capable […]
So much Oscar history was made last night yet all anyone is talking about is the slap heard around the world, the one Will Smith delivered to comedian Chris Rock, […]
Let’s get right to it—it is a knockout, a masterpiece, brilliant on every level. And to the question everyone will ask: it is equal to the original. In fact, I […]
Had Spielberg’ Schindler’s List not opened in the final months of 1993, I am, absolutely confident that Jane Campion and ‘The Piano’ would have taken Best Picture and Best Director Awards, making […]
Some in the theatre world hold a superstition that to utter the title “Macbeth” or any lines from that play will doom the stage performance. Some actors hold this belief […]
THEY’RE BAAAAAACK!!! Movies returned with a thundering triumph this year, exploding back on big screens. As we all slowly, hopefully, leave our basements and adjust our eyes to daylight, movie making […]
As a filmmaker and actor, Kenneth Branagh has run very hot and cold. Hailed as the heir apparent to Laurence Olivier (did we need one?), Branagh exploded into film with […]
Shot in a miraculous eleven days during the height of the pandemic, director Antoine Fuqua and actor Jake Gyllenhaal display remarkable artistry and discipline in creating this film. A straight […]
In 2016, Pablo Larraín brought to TIFF his film ‘Jackie’, a haunting film about Jackie Kennedy in the seconds, moments, hours, days and weeks after the assassination of her husband, […]
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