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Release of pioneering director’s work could be hampered by interview in which she called China ‘a place where there are lies everywhere’The Chinese release of Golden Globe-winning film Nomadland could be in doubt after accusations its Beijing-born dire…
Read MoreMovie about an affair between a woman and an older man aims to challenge stereotype of Afghan women as weak and repressedThere are few pavements in Kabul, so when Shahrbanoo Sadat steps out for her daily walk, she shares the roads with cars and tanks. …
Read MoreBorn under Taliban rule, Sara Barackzay studied abroad and now hopes to start her own schoolA woman in traditional dress breaks open the bars of a prison. A young child dances, oblivious to a backdrop of tanks and explosions. The drawings by Afghanista…
Read MoreWritten by and starring comedian Jia Ling, the film has started a conversation about mother’s love and women’s identityA Chinese comedian’s directoral debut about a woman who travels back in time to see her dead mother has become the fourth highest gro…
Read MoreNermin Niazi and Feisal Mosleh were teenage immigrants blending their Pakistani musical heritage with Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode – and their punchy disco LP has been rescued from obscurityOpening its doors in 1970, Birmingham’s Zella Studios played…
Read MoreHammond was known for works inspired by the natural world and critical of colonial destructionRenowned New Zealand artist Bill Hammond has died, prompting an outpouring of grief and aroha from Kiwis. He was 74.Hammond was born in Christchurch in 1947 a…
Read MoreSarmad Khoosat was the darling of Pakistan’s entertainment industry until his new film, the haunting and elegiac Zindagi Tamasha, fell foul of fundamentalists – who called for him to be beheadedSarmad Khoosat was having an early morning cigarette in Bu…
Read MoreThe adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Booker-winning novel is coming to Netflix – one of a growing number of films from the region snapped up by the streaming giantsThe White Tiger, the film adaptation of the Booker prize-winning book by Aravind Adiga, mar…
Read MoreSpy Princess is based on Noor Inayat Khan, killed in France while working as a British spy in second world warThe story of the daughter of an Indian Sufi mystic, who was killed while a British secret agent fighting with the French resistance in the sec…
Read MoreWhen Taal volcano, a popular tourist site in Batangas, erupted a year ago 5,000 people fled the island. It’s still considered dangerous. The government bans former residents from returning but some still live there in tents Continue reading…
Read MoreUpper-caste actor playing Dalit politician Mayawati shown dishevelled and holding broom in publicity for new filmA picture of a woman holding a broom. Anywhere else, the image might pass unnoticed. But in India the poster for the film Madam Chief Minis…
Read MoreKavita Puri’s Three Pounds in My Pocket is an extensive oral history of the lives of Indian and Pakistani migrants and their families, from partition to Cornershop“A lot of them had survived partition, they were living in difficult conditions, working …
Read MoreWith its unique blend of gossip, jokes and songs mixed with serious global issues, Kadal Osai has built a devoted audienceSelvarani Mari is a fisher and seaweed collector who lives on Pamban Island of Tamil Nadu, on the southernmost tip of India.Every …
Read MoreThis adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Booker-winning novel about aspiration in modern India is teeming with energy and sadnessThe White Tiger is a story of servitude, resentment and love – and what its hero calls “the contented smile that comes to the lip…
Read MoreThe streaming giants are making bold TV shows but the threat of censorship looms largeThis year’s Emmy awards, one of the biggest nights in global television, was particularly historic for India. It was the second year in a row that several Indian tele…
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