Agatha Christie

UK theatres hope for recovery as curtains lift with lockdown restrictions being eased out

As UK theatres reopen this week, after a year of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, bringing hopes of recovery for the beleaguered culture sector.

The Friday List: From a discussion on India's public health policy to renaming a street after Kala Bagai, your weekly calendar of virtual events

Every Friday, we'll bring you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your weekly calendar.

Readers take to 'cosy' mystery books that offer a calming experience without the violence of murder thrillers

The 'cosy' mysteries genre’s parameters are few: no swearing, no sex, and little to no gore. Just what the pandemic-era doctor ordered.

Hercule Poirot at 100: How Agatha Christie's iconic refugee detective won readers' hearts

It was Christie's understanding of the work of European thinkers that gives her detective an edge.

Disney pulls Ryan Reynold's Free Guy, Death on the Nile from December release slate

With Free Guy and Death on the Nile release dates pushed to 2021, Warner Bros' Wonder Woman 1984 is the only big-budget movie left to release on 25 December.

Ali Fazal on Mirzapur 2, his Hollywood projects and 'bridging the gap between India and the west'

"I am always looking for makers and directors who can churn out good performances out of me and push me to the edge. I work like that."

Vishal Bhardwaj to develop film franchise based on the works of Agatha Christie

The first film from Vishal Bhardwaj's Agatha Christie franchise is expected to begin shoot in early 2021.

Knives Out movie review: Rian Johnson brings an Agatha Christie murder mystery party to Donald Trump’s America

Knives Out is the kind of slick, star-studded murder mystery Hollywood has sadly forgotten how to make in its desire to remake and reboot existing properties.

Death on the Nile's star-studded cast revealed; Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Ali Fazal to be part of Kenneth Branagh's film

Kenneth Branagh's Death on the Nile will be shot in UK's Longcross Studios and Egypt.

Death on the Nile: Ali Fazal to star alongside Gal Gadot in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Agatha Christie novel

Death on the Nile will chronicle Poirot's vacation in Egypt where he discovers a murder on the banks of river Nile as a love triangle goes awry