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How pro-wrestling’s combination of sports and spectacle won me over (and helped me understand America)
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How pro-wrestling’s combination of sports and spectacle won me over (and helped me understand America)

At the turn of the millennium, when most Indian households such as ours did not have access to the internet, it was pro-wrestling that helped me understand what America was thinking on a weekly basis.

Chris Hemsworth to star in National Geographic docu-series Limitless, executive produced by Darren Aronofsky
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Chris Hemsworth to star in National Geographic docu-series Limitless, executive produced by Darren Aronofsky

Chris Hemsworth has also executive produced Limitless alongside Ben Grayson, Jane Root and Arif Nurmohamed of Nutopia, Matt Renner and Bengt Anderson.

Bulbul Can Sing, Manta Ray bag top honours at Jio MAMI 20th Mumbai Film Festival; see full list of winners
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Bulbul Can Sing, Manta Ray bag top honours at Jio MAMI 20th Mumbai Film Festival; see full list of winners

Bulbul Can Sing marks Rima Das' second consecutive win at MAMI, after last year's Village Rockstars

Jio MAMI 20th Mumbai Film Festival Day 6: Darren Aronofsky's masterclass, Amos Gitai’s A Tramway In Jerusalem
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Jio MAMI 20th Mumbai Film Festival Day 6: Darren Aronofsky's masterclass, Amos Gitai’s A Tramway In Jerusalem

Highlights from Day 6 of Jio MAMI 20th Mumbai Film Festival: Darren Aronofsky's insightful masterclass and Amos Gitai’s A Tramway In Jerusalem.

Darren Aronofsky on return to India, violence in his films, and why he believes in pushing the audience
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Darren Aronofsky on return to India, violence in his films, and why he believes in pushing the audience

"When you get transported to my character's world of pain, when you feel all of their concerns, you expand your own humanity," says filmmaker Darren Aronofsky.

Black Swan, mother! director Darren Aronofsky to hold masterclass at Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2018
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Black Swan, mother! director Darren Aronofsky to hold masterclass at Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2018

Darren Aronofsky's last film, mother! featured Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem

Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf, Darren Aronofsky’s mother!, and the legend of the ‘tortured artist’
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Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf, Darren Aronofsky’s mother!, and the legend of the ‘tortured artist’

Cinema has persisted with the myth that artists create their best work when suffering emotional turmoil

Darren Aronofsky discusses his 2017 divisive film Mother! and evangelical resistance to Noah
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Darren Aronofsky discusses his 2017 divisive film Mother! and evangelical resistance to Noah

Darren Aronofsky discusses the evangelical resistance to Noah, casting Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler and his most recent film Mother!

In Phantom Thread and mother!, the story of an artist and his muse unravel in vastly different ways
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In Phantom Thread and mother!, the story of an artist and his muse unravel in vastly different ways

While Phantom Thread — the more its mysteries are revealed with repeated viewings by critics and audiences — climbs higher and higher towards the pantheon of great films, mother! turns into a film that you’ll either hate or fall in love with, passionately.

Mother! trailer: Jennifer Lawrence's house is haunted by uninvited guests in this horror-thriller
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Mother! trailer: Jennifer Lawrence's house is haunted by uninvited guests in this horror-thriller

Mother is a psychological horror-thriller starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem, directed by Darren Aronofsky.

Oil company bosses slam DiCaprio for making documentary on drilling
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Oil company bosses slam DiCaprio for making documentary on drilling

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has been slammed by oil industry bosses in Canada over an upcoming documentary.

Noah review: Aronofsky’s Biblical epic is long and flawed
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Noah review: Aronofsky’s Biblical epic is long and flawed

Aside from its wear-and-tear, Noah suffers from the classic ‘too much of one thing, not enough of the other’ problem.