Warner Bros. Discovery has been in and out of the news a lot lately. From its ruthless new attitude toward its films and shows to its perpetual (yet worrisome) money games, there's reason to be concerned — that is, if you're one to keep tabs on that sort of thing. Recent drama aside though, Warner's streaming platform, HBO Max, still boasts one of the strongest catalogs in the game. Even with the merciless culling and routine roster rotations, there's still a ton of good to discover each month.
March will signal another shake-up for the streaming library: HBO Max will be removing quite a few movies and shows this month. Fortunately, there's still plenty of time to check out some of the best projects before they're gone. Let's take a look at the best movies and shows leaving HBO Max in March.
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward...
March will signal another shake-up for the streaming library: HBO Max will be removing quite a few movies and shows this month. Fortunately, there's still plenty of time to check out some of the best projects before they're gone. Let's take a look at the best movies and shows leaving HBO Max in March.
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward...
- 2/24/2023
- by Lyvie Scott
- Slash Film
Ana de Armas’s transformation into Norma Jeane Mortensen and again into Marylin Monroe in “Blonde” lit all the expected fireworks at its Venice Film Festival debut on Thursday. Written and directed by the provocative Australian filmmaker Andrew Dominik, and based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, the Nc-17 rated movie, long in development, had many concerned about the liberties taken with the tragic facts of Monroe’s life. (Coming out so soon after “Elvis” really does make this a banner year for interpretive looks at mid-century American icons.)
After its near three hour running time, “Blonde” was met with a reported 14 minute standing ovation, the longest such prolonged huzzah of the fest, with audience members chanting “Ana! Ana!” In addition to de Armas in the lead, Bobby Canavale co-stars as Joe Dimaggio, Adrien Brody as Arthur Miller, Caspar Phillipson as John F. Kennedy, and Julianne Nicholson as Marilyn/Norma’s mother.
After its near three hour running time, “Blonde” was met with a reported 14 minute standing ovation, the longest such prolonged huzzah of the fest, with audience members chanting “Ana! Ana!” In addition to de Armas in the lead, Bobby Canavale co-stars as Joe Dimaggio, Adrien Brody as Arthur Miller, Caspar Phillipson as John F. Kennedy, and Julianne Nicholson as Marilyn/Norma’s mother.
- 9/9/2022
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Marilyn Monroe is forging her way through the “Asphalt Jungle” of Hollywood, one misstep at a time.
The trailer for Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde” reimagines the late screen legend’s legacy, with Ana de Armas transforming into a portrait of Monroe. The “Some Like It Hot” star’s love stories with “The Ex-Athlete” Joe Dimaggio (Bobby Cannavale), “The Playwright” Arthur Miller (Adrien Brody), and infamously “The President” John F. Kennedy (Caspar Phillipson) frame the feature, adapted from Joyce Carol Oates’ novel “Blonde.” The film premieres September 28 on Netflix.
Julianne Nicholson, Xavier Samuel, and Evan Williams also star, with Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tracey Landon, and Scott Robertson all serving as producers.
Writer-director Dominik previously teased that “Blonde” is “critical of American sacred cows” like the aforementioned male titans. The “Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” visionary formerly confirmed disturbing sexual assault sequences and categorized the...
The trailer for Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde” reimagines the late screen legend’s legacy, with Ana de Armas transforming into a portrait of Monroe. The “Some Like It Hot” star’s love stories with “The Ex-Athlete” Joe Dimaggio (Bobby Cannavale), “The Playwright” Arthur Miller (Adrien Brody), and infamously “The President” John F. Kennedy (Caspar Phillipson) frame the feature, adapted from Joyce Carol Oates’ novel “Blonde.” The film premieres September 28 on Netflix.
Julianne Nicholson, Xavier Samuel, and Evan Williams also star, with Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tracey Landon, and Scott Robertson all serving as producers.
Writer-director Dominik previously teased that “Blonde” is “critical of American sacred cows” like the aforementioned male titans. The “Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” visionary formerly confirmed disturbing sexual assault sequences and categorized the...
- 7/28/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Netflix has released a new trailer for the Marilyn Monroe film "Blonde" starring Ana de Armas in the lead role. Give yourself a moment to take in how shockingly similar de Armas looks to the legendary actress before you dive in. It's uncanny. "Blonde" is directed by Andrew Dominik, who also adapted Joyce Carol Oates' novel of the same name. According to the logline, this version of Monroe's story will explore "the split between her public and private selves," which was so beautifully done in the short...
