Come December 4, 2022 and the Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) returns with the 7th edition of its Film Preservation & …
Sent To Oscars, Banned At Home…
Joyland (2022), a film embraced at several prestigious International Film Festivals including Cannes, is the latest Pakistani film to fall …
Of Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh and Kanchenjungha…
At first thought, it’s inconceivable to even think of a connection between Shammi Kapoor and Asha Parekh with Satyajit Ray …
Incomplete Films: Shikwa
One of Hindi cinema’s biggest tragedies is that Dilip Kumar and Nutan only came together as a pair much, much …
When Hitchcock Tried To Go Surreal
While Spellbound (1945) was one of Alfred Hitchcock’s successful films, it hasn’t held up too well with time even if …
Gun Crazy: The Unshown Heist
Loosely based on the Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrows legend, Gun Crazy (1950), directed by Joseph H Lewis , is one …
The Urgent Cinema Of Santiago Alvarez
“Give me two photographs, a music and a moviola. And I’ll give you a movie.” is a quote that is …
A Nostalgic Trip Through Single Screen Theatres In Bombay
I still remember in the 1950s when I was still in school, Plaza theatre in Dadar, Bombay, was screening V …
Kantara: That Sublime Submission To The Disappearing Spirits…
The phenomenon of the worship of ‘Bootha’ (The Benevolent Spirits) is imbibed deeply in the social fabric of coastal Karnataka …
Bachchan: Back To The Beginning
Come 8th October, 2022, and thanks to the Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) and the PVR group, a 4 day retrospective …