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Reviews of ‘Tron Ares’ and ‘The Smashing Machine’ Curated every week, this newsletter brings you all the latest news from the world of movies and streamingBollywoodBollywood is back in Britain, says PM Starmer as he visits YRF, bats for increased film collaboration Shweta Tripathi begins shooting for ‘Mirzapur: The Film’ Veteran actor Sandhya Shantaram dies at 94 HollywoodLeonardo DiCaprio, Austin Butler, Adam Driver, and Bradley Cooper in talks for Michael Mann’s ‘Heat 2’ Amazon Prime Video removes guns from ‘James Bond’ posters Regional CinemaVetri Maaran-Silambarasan TR’s ‘Vada Chennai’ film titled ‘Arasan’ Karthi’s ‘Vaa Vaathiyaar,’ directed by Nalan Kumarasamy, gets a release date Mohanlal’s action epic ‘Vrusshabha’ gets a release date Santhosh Narayanan announces home-grown music streaming platform Kannada web series ‘Maarigallu’ locks premiere date on ZEE5 World Cinema‘One Piece’ Season 2 reveals first look at Laboon and Crocus Trailers‘No Other Choice’ trailer shows Park Chan-wook turn capitalism into a blood-soaked comedy of survival Pradeep Ranganathan, Mamitha Baiju steer an intense young-adult rom-com in the trailer of ‘Dude’ Trailer of Netflix’s period drama ‘Train Dreams’ shows Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones face the Frontier Liam Hemsworth debuts a gritty, foul-mouthed Geralt in trailer of ‘The Witcher’ Season 4 ‘I Love LA’ trailer shows Rachel Sennott take aim at influencer culture Essential Reading1) ‘Humans in the Loop’ interview: Aranya Sahay and Kiran Rao on the invisible labours of AI and making indie films that matter >> The director and executive producer discuss the making of the independent film, the invisible labour of Adivasi women in data labelling, and the cost of being misread 2) Anshuman Jha on the mystery behind ‘Lord Curzon Ki Haveli’ >> The ‘Lakadbaggha’ actor makes his directorial debut with a thriller laced with dark humour and headlined by Rasika Dugal and Arjun Mathur 3) Neerraja Kona interview: When Siddhu Jonnalagadda stepped in, ‘Telusu Kada’ became an edgy romance >> The director speaks about writing a new-age romance, bouncing ideas off Nani, Nithiin and Samantha, and why she roots for Raashii Khanna and Srinidhi Shetty in her film 4) Ravi K Chandran interview: The mania that a commercial superstar like Pawan Kalyan generates is unmatched >> Ravi discusses the retro-tinged visual palette of ‘They Call Him OG’ and how his cinematography sidesteps predictability while collaborating with renowned directors 5) Trash and revolution: Here’s why ‘Gachiakuta’ and ‘The Battle of Algiers’ should be on your watch list >> What a pit of garbage and a war of independence teach us about oppression and revolt 6) Remembering Manorama, the undisputed queen of comedy >> A look at the actor’s trials and triumphs, on and off screen, on the 10th anniversary of her passing on October 10 7) Actor Jiteesh Raichel Samuel on his role in ‘Symptoms of Love’, ‘Khidki Gaav’ and more >> The actor speaks about ‘Symptoms of Love,’ which takes on an adult preparing for death without the people in his life knowing about it What to watch1) In ‘Tron: Ares’, Nine Inch Nails’ Grid-shredding light-and-sound extravaganza resurrects a derezzed script 2) Dwayne Johnson disappears into Mark Kerr to deliver a knockout in ‘The Smashing Machine’ 3) ‘Avihitham’ is Senna Hegde’s indie rediscovery that indicts prying eyes 4) Mokumokuren’s award-winning manga ‘The Summer Hikaru Died’ choreographs grief, desire, and occult unease 5) Matthew McConaughey steers Paul Greengrass’s white-knuckle ride, ‘The Lost Bus’ |
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