Filmmaker

Jean-Marc Vallee, Canadian filmmaker best known for Dallas Buyers Club, Sharp Objects and Big Little Lies, dies at 58

Jean-Marc Vallée won an Emmy for directing the hit HBO series Big Little Lies, and his 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club earned multiple Oscar nominations, including best picture.

Inside Satyajit Ray's little known corner of life as an aficionado of board games, from Scrabble to chess

“Father was deeply interested in word games, quizzes, and anagrams. These were just purely private preoccupations, and known to only an inner circle of family members. Sporadically, his deep interest had also entered his films," says Sandip Ray in an exclusive interview.

On Mani Ratnam's birthday, where to stream filmmaker's must-watch movies, from Roja to Anjali

OK Kanmani to Dil Se, here's a comprehensive guide to Mani Ratnam's best films and where to stream them

Everything I consumed on screen as an escape from 2020 helped me evolve into a filmmaker, writes Shefali Shah

"This lock-up gave me time to prep rigorously as a filmmaker. And just like that, I was ready to shoot a film as a director. The more I worked on it, the more convinced I was that this blunder had to be made."

J Om Prakash, Hrithik Roshan's grandfather and legendary yesteryear filmmaker, passes away at 93

Hrithik Roshan shared never-seen-before images of his grandfather J Om Prakash last week on social media

Woody Allen sues Amazon for ending film deal after sexual harassment charges resurfaced against filmmaker

According to the complaint, Woody Allen finished a film called A Rainy Day in New York that Amazon never released, breaching its contract

Commitment to feminism must reflect in our actions, not be confined to lip service: A filmmaker speaks

'What irks me is being let down by my own kind, and the allies that claim to fight the same fight. You are pulling the rug from under some of our feet, and I am speaking for a whole lot of us,' writes Vaishnavi Sundar.

French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, director of documentary Shoah, passes away aged 92

Shoah was filmed in the 1970s during Claude Lanzmann's trips to the barren Polish landscapes where the slaughter of Jews was planned and executed.

Roman Polanski won't face charges after Swiss prosecutors drop inquiry into 1972 rape allegation

Renate Langer told Swiss police in September that she met Polanski when she was 15 while working as a model in Munich before travelling to his home in Gstaad, where he raped her.

R Balki, maker of 'Cheeni Kum', 'Paa' movies, bids adieu to advertising industry

Majority of Balki's advertising years were spent at the MullenLowe Lintas Group