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- 7/28/2022
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Andrew Dominik says he was surprised by the Nc-17 rating for his Marylin Monroe movie starring Ana de Armas, citing American sexual sensibilities, the #MeToo movement and men “worried about what the women think” as reasons “Blonde” couldn’t slip under the R-bar.
However, the more the Australian director talked with Vulture about the “Blonde” rating, the less surprised he seemed.
“I thought we’d colored inside the lines,” Dominik said at first. “But I think if you’ve got a bunch of men and women in a boardroom talking about sexual behavior, maybe the men are going to be worried about what the women think. It’s just a weird time. It’s not like depictions of happy sexuality. It’s depictions of situations that are ambiguous. And Americans are really strange when it comes to sexual behavior, don’t you think? I don’t know why. They make...
However, the more the Australian director talked with Vulture about the “Blonde” rating, the less surprised he seemed.
“I thought we’d colored inside the lines,” Dominik said at first. “But I think if you’ve got a bunch of men and women in a boardroom talking about sexual behavior, maybe the men are going to be worried about what the women think. It’s just a weird time. It’s not like depictions of happy sexuality. It’s depictions of situations that are ambiguous. And Americans are really strange when it comes to sexual behavior, don’t you think? I don’t know why. They make...
- 5/12/2022
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
Is something finally about to give in the long impasse between Cannes and Netflix?
In recent days, director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford) has said he hopes his anticipated Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde might make it to the Riviera.
Speaking to Screen, the director claimed that Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux is a big fan of the movie and that Netflix had pushed for a Competition slot with an eight month theatrical window but was turned down. An Out of Competition slot has been mooted, apparently.
When we reached out to Netflix this weekend, the streamer didn’t confirm or deny that the film is in contention for an Out of Competition berth. Instead, they noted that Dominik had only expressed a hope rather than certitude that the movie would play at the festival.
While uncertainty remains, the response from Netflix was a slight...
In recent days, director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford) has said he hopes his anticipated Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde might make it to the Riviera.
Speaking to Screen, the director claimed that Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux is a big fan of the movie and that Netflix had pushed for a Competition slot with an eight month theatrical window but was turned down. An Out of Competition slot has been mooted, apparently.
When we reached out to Netflix this weekend, the streamer didn’t confirm or deny that the film is in contention for an Out of Competition berth. Instead, they noted that Dominik had only expressed a hope rather than certitude that the movie would play at the festival.
While uncertainty remains, the response from Netflix was a slight...
- 2/14/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: While the film world eagerly awaits the release of Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, scored by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, we can reveal details about the latest collaboration between the filmmaker and musicians: documentary This Much I Know To Be True.
Oz filmmaker Dominik previously teamed up with Cave and Ellis to powerful effect on the stunning western The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford. They followed that up with 2016 music documentary One More Time With Feeling, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
This Much I Know To Be True is a companion piece to the latter film, exploring the creative relationship and songs from Cave and Ellis’s last two studio albums, Ghosteen (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) and Carnage (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis). Above is a first look image from the film.
Shot on location in London and Brighton last year,...
Oz filmmaker Dominik previously teamed up with Cave and Ellis to powerful effect on the stunning western The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford. They followed that up with 2016 music documentary One More Time With Feeling, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
This Much I Know To Be True is a companion piece to the latter film, exploring the creative relationship and songs from Cave and Ellis’s last two studio albums, Ghosteen (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) and Carnage (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis). Above is a first look image from the film.
Shot on location in London and Brighton last year,...
- 1/14/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
New Poster for Dachra: "Grisly, frightening, and stuffed with howling thrills, the new Tunisian horror film Dachra won over both Frightfest and the Venice Film Festival and is finally making its stateside debut. Equal parts Midsommar and The Blair Witch Project, Dachra begins with a simple classroom assignment and spins through double plot twists into high-tension cannibal sorcery.
Sent off with a documentary video assignment, three journalism students decide to interview Mongia, seeking new clues about the cold case. Intrigued and perturbed by the deranged woman’s story, the trio take their camera to the scene of the crime deep in the woods, led by the headstrong young investigator Yassmine (scream queen par excellence Yassmine Dimassi).
Soon they are welcomed to a secluded, hushed village where goats have free rein and raw meat hangs drying in the wind. Captured with a minimalist color palette in Hatem Nechi’s eerie...
