Articles by Gautaman Bhaskaran
At IFFI 2019, master British moviemaker Ken Loach raises concerns about rising nationalism
Noted British filmmaker Ken Loach, in a recorded conversation which was aired at IFFI 2019, spoke about rising nationalism across the world.
Updated on Nov 21, 2019 04:16 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
Venice Film Festival rolls with Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth
Venice Film Festival took off with Japanese filmmaker’s The Truth, a mother-daughter story, set in Paris.
Updated on Aug 30, 2019 04:35 PM IST
After Roman Polanski, Venice Film Festival faces another controversy with Nate Parker’s American Skin
Venice Film Festival was drawn into a fresh controversy after the inclusion of American Skin, starring Nate Parker.
Updated on Aug 09, 2019 05:16 PM IST
India’s Sasidharan goes to Venice Film Festival with Shadow of Water
Filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s Chola (Shadow of Water) will be screened in Horizons section at Venice.
Updated on Jul 31, 2019 12:46 PM IST
Bombay Rose from India and Japan’s The Truth will herald Venice 2019
A look at two films — Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda and Gitanjali Rao’s Bombay Rose — which have made it to Venice.
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 04:27 PM IST
Japan’s Kore-eda recreates Dickensian saga in Shoplifters
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s 2018 Shoplifters, which won the Cannes Film Festival’s top award Palm dOr, hits the screens in India on July 5.
Updated on Jul 05, 2019 04:13 PM IST
RIP Girish Karnad: The man who brought art, literature to the man on the street
Remembering Girish Karnad, the brilliant Rhodes Scholar who brought art and theatre to the man on the street.
Updated on Jun 10, 2019 01:36 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
At Cannes, Quentin Tarantino loses his cool post screening of Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio starrer Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
During the press interaction, post the screening of Quentin Tarantino’s new film Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, the ace director appeared rude and edgy.
Updated on May 23, 2019 03:32 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
Cannes 2019: Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life puzzles more and explains less
A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick is beautiful to look at, thanks to the work done by its director of photography, but the film has its problems.
Updated on May 22, 2019 12:12 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
Cannes 2019: Antonio Banderas starrer Pain and Glory is all about Pedro Almodovar
At Cannes 2019, Spanish master Pedro Almodovar brings Pain and Glory, starring his favourites Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz. Sadly, his latest outing looks insipid.
Updated on May 21, 2019 03:43 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
Cannes 2019 zooms in on street battles and corporate cruelty with Le Miserables and Sorry, We Missed You
Cannes Film Festival has had two gems among others -- Ladj Ly’s Le Miserables and Ken Loach’s Sorry, We Missed You.
Updated on May 20, 2019 05:26 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
Cannes 2019 opener, The Dead Don’t Die, is nothing to die for
Jim Jarmusch film The Dead Don’t Die, which was the inaugural film at Cannes 2019, did little to enliven the evening. The zombie film was disappointing on many counts.
Updated on May 16, 2019 12:51 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran, Cannes
Palm dÓr for French legend Alain Delon, Cannes courts controversy all over again
Cannes Film Festival’s decision to award an honourary Palm dÓr to French actor Alain Delon has been severely criticised. The actor has, in the past, been accused of being a racist and a sexist.
Updated on May 08, 2019 04:12 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood makes it to Cannes Festival
Tarantino’s under production film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood came is competing for the top honours at the Cannes Film Festival.
Updated on May 04, 2019 11:09 AM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
Cannes 2019: The complete list of movies includes usual suspects like Pedro Almodovar and Ken Loach, India draws a blank
The complete list of films to be shown at Cannes Film Festival is out. It includes many of the usual suspects like Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Xavier Dolan among others.
Updated on Apr 19, 2019 04:13 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
The Dead Don’t Die to open Cannes Film Festival on May 14
American director Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die will be the opening film at the Cannes Film Festival 2019.
Updated on Apr 11, 2019 04:04 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
Will Japanese director Kore-eda’s The Truth open Cannes Film Festival on May 14?
