Remembering Ray | Kanika Aurora
Rabindranath Tagore wrote a poem in the autograph book of young Satyajit whom he met in idyllic Shantiniketan. The poem, translated in English, reads: ‘Too long I’ve wandered from place to place/Seen mountains and...
Category: Hollywood
The Dig: A Review by Kanika Aurora
Not for the impatient, watch this movie for the lonely beauty of the blue skies, the nuanced, unhurried, sensitive performances, the appreciation of a collective legacy as well reaffirming your belief that Life is Continuous and “it speaks, the past.”
Gene Deitch (1924 – 2020) passes away / Manohar Khushalani
Eugene Merril Deitch, an American-Czech illustrator, animator, comics artist, and film director was based in Prague since 1959, Deitch was also known for creating animated cartoons such as Munro, Tom Terrific, and Nudnik.
Ismail Merchant: Film Producer Extraordinary / Partha Chatterjee
Ismail Merchant’s passing away on May 25, 2005 marked the end of a certain kind of cinema. He was the last of the maverick film producers with taste who made without any compromise,...
Marcello Mastrianni- An Actor for All Seasons / Partha Chatterjee
Marcello Mastrianni (1924-1996 ) was for many the most charismatic of European actors, and along with Jean Paul Belmond, the most subtle.He was, for many the most versatile actor in the world. There is something loutish about...
Paul Leonard Newman – in Memoriam
Paul Leonard Newman – in Memoriam by Naveen K. Gupta Paul Newman from Exodus Trailer Paul Leonard Newman was more than an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian and race car driver, he was as...