Sent off with a documentary video assignment, three journalism students decide to interview Mongia, seeking new clues about the cold case. Intrigued and perturbed by the deranged woman’s story, the trio take their camera to the scene of the crime deep in the woods, led by the headstrong young investigator Yassmine (scream queen par excellence Yassmine Dimassi).
Soon they are welcomed to a secluded, hushed village where goats have free rein and raw meat hangs drying in the wind. Captured with a minimalist color palette in Hatem Nechi’s eerie...
- 6/23/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
A portrait of Satyajit Ray by Rishiraj Sahoo | Source: Wikimedia commons
Let’s start to play a game here – What is common between the 9 Bengali films listed below:
1 – Antaheen (2009, dir: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury) advertised that this was the first film after Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri where Aparna Sen and Sharmila Tagore acted together. It went further stating that even the Ray masterpiece didn’t have the two pitted against each other in the same frame as this film did.
2 – Abar Aranye (2003, dir: Goutam Ghose) took three of the four characters of Aranyer Din Ratri to the forest of Dooars on a sequel train at a time when the DVD, CD version of the Ray original was not readily available.
3 – Aborto (2013, dir: Arindam Sil) flaunts that all the characters of the film have the same names as the different major characters in the master’s film oeuvre.
4 – Charulata 2011 (2012, dir:...
Let’s start to play a game here – What is common between the 9 Bengali films listed below:
1 – Antaheen (2009, dir: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury) advertised that this was the first film after Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri where Aparna Sen and Sharmila Tagore acted together. It went further stating that even the Ray masterpiece didn’t have the two pitted against each other in the same frame as this film did.
2 – Abar Aranye (2003, dir: Goutam Ghose) took three of the four characters of Aranyer Din Ratri to the forest of Dooars on a sequel train at a time when the DVD, CD version of the Ray original was not readily available.
3 – Aborto (2013, dir: Arindam Sil) flaunts that all the characters of the film have the same names as the different major characters in the master’s film oeuvre.
4 – Charulata 2011 (2012, dir:...
- 7/8/2014
- by Amitava Nag
- DearCinema.com
A still from “Nayak”
A restored version of Satyajit Ray’s Nayak will screen at the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival in the ‘Berlinale Classics’ section.
The film, that won a Special Recognition in 1966 at the same festival, has been restored by Rdb Entertainments in 2K resolution last year.
Ray’s Nayak is a film about a film star who is travelling to Delhi from Calcutta to receive his National Award and reveals a lot more about his personality to a young journalist than he intends to.
The film had also won the National Award for Best Feature in Bengali.
Five other Ray classics, including Charulata, Mahanagar, Kapurush, Mahapurush and Jai Baba Felunath had been restored earlier by Rdb Entertainments.
A restored version of Satyajit Ray’s Nayak will screen at the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival in the ‘Berlinale Classics’ section.
The film, that won a Special Recognition in 1966 at the same festival, has been restored by Rdb Entertainments in 2K resolution last year.
Ray’s Nayak is a film about a film star who is travelling to Delhi from Calcutta to receive his National Award and reveals a lot more about his personality to a young journalist than he intends to.
The film had also won the National Award for Best Feature in Bengali.
Five other Ray classics, including Charulata, Mahanagar, Kapurush, Mahapurush and Jai Baba Felunath had been restored earlier by Rdb Entertainments.
- 1/24/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
★★★★★ The years 1964-5 saw the release of Satyajit Ray's arguable masterpiece The Lonely Wife (Charulata) and the smaller variation on a theme, The Coward (Kapurush), both now reissued in pristine Blu-ray versions by distributor Artificial Eye. Set in the closing years of the nineteenth century, The Lonely Wife tells the story of a privileged woman, Charulata (played by the luminous Madhabi Mukherjee), whose wealthy husband Bhupati (Sailen Mukherjee) is committed to producing a political newspaper, and whose main pleasure is the smell of newsprint and the sound of his own voice.
With the arrival of her brother-in-law, the Bohemian poet Amal (Soumitra Chatterjee), Charulata begins to realise her yearning for something different both in finding her voice as a writer and her unfulfilled romantic longings in the lighter more attractive brother. Ray takes the conventional premise of the desperate housewife and creates something astonishing, a subtle and measured examination of frustration,...
