Loudest online, loneliest in the room: Why connection is not content
A few weeks ago, I sat across from a young woman in a Bandra café who had three hundred thousand followers and not a single person she could ring at 11 pm. She produced reels…
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Politics in your playlist!
On this music day, let us explore the art of political and protest music — a point of intersection between art and activism, where dissent takes the most melodious form it has ever had
Ananthan Kaadu movie review: A flat, old-fashioned political potboiler lacking novelty
The filmmaker and the screenwriter seem to have taken the period setting of the film in the early 1990s a little too seriously, for the writing and making have a visible hangover of that era
When K. Bhagyaraj reimagined an MGR movie: The origin of ‘Avasara Police 100’
K Bhagyaraj, the iconic filmmaker who passed away at 73, turned a forgotten piece of Tamil cinema history into a hit with his 1990 film ‘Avasara Police 100’, which had a unique MGR connection
Cancer Decoded: Why one size no longer fits all in cancer treatment
Two people are diagnosed with the same type of cancer. They are of similar age, have similar symptoms, and are treated at the same hospital. Yet, one responds remarkably well to treatment while the…
Actor Madhoo on ‘Chinna Chinna Aasai’: The film was meant to happen
The actor on how she became Leela in Varsha Vasudev’s languid love story Chinna Chinna Aasai
‘Batman: Knightfall’ trailer: Epic animated adaptation of DC’s most brutal Batman showdown
Warner Bros. Animation’s three-part movie event brings the legendary showdown between Batman and Bane to the screen, with Anson Mount, Michael Mando and Pablo Schreiber leading the voice cast.
‘The Furious’ movie review: Exhilarating Hong Kong-style AMV scored to a symphony of shattered bones
The simple pleasures of watching just a few extraordinarily gifted dudes attempt progressively insane acts of catastrophic bodily harm cannot be overstated
‘Con City’ movie review: Arjun Das, Anna Ben’s con game gives away its own trick
Despite an entertaining premise and a committed cast, Harish Durairaj’s film about a found family of con artists mistakes style for ingenuity and never quite earns the confidence it demands