A high-budget Saudi television production portraying the life of an early Islamic ruler has ignited controversy across the Middle East, with Iraq and Iran banning the show and some clerics denouncing it
Owen Cooper, star of the British Netflix drama Adolescence, made history Sunday night by becoming the youngest male actor ever to win an Emmy. The award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a
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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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Editorial There are deaths that arrive like storms—tempestuous, obliterating, and total—and then there are those like the passing of Malini Fonseka: a slow extinguishing of a sacred lamp, dimming not into obscurity,
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Tom Cruise has been making films in Britain for nearly 40 years, forging such deep ties with the UK that he’s now being honoured with a Bafta Fellowship. From Kenneth Branagh to
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by Eric Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s Rich Flu (2024), an audacious meditation on wealth’s terminal decay, emerges as a glistening, if occasionally hollow, critique of contemporary society’s slavish devotion to affluence. There is a
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A high-budget Saudi television production portraying the life of an early Islamic ruler has ignited controversy across the Middle East, with Iraq and Iran banning the show and some clerics denouncing it
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The tragic suicide of South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron has cast a harsh light on the relentless pressure and unforgiving scrutiny faced by celebrities in South Korea’s entertainment industry. As highlighted by
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Judi Dench, one of the most respected and beloved actors in the world, has spent decades delighting audiences with her incomparable talent, charismatic presence, and extraordinary ability to transform into a wide
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Souleymane Cissé, the revered Malian filmmaker who earned the title of “father of African cinema,” has passed away at the age of 84. His daughter, Mariam Cissé, confirmed his death on Wednesday,
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The Chinese animated film Ne Zha 2 has shattered records and could signal a major shift in the global film industry, particularly in the dynamic between Hollywood and China. The film, based
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