With the arrival of her brother-in-law, the Bohemian poet Amal (Soumitra Chatterjee), Charulata begins to realise her yearning for something different both in finding her voice as a writer and her unfulfilled romantic longings in the lighter more attractive brother. Ray takes the conventional premise of the desperate housewife and creates something astonishing, a subtle and measured examination of frustration,...
- 10/1/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
“Movie Houses of Worship” is a regular feature spotlighting our favorite movie theaters around the world, those that are like temples of cinema catering to the most religious-like film geeks. This week, Fsr’s Allison Loring chose one of her favorite theaters in Los Angeles. If you’d like to suggest or submit a place you regularly worship at the altar of cinema, please email our weekend editor. Aero Theater Location: 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA Opened: Originally opened in 1939 as a 24-hour theater for aircraft workers, but closed in 2003 after Robert Redford’s Sundance Cinemas project (which was going to take over ownership of the theater) fell through because General Cinemas (which was being sold to AMC) went bankrupt. The Aero is now officially known as the “Max Palevsky Aero Theater” thanks to Palevsky’s funding for the American Cinematheque’s refurbishment of the theater which re-opened in January 2005. No. of...
- 9/22/2013
- by Allison Loring
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
French sales outfit Wide Management has added a slew of titles in recent months.
Tiff contemporary world cinema premiere Ningen, about a Japanese CEO under pressure to save his company, is the second feature from Noor directors Cagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti.
Portuguese drama Bobo, by Ines Oliveira, plays in the Tiff discovery programme. The feature follows two women who unite over their mutual desire to protect a child.
Vinko Bresan’s Karlovy Vary competition comedy The Priest’s Children has sold to a number of European territories while Jean-Louis Daniel’s Paris-set Shanghai Belle, also in-demand, tells the story of young models discovering a life of drugs, sex and prostitution.
Also on the slate are Snails in the Rain by Yariv Mozer, Letters of a Portuguese Nun, Rene Feret’s The Film to Come, and Us comedy Only in New York, in which a stand-up has a novel take on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Wide has also...
Tiff contemporary world cinema premiere Ningen, about a Japanese CEO under pressure to save his company, is the second feature from Noor directors Cagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti.
Portuguese drama Bobo, by Ines Oliveira, plays in the Tiff discovery programme. The feature follows two women who unite over their mutual desire to protect a child.
Vinko Bresan’s Karlovy Vary competition comedy The Priest’s Children has sold to a number of European territories while Jean-Louis Daniel’s Paris-set Shanghai Belle, also in-demand, tells the story of young models discovering a life of drugs, sex and prostitution.
Also on the slate are Snails in the Rain by Yariv Mozer, Letters of a Portuguese Nun, Rene Feret’s The Film to Come, and Us comedy Only in New York, in which a stand-up has a novel take on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Wide has also...
- 8/30/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Criterion brings two of auteur Satyajit Ray’s early 60s works to the collection this month with Charulata (1964) and The Big City (1963), both starring Madhabi Mukherjee in phenomenal performances. While both explore women’s lives in a rigidly male dominated world, it’s the earlier film that stands as Ray’s first look at contemporary life in his native Kolkata. While his nine previous films were either period pieces or set outside of the city (Charulata, in fact, sees him returning to period, set in 1870s India), the coalescence of budget and talent finally brought his modern times project to fruition, which he had apparently been wanting to make since his 1955 Palme d’Or winning debut, Pather Panchali. Beyond being simply the story of a woman, Ray constructs an intimate character study that examines an uncomfortably changing social climate, economic pressures, racial injustice, and the moral obligation to do the right thing.
- 8/6/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Following the announcement that came earlier this week, launching yet another hugely impressive line-up at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, the respective line-up has now been announced for what is in some ways its European counterpart, the 2013 Venice Film Festival.
The announcement shows that the two will continue to have a number of films overlapping, including Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (the Opening Night Film in Venice), Peter Landesman’s Parkland, Stephen Frears’ Philomena, and more. But it also brings with its news of where a number of films will be making their debut, including Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem; the latest film from Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises; James Franco’s Child of God; Lee Sang-il’s Yurusarezaru Mono, the Japanese remake of Unforgiven; and Steven Knight’s Locke, led by Tom Hardy, and shot in one take.
In Competition
Es-Stouh – Merzak Alloucache (Algeria, France, 94’) L’Intrepido – Gianni Amelio (Italy,...
