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The Traitor is a 2019 film made by the 85-year-old Italian veteran director, Marco Bellocchio (famous for the film, Vincere). It is about the Sicilian mafia don, Tommaso Buscetta who agreed to be an informant for the Italian government and made history in the world of mafia. The film...
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The opening ceremony of the 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) took place in one of India’s biggest indoor stadiums, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Goa on 20th November with an attendance of two thousand in the audience. It had film stars like Sunny Deol, Pankaj Tripathy, Vijay Sethupathi, and...
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Emerging from a challenging four-year hiatus imposed by the constraints of the pandemic, MAMI 2023 expanded its horizons, encompassing a broader range of films from various regions and increased its number of theaters. It also showcased a special focus on South Asian cinema and the works of the South...
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The Servant Director: Joseph Losey Writers: Harold Pinter, Robin Maugham Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig Genre: Drama Language: English Release date: 1964 Duration: 1 hour, 56 mins. Awards: winner of 3 BAFTAs, and nominated for a Venice Golden Lion Story Published in 1948, THE SERVANT is...
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In earlier times, Doordarshan (DD) used to screen National Award winning films as well as films that were selected in the Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). For this, the respective filmmaker received a fee of Rs. 25 lacs. This practise came to a close...
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Women today are making their voice heard in all forms of the arts, and in particular, cinema. Older women are taking interest in cinema with the advent of smartphones in Nepal as well as other countries. All have important stories to tell, and social media too is of great...
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Women in Hollywood as well as Bollywood are mostly portrayed as objects of desire, and it is no different in mainstream South Asian and Bangladeshi cinema. This formed the topic at the two-day Women in Cinema Conference 2019 held as part the Dhaka International Film Festival. Sharing their professional...
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The iconic Italian film director whose films are best known for their colorful visual style and fluid camerawork, Bernardo Bertolucci, passed away recently, creating a void in the field of cinema. Bertolucci started his career as an assistant director with Pier Paolo Pasolini in Accattone (1961), and considered Jean Luc Godard as...
The Traitor is a 2019 film made by the 85-year-old Italian veteran director, Marco Bellocchio (famous for the film, Vincere). It is about the Sicilian mafia don, Tommaso Buscetta who agreed to be an informant for the Italian government and made history in the world of mafia. The film...
The opening ceremony of the 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) took place in one of India’s biggest indoor stadiums, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Goa on 20th November with an attendance of two thousand in the audience. It had film stars like Sunny Deol, Pankaj Tripathy, Vijay Sethupathi, and...
Emerging from a challenging four-year hiatus imposed by the constraints of the pandemic, MAMI 2023 expanded its horizons, encompassing a broader range of films from various regions and increased its number of theaters. It also showcased a special focus on South Asian cinema and the works of the South...
The Servant Director: Joseph Losey Writers: Harold Pinter, Robin Maugham Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig Genre: Drama Language: English Release date: 1964 Duration: 1 hour, 56 mins. Awards: winner of 3 BAFTAs, and nominated for a Venice Golden Lion Story Published in 1948, THE SERVANT is...
In earlier times, Doordarshan (DD) used to screen National Award winning films as well as films that were selected in the Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). For this, the respective filmmaker received a fee of Rs. 25 lacs. This practise came to a close...
Women today are making their voice heard in all forms of the arts, and in particular, cinema. Older women are taking interest in cinema with the advent of smartphones in Nepal as well as other countries. All have important stories to tell, and social media too is of great...
Women in Hollywood as well as Bollywood are mostly portrayed as objects of desire, and it is no different in mainstream South Asian and Bangladeshi cinema. This formed the topic at the two-day Women in Cinema Conference 2019 held as part the Dhaka International Film Festival. Sharing their professional...
The iconic Italian film director whose films are best known for their colorful visual style and fluid camerawork, Bernardo Bertolucci, passed away recently, creating a void in the field of cinema. Bertolucci started his career as an assistant director with Pier Paolo Pasolini in Accattone (1961), and considered Jean Luc Godard as...