Column: Cinema Scope

A host of writers from around the country are meeting in Bengaluru this weekend in a first-of-its kind event. Author C K Meena is excited.

If there are moments of brilliance in this film, they come from Leonardo DiCaprio’s spellbinding performance.

Artist Paul Fernandes celebrates the nostalgia of the 70s Bangalore with watercolour paintings.

BIFFES was more accessible and more inclusive compared to the previous years. And Iranian films continued to mark their presence at the film festival.

Opening on December 15th, about 175 feature films from around the world are screening in Bengaluru over eight days. These include 130 foreign, 30 Indian, 15 Kannada films.

Milan Luthria plays to the gallery, but makes his questions relevant to his audience. Vidya is bold, provocative and even outrageous, but she is never vulgar.

With Germany’s renewed focus on the technology of film-making, new opportunities for collaboration between Germany and India might open up in the years ahead.

Gloom, turmoil and good intentions alone don’t make a great film. The only saving grace is Ranbir Kapoor. What’s all the fuss about?

Bollywood’s most expensive film ever, doesn’t deliver the best sci-fi film. It is not even the usual entertainer that one expects from a film with SRK in the lead. Graphic novel though has potential.

In a film ridden with melodrama and many old clichés, the only redemption lies in the film’s sophisticated production values and spellbinding choreography. Both make for extremely watchable cinema.

Pawan Kumar’s directorial debut is made for the generation next, with a unique perspective.

Whitefield’s disappearing history and evolving multiple futures find expression in Whitefield Diaries, a series of six short films. The film series premiered on September 10th at the Whitefield Club.