The announcement shows that the two will continue to have a number of films overlapping, including Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (the Opening Night Film in Venice), Peter Landesman’s Parkland, Stephen Frears’ Philomena, and more. But it also brings with its news of where a number of films will be making their debut, including Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem; the latest film from Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises; James Franco’s Child of God; Lee Sang-il’s Yurusarezaru Mono, the Japanese remake of Unforgiven; and Steven Knight’s Locke, led by Tom Hardy, and shot in one take.
In Competition
Es-Stouh – Merzak Alloucache (Algeria, France, 94’) L’Intrepido – Gianni Amelio (Italy,...
- 7/26/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A still from “Kapurush”
The 70th Venice International Film Festival (28 August – 7 September 2013) will screen restored versions of Satyajit Ray’s Mahapurush (The Holy Man) and Kapurush (The Coward) as part of Venezia Classici. The films are based on the short stories: ‘Janaiko Kapuruser Kahini’ by Premendra Mitra (The Coward) and ‘Birinchibaba’ by Parashuram (The Holy Man).
Venezia Classici, the section devoted to restored films and documentaries was introduced last year at the Venice Film Festival. It features a selection of the finest classic film restorations – the rediscovery of neglected or underrated films of the past – completed over the past year by film libraries, cultural institutions or production companies around the world.
This year a Jury composed of Film students from various Italian Universities will award two prizes: Award for Best Film of Venezia Classici and Award for Best Documentary on Cinema.
Sorcerer (1977), the masterpiece by the recipient of the Golden...
The 70th Venice International Film Festival (28 August – 7 September 2013) will screen restored versions of Satyajit Ray’s Mahapurush (The Holy Man) and Kapurush (The Coward) as part of Venezia Classici. The films are based on the short stories: ‘Janaiko Kapuruser Kahini’ by Premendra Mitra (The Coward) and ‘Birinchibaba’ by Parashuram (The Holy Man).
Venezia Classici, the section devoted to restored films and documentaries was introduced last year at the Venice Film Festival. It features a selection of the finest classic film restorations – the rediscovery of neglected or underrated films of the past – completed over the past year by film libraries, cultural institutions or production companies around the world.
This year a Jury composed of Film students from various Italian Universities will award two prizes: Award for Best Film of Venezia Classici and Award for Best Documentary on Cinema.
Sorcerer (1977), the masterpiece by the recipient of the Golden...
- 7/16/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Italian actress Claudia Cardinale to be guest host for the section at the 70th Venice International Film Festival where William Friedkin will receive a lifetime achievement honour.
Claudia Cardinale, best known for roles in Once Upon a Time in the West and Fellini’s 8 ½, is to be the guest host of Venezia Classici, the section devoted to restored films and to documentaries about cinema of the 70th Venice International Film Festival (August 28 – September 7.
The section, introduced last year, features a selection of classic film restorations completed over the past year by film libraries, cultural institutions or production companies around the world.
Cardinale will attend the screening of Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa, Luchino Visconti’s 1965 film in which she starred that won the Golden Lion at the 30th Viff and has been restored by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
It is is one of the four classics restored this year that has been conserved at the Historic Archives of the...
Claudia Cardinale, best known for roles in Once Upon a Time in the West and Fellini’s 8 ½, is to be the guest host of Venezia Classici, the section devoted to restored films and to documentaries about cinema of the 70th Venice International Film Festival (August 28 – September 7.
The section, introduced last year, features a selection of classic film restorations completed over the past year by film libraries, cultural institutions or production companies around the world.
Cardinale will attend the screening of Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa, Luchino Visconti’s 1965 film in which she starred that won the Golden Lion at the 30th Viff and has been restored by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
It is is one of the four classics restored this year that has been conserved at the Historic Archives of the...
- 7/15/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The British Film Institute (BFI) is hosting a special two-month Satyajit Ray season, the first of which will be held in August. Ray’s films will be screened throughout the month in London, in association with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Ray received an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement-just before his death in Calcutta-in 1992.
The films to be screened as part of Ray season in August are Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Mahanagar, Jalsaghar, Apur Sansar, Devi, Teen Kanya, Charulata, Kanchenjungha, Nayak, Kapurush, Chiriakhana, Abhijan and Parash Pathar.
Two documentaries directed by Ray– commemorating writer, artist and composer Rabindranath Tagore and Satyajit Ray’s father Sukumar Ray will also be screened.
A Masterclass will be conducted on Pather Panchali by filmmaker and teacher Mamoun Hassan, who headed the BFI in 1970s.
