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May 15, 2026
Films/Geopolitics/News

Bond Rejection Files Expose Hollywood’s Costliest Misread in Film History

Internal studio documents from Elstree Studios have revealed one of the most striking misjudgments in film history: the rejection of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels as unsuitable for cinema because they were

Arts/Films

Cabrini: Life of Nun in Slum in New York

by Rod Barr, Screenwriter of Cabrini Many folks who’ve seen CABRINI want to understand how we balanced the historical record with the art and craft of filmmaking. It’s a fascinating and complex question. I should begin by saying that we

May 5, 2024

Riverstone: Sri Lanka’s Bold Leap Onto the Global Stage

Films/Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan cinema is steadily moving into a new phase where its stories, aesthetics, and performers are increasingly finding space on prestigious international platforms.

This is the Future Oppenheimer Feared

Films

I recently watched Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, Oppenheimer, shortly after reading the biography that inspired it, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin’s definitive American Prometheus.

Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey Rekindles an Ancient Debate Over Who Owns Homer

August 2, 2026
Films/World

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey has become more than one of the year’s biggest cinematic events. It has also sparked an unusually wide-ranging cultural debate about how classical literature should be

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Christopher Nolan’s Hidden Obsession

July 21, 2026
Editor's Choice/Films

Christopher Nolan has spent more than two decades building one of the most influential filmographies in contemporary cinema while revealing remarkably little about himself. Despite directing some of the century’s most discussed

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Bond Rejection Files Expose Hollywood’s Costliest Misread in Film History

May 15, 2026
Films/Geopolitics/News

Internal studio documents from Elstree Studios have revealed one of the most striking misjudgments in film history: the rejection of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels as unsuitable for cinema because they were

More

Riverstone: Sri Lanka’s Bold Leap Onto the Global Stage

May 8, 2026
Films/Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan cinema is steadily moving into a new phase where its stories, aesthetics, and performers are increasingly finding space on prestigious international platforms. Over the past decade, filmmakers from the island

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David Ellison’s $111 Billion Hollywood Empire in the Making

March 3, 2026
Films/News/Social

David Ellison once dreamed of becoming a Hollywood actor, but after a rocky start, he instead built a media empire that now spans film, television, streaming, and news. The 43-year-old entrepreneur is

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The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond Cleared for Release by Kerala High Court

February 28, 2026
Films/News

After weeks of legal wrangling, a Division Bench of Justices S A Dharmadhikari and P V Balakrishnan overturned a temporary stay imposed by a single bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas. The

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Stellan Skarsgård’s Late-Career Reckoning Puts Tenderness at the Center of Cinema

January 28, 2026
Arts/Films/Human Rights/Interviews

Stellan Skarsgård, one of European cinema’s most enduring presences, is experiencing an unexpected career crescendo at 74. After six decades of work across theater, arthouse cinema, and Hollywood blockbusters, the Swedish actor

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We make war a spectacle, glorify it

June 1, 2025
Films/Interviews

P.K. Surendran is a noted film critic from Kerala, India, and a prominent voice in South Asian film discourse. A recipient of the Kerala State Award for the best book on cinema,

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The Dreamscape of Memory and Resistance: Nadie’s Cinematic Rebirth in Kerala

May 20, 2025
Films/News/Sri Lanka

Nadie Wasalamudaliarachchi, a Sri Lankan author, filmmaker, and political activist, is no stranger to the collision of art and politics. Her work, layered with trauma, resistance, memory, and quiet rebellion, has long

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Jon Voight Convincing Trump to Impose Tariffs on Foreign Films

May 7, 2025
Films/United Kingdom/World

The UK’s thriving multibillion-pound film industry is facing a significant threat after President Donald Trump, following advice from Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, announced plans to impose tariffs on films produced outside the

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