The official selections for the Cannes 2019 will be announced only on April 18, but guesswork is on. The frontrunner for the opening film seems to be Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth.
Updated on Mar 29, 2019 02:32 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
Ananth Mahadevan to make Satyajit Ray’s The Storyteller in Hindi with Naseeruddin Shah and Paresh Rawal
Ananth Mahadevan’s retelling of Satyajit Ray’s The Storyteller in Hindi, will feature Naseeruddin Shah, Paresh Rawal, Revathi and Tannishtha Chatterjee as its main cast.
Updated on May 24, 2018 03:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai |
Gautaman Bhaskaran
Nandita Das describes why she always wanted to cast Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Manto
Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays Saadat Hasan Manto in a biopic on the writer. The film has been directed by Nandita Das.
Updated on May 18, 2018 06:24 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
Cannes 2018: Nandita Das’ Manto takes a hard look at societal injustices
Nandita Das’ Manto is a deeply moving narrative of how similar the world is today to Manto’s times, how people are still getting uprooted and being turned into refugees, homeless and helpless. Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who certainly looks Manto, infuses a degree of subtle strength into Das’ work.
Updated on May 14, 2018 07:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Cannes |
Gautaman Bhaskaran
Bhosle is all about an undefined and unlikely relationship, says Manoj Bajpayee
Manoj Bajpayee unveiled the first look of Bhosle at Cannes Film Festival and talks about the film in a candid chat.
Updated on May 12, 2018 08:28 PM IST
Nandita Das strikes luck at Cannes with Manto, festival’s official line announced
Nandita Das’s Manto will be part of the Cannes Film Festival’s official line - which was announced in Paris a while ago -- by Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux.
Updated on Apr 12, 2018 05:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Gautaman Bhaskaran
Cannes fest to open with Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish work, Everybody Knows
Everybody Knows by Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi is a psychological thriller and his eighth feature film.
Updated on Apr 05, 2018 04:30 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux’s radical changes draw flak
Many of the most vocal among the 4000-plus critics who gather at Cannes every May are upset that a decades-old privilege (press screenings) has been snatched away from them.
Updated on Mar 29, 2018 05:52 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
Cannes film fest 2018: The guesses have begun to roll
This year, Cannes’ 71st edition begins on May 8, but with the Berlin Film Festival just over, the air is thick with the basket of probables that will roll into the Riviera.
Updated on Mar 01, 2018 03:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai |
Gautaman Bhaskaran
Cannes Film Festival plans radical changes for its 71st edition
Cannes Film Festival is gearing up for major changes this season, prominent among them being that press show and first public screening for the big titled will happen at the same time.
Updated on Feb 09, 2018 04:03 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
‘Rebel’ Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani plays a rebel in the upcoming The Girls of the Sun
As Bahar, the commander-in-chief of an all-women battalion -- known as the The Girls of the Sun -- Golshifteh Farahani’s character will recapture a town taken by extremists.
Updated on Jan 17, 2018 12:12 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
Rajinikanth’s 2.0 likely to be first major south Indian movie to open in Saudi Arabian market
With a wave of reforms being spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman – that has even permitted women to drive vehicles – the Tamil movie mandarins feel that their market in West Asia can go up by 25 per cent.
Published on Dec 22, 2017 12:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Gautaman Bhaskaran
Irrfan’s Song of Scorpions one of Dubai Film Festival highlights
The Dubai International Film Festival, whose 14th edition is all set to start on December 6, has gained enormous significance leaving behind similar fetes in the region.
Updated on Dec 06, 2017 03:35 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran
An autumn of Indian cinema at Cairo Film Festival
Egyptians are crazy about Hindi films -- the Kapoor clan, Shahrukh Khan and Big B -- are all very popular in that country. Away from Bollywood, the Cairo film fest has some other interesting films from India such as Marathi work Redu, Assamese film Village Rockstar and Tamil film Cry Humanity.
Updated on Nov 24, 2017 01:42 PM IST
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Gautaman Bhaskaran