As reported earlier, BFI will also release Ray’s Mahanagar to mark the 50th anniversary of the film.
Ray received an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement-just before his death in Calcutta-in 1992.
The films to be screened as part of Ray season in August are Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Mahanagar, Jalsaghar, Apur Sansar, Devi, Teen Kanya, Charulata, Kanchenjungha, Nayak, Kapurush, Chiriakhana, Abhijan and Parash Pathar.
Two documentaries directed by Ray– commemorating writer, artist and composer Rabindranath Tagore and Satyajit Ray’s father Sukumar Ray will also be screened.
A Masterclass will be conducted on Pather Panchali by filmmaker and teacher Mamoun Hassan, who headed the BFI in 1970s.
As reported earlier, BFI will also release Ray’s Mahanagar to mark the 50th anniversary of the film.
- 7/15/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Veteran Bengali actor Haradhan Bandyopadhyay, 86, passed away in Kolkata today after being hospitalized for fifteen days.
Bandyopadhyay acted in sixty-six films in his acting career spanning six decades. He worked with Satyajit Ray in films like Mahanagar (1964), Kapurush (1965), Sonar Kella (1974) and Joi Baba Felunath (1979).
He had also acted in recent Hindi films like Barfi! and Parineeta.
Bandyopadhyay won the National Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 and Banga Vibhushan by the Government of West Bengal in 2011.
...
Bandyopadhyay acted in sixty-six films in his acting career spanning six decades. He worked with Satyajit Ray in films like Mahanagar (1964), Kapurush (1965), Sonar Kella (1974) and Joi Baba Felunath (1979).
He had also acted in recent Hindi films like Barfi! and Parineeta.
Bandyopadhyay won the National Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 and Banga Vibhushan by the Government of West Bengal in 2011.
...
- 1/5/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from Aag
India has much to look forward to, at the 64th edition of the Locarno International Film Festival that begins on Wednesday, July 3, 2011. The festival has lined up quite an eclectic and exciting mix of Indian films; from the masters Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak to the contemporary Umesh Kulkarni and Vikramaditya Motwane.
Locarno Open Doors, an initiative that focuses on a region where independent cinema is in developmental stage every year has its eyes set firmly on India in the 2012 edition.
A still from Udaan
Open Doors screening will present thirteen “Indian classics” which include Raj Kapoor’s Aag, Jahnu Barua’s Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (The Yellow Birds), Girish Kasaravalli’s Kanasembo Kudureyaneri (Riding the Stallion of a Dream), Shyam Benegal’s Manthan, Ritwik Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara, Aparna Sen’s Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar, Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Nizalkkuthu...
India has much to look forward to, at the 64th edition of the Locarno International Film Festival that begins on Wednesday, July 3, 2011. The festival has lined up quite an eclectic and exciting mix of Indian films; from the masters Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak to the contemporary Umesh Kulkarni and Vikramaditya Motwane.
Locarno Open Doors, an initiative that focuses on a region where independent cinema is in developmental stage every year has its eyes set firmly on India in the 2012 edition.
A still from Udaan
Open Doors screening will present thirteen “Indian classics” which include Raj Kapoor’s Aag, Jahnu Barua’s Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (The Yellow Birds), Girish Kasaravalli’s Kanasembo Kudureyaneri (Riding the Stallion of a Dream), Shyam Benegal’s Manthan, Ritwik Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara, Aparna Sen’s Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar, Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Nizalkkuthu...
- 8/2/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
The Open Doors screening at Locarno International Film Festival 2011 will present thirteen “Indian classics” and a retrospective of Satyajit Ray, through the restored copies of his work.
Locarno Open Doors, an initiative that focuses on a different region every year—is focused on India. These screenings are open to the public.
Open Doors seeks to highlight films and filmmakers from countries in the South and East where independent cinema is still developing.
Indian classics
Aag by Raj Kapoor – India – 1948 – 138 min
Halodia Choraye Baodhan (The Yellow Birds) by Khai Jahnu Barua – India – 1987 – 120 min
Kanasembo Kudureyaneri (Riding the Stallion of a Dream) by Girish Kasaravalli – India – 2010 – 110 min
Manthan (The Churning) by Shyam Benegal – India – 1976 – 134 min
Meghe Dhaka Tara (The Cloud-Clapped Star) by Ritwik Ghatak – India – 1960 – 126 min
Mr. And Mrs. Iyer by Aparna Sen – India – 2002 – 123 min
Neecha Nagar (Lowly City) by Chetan Anand – India – 1946 – 122 min
Nizhalkkuthu (Shadow Kill) by...
