カテゴリー: Film industry
The superstar actor will release his latest film on YouTube so families who cannot afford cinema trips can watchAbout ten years ago, Aamir Khan became troubled. Despite being one of Bollywood’s most bankable superstars for more than three decades, he r…
The film, about a women who dies and whose spirit returns by possessing a vacuum cleaner, explores power and political oppression in ThailandWhen Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke became the first Thai director to win the Critics Week’s Grand Prize in May, he…
Inspired by a true story, this feelgood Indian film is about some Bollywood superfans making their own movies with a cheeky but admirable DIY ethosHere is a thoroughly enjoyable, big-hearted movie about building a better life through showbusiness. It i…
Big releases with usually bankable male stars criticised for formulaic storylines as audience taste evolvesThe opening of a new big-name Bollywood film was once a national event across India, greeted by weeks of fanfare, long queues outside cinemas and…
Ruling on Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh, comes decades after local authorities filed lawsuit over environmental harmMore than two decades after the Hollywood film The Beach was shot at Thailand’s glittering Maya Bay, the kingdom’s supreme court has order…
During the pandemic New Zealand has become a safe haven for international film studios, creating a surge in demand for ‘stunties’Burrowed in a beige building block in Auckland’s industrial east, a neat line of stunt hopefuls wait their turn to take the…
New Amazon and Netflix dramas take in themes that India’s established cinema rarely touches, with millions of potential subscribers available ‘The three big ‘no’s in Indian cinema are sexuality, religion and politics,” says Anurag Kashyap. “And in Sacr…