Dev Patel, Anne Hathaway part of star-studded Amazon anthology series, Modern Love

Actor Dev Patel and actress Anne Hathaway, along with Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, John Slattery, Catherine Keener, Cristin Milioti, Brandon Victor Dixon, Olivia Cooke, Andrew Scott, Julia Garner, Shea Whigham, Gary Carr, Sofia Boutella, and John Gallagher, Jr, will all be seen in Amazon’s new anthology series, Modern Love. After launching the Mad Men creator … Read more

Roman Polanski’s daughter, Jonathan Rhys Meyers skip IFFI

Morgane Polanski, daughter of controversial filmmaker Roman Polanski, and Bend It Like Beckham (2002) star Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who were expected to attend the 49th International Film Festival of India in Goa for the world premiere of their movie, The Aspern Papers, the gala’s opening film, have given the event a miss. The film’s director Julien Landais explained their … Read more

Football films to be screened at IFFI collateral Serendipity Arts Festival

Films celebrating football in six different languages will be a part of the upcoming Serendipity Arts Festival 2018, which will get underway along with the International Film Festival of India on 22 November, organisers said on Thursday. According to the curator of the segment Jan Tilman Schwab, Football — A Beautiful Life, will showcase a … Read more

5th Urban Lens Film Festival to showcase 25 films from 10 countries

The second leg of the fifth edition of the Urban Lens Film Festival will be organised by the Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS) in association with Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan in New Delhi from 16 to 18 November. “Urban Lens Film Festival hopes to excavate aspects of this symbiotic relationship especially in countries of … Read more

Phillip Noyce on a shared love for cricket

In the biggest ever showcase of Australian films in India, Australia Fest has brought a curated selection of the best of Australian cinema to the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) 2018. With Australia being the ‘country in focus’ at the festival this year, Australian films are being presented in three broad categories — 100 Years … Read more

Woodpecker Film Festival 2018 to showcase 58 films from 12 countries

The sixth edition of Woodpecker International Film Festival (WIFF) will be held from November 23 to 25 at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi. The festival will screen 58 films from 12 countries this year and teh entry is free. The festival will be inaugurated on November 23 by veteran actor and theatre director Avijit … Read more

A girl’s simple true-life tale which was not so easy to tell on film

Chuskit, a children’s film directed by Bangalore-based documentary filmmaker Priya Ramasubban, played to a packed hall at the Dharamshala film festival on November 2. The film, inspired by a true story, is at heart a tale about a girl wanting to go to school. This is Priya’s debut feature and tells the story of a … Read more