Review: Ali Abbasi’s Donal Trump biopic hits the big screens just before the US Election
Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump satirical biopic The Apprentice has just hit the big screen cinemas, just before the Trump’s second run for US President. This […]
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Why has the Pakistani film ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ been stopped from release in Indian theatres
What do we gain by blocking the first Pakistani film to be released in India in over ten years? My Right to Information request, submitted […]
Big City experience in India explored a the VIFF
Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’ at the Vancouver International Film Festival Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’, after the historic win of the prestigious […]
Review: A South Asia theatre festival in Boston
A scene from ‘Madho’: The young girl is now a boy. Photo by Beena Sarwar Off-Kendrik started over 16 years ago, “committed to building a […]
Review: Twisters
Twisters opened in cinemas this summer nearly 30 years after the release of the 1996 film Twister. Twisters really not a sequel, but more of […]
Review: Inside Job
Filmmaker Kiana Rawji at the Calgary International Film Festival Inside Job is a short film by Kiana Rawji about an Indian housewife, her African domestic […]
Review: Between the Temples
Between the Temples is an off-beat whimsical Jewish comedy by Nathan Silver about finding love starring Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane. The film debuted at […]
Ravindra Randeniya: Sri Lankan actor, Southasian great
SapanNews The author of a recently published biography of Ravindra Randeniya, one of Sri Lanka’s leading actors, reflects on Ravindra’s life and work, and the […]
5 X Festival Kicks of With an Art Party and Exhibition
Photo by Imtiaz Popat This year the annual 5 X festival hosted an Art Party is curated by Ritesh Matlani at Beaumont Studios in Vancouver. Photo […]
Payal Kapadia Makes a Historic Win at the Cannes Film Festival
Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’ to release in theatres soon© Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’, historic winning film at the Cannes […]