カテゴリー: Culture
Najiba Noori’s thought-provoking documentary follows her mother, finally getting her chance at autonomy just as the Taliban retake the countryShot in Afghanistan shortly before the 2021 Taliban takeover, Najiba Noori’s thought-provoking debut juxtapose…
Intimate, unhurried documentary follows a family of camel herders on the plains of western IndiaThe title of Sonum Sumaria’s languid film might suggest a general sense of possibilities, but her documentary in fact focuses on an indigenous way of life t…
The theme of this year’s Women By Women exhibition, Rooted in Resistance, is to showcase images of women defending their land and communities from destruction – by powerful people and corporations or the climate crisis. The pictures, taken by female ph…
Indian artist Indu Antony was mesmerised when she first saw 78-year-old Cecilia and has put her at the heart of a project that interrogates women’s safety in public spaces and celebrates friendshipI first encountered Cecilia a decade ago, as she was cy…
Viewers outraged after same-sex wedding scene changed in Together, starring Dave Franco and Alison BrieAn Australian horror film featuring a scene with a same-sex wedding was reportedly digitally altered for release in mainland China, transforming the …
Neeraj Ghaywan’s film benefits from excellent lead performances, strong cinematography and an apparent mentorship from Martin ScorseseHaving screened earlier this year at the Cannes film festival, this Indian drama has already drawn inevitable comparis…
The historian on being stunned silent by Mick Jagger, his favourite sandwich filling and the seventh century Indian king he wants to have dinner withAs an expert in Indian history, who is your favourite character you wish more people knew about?I’d lik…
Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to IndiaThe exiled Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef has experienced firsthand how intolerant governments can silence political satire. And he had a …
Pakistani animator Usman Riaz’s dazzling debut owes much to Hayao Miyazaki, founder of Japan’s legendary studio, even if the magic and wonder falls a little short of his heroGoing by the poster, it looks like Hayao Miyazaki, the founder of Japan’s lege…
Lawrence Valin directs and stars in this Paris-set drama, where a young man caught between cultures infiltrates criminals shaped by Sri Lanka’s civil warHere is a Paris-set story that unfolds during the Sri Lankan civil war and revolves around Tamil im…
Ruling upheld that there was insufficient evidence of copyright infringement on song that is YouTube’s most viewed videoSouth Korea’s supreme court has rejected a US composer’s allegation that the producers of the catchy children’s song Baby Shark plag…
National Army Museum’s Beyond Burma exhibition examines stories of soldiers from Britain’s coloniesThe forgotten story of African and Indian troops who fought in south Asia against Japanese forces during the second world war and who have largely been o…
Esteemed foreign correspondent Jon Lee Anderson’s new book offers a full accounting of life in Afghanistan from before 9/11 to nowJon Lee Anderson is “not done with Afghanistan”, despite having reported on it for more than 40 years, through invasions, …
Thangam Debbonaire says Indian visitors to the ministry should not have to walk past ‘historically inaccurate’ bronzeUK politics live – latest updatesA prominent Labour peer has called for a statue of Clive of India to be removed from its high-profile …
Censorship order accuses books of promoting ‘false narrative and secessionism’ in disputed territoryThe government in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has banned 25 books, including works by the Booker-prize winning author Arundhati Roy, accusing …