The Open Doors screening at Locarno International Film Festival 2011 will present thirteen “Indian classics” and a retrospective of Satyajit Ray, through the restored copies of his work.
Locarno Open Doors, an initiative that focuses on a different region every year—is focused on India. These screenings are open to the public.
Open Doors seeks to highlight films and filmmakers from countries in the South and East where independent cinema is still developing.
Indian classics
Aag by Raj Kapoor – India – 1948 – 138 min
Halodia Choraye Baodhan (The Yellow Birds) by Khai Jahnu Barua – India – 1987 – 120 min
Kanasembo Kudureyaneri (Riding the Stallion of a Dream) by Girish Kasaravalli – India – 2010 – 110 min
Manthan (The Churning) by Shyam Benegal – India – 1976 – 134 min
Meghe Dhaka Tara (The Cloud-Clapped Star) by Ritwik Ghatak – India – 1960 – 126 min
Mr. And Mrs. Iyer by Aparna Sen – India – 2002 – 123 min
Neecha Nagar (Lowly City) by Chetan Anand – India – 1946 – 122 min
Nizhalkkuthu (Shadow Kill) by...
- 7/15/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
There is a special focus on “India Independents” at the 32nd Durban International Film Festival (Diff), which will run from July 21-31, 2011.
“The remarkably diverse cinema of India is celebrated at Diff this year, with a focus on both the classic and the daringly contemporary,” reads the official website of the festival. As part of the special focus, the festival will present a Satyajit Ray Retrospective along with new works by fresh Indian talents.
The six Ray films to be screened are: Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Charulata, Kapurush, Ghare Baire and Ray’s final film, Agantuk.
Leena Manimekelai’s film The Dead Sea will have its World Premiere at the African festival. Diff describes the films as “a haunting and powerful film about the lives of Tamil fishermen and the difficulties they faced during the Sri Lankan war. The resulting blend of fiction and documentary is a powerful protest against the...
“The remarkably diverse cinema of India is celebrated at Diff this year, with a focus on both the classic and the daringly contemporary,” reads the official website of the festival. As part of the special focus, the festival will present a Satyajit Ray Retrospective along with new works by fresh Indian talents.
The six Ray films to be screened are: Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Charulata, Kapurush, Ghare Baire and Ray’s final film, Agantuk.
Leena Manimekelai’s film The Dead Sea will have its World Premiere at the African festival. Diff describes the films as “a haunting and powerful film about the lives of Tamil fishermen and the difficulties they faced during the Sri Lankan war. The resulting blend of fiction and documentary is a powerful protest against the...
- 6/28/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Khandhar (The Ruins) (1984)
My friends are amazed that I should rate a Mrinal Sen film among the very best in world cinema. In fact, there are two films of Mrinal-da that I rate very high—Oka oorie katha (a film in Telugu language based on the Munshi Premchand tale Kafan) made in 1977 and Khandhar (made in Hindi language). These are two films, for me, which raise the bar of quality of Indian cinema, decades after they were made.
Mrinal Sen is an acknowledged Leftist. Yet a viewer of Khandhar will not come across Communist propaganda or even a red flag. There are no political speeches. The Mrinal-da of the overtly political Chorus-that won awards at Moscow and Berlin festivals apart from top Indian national honors--and Calcutta ’71 cannot be recognized as such in Khandhar.
Why then do I rate Khandhar so high? Is it because it won the Golden Hugo...
My friends are amazed that I should rate a Mrinal Sen film among the very best in world cinema. In fact, there are two films of Mrinal-da that I rate very high—Oka oorie katha (a film in Telugu language based on the Munshi Premchand tale Kafan) made in 1977 and Khandhar (made in Hindi language). These are two films, for me, which raise the bar of quality of Indian cinema, decades after they were made.
Mrinal Sen is an acknowledged Leftist. Yet a viewer of Khandhar will not come across Communist propaganda or even a red flag. There are no political speeches. The Mrinal-da of the overtly political Chorus-that won awards at Moscow and Berlin festivals apart from top Indian national honors--and Calcutta ’71 cannot be recognized as such in Khandhar.
Why then do I rate Khandhar so high? Is it because it won the Golden Hugo...
- 3/11/2010
- by Jugu Abraham
- DearCinema.com
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