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Beanpole movie review: Russia's entry to the Oscars is provocative and chilling with World War 2 as backdrop
Mihir • 6 years agoBalagov creates a meticulously controlled but spontaneous landscape in Beanpole, where we often hear more than we see.
Moothon movie review: Geethu Mohandas' Malayalam-Hindi bilingual shows us a Nivin Pauly we’ve never seen before
Menon • 6 years agoEven by the high standards of Malayalam cinema, Moothon is a film that stands out for its visceral emotional tapestry interwoven with action-thriller elements.
Jio MAMI's Smriti Kiran builds a gargantuan homegrown film festival, while chasing her love for cinema
Devanshsharma • 6 years agoSmriti Kiran talks about reviving MAMI four years ago when it was on the verge of winding up, and how she put together the slate for the edition this year.
Midsommar director Ari Aster on finding horror in the mundane, and why he's scared of the dark
Devanshsharma • 6 years agoAmerican filmmaker Ari Aster, who made Hereditary and Midsommar, was present at the Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival for the Indian premiere of the latter.
Sona Mohapatra on her documentary's world premiere at Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival, and never 'shutting up'
Devanshsharma • 6 years agoSona Mohapatra talks about the world premiere of a documentary on her, Shut Up Sona, that she has produced, at the Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival.
Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival winners' list: Prateek Vats’ Eeb Allay Ooo!, Bombay Rose bag top honours
Fp Staff • 6 years agoEeb Allay Ooo! and Bombay Rose won the Young Critics’ Choice Award and Manish Acharya Award for New Voices in Indian Cinema at MAMI 2019 respectively.
How a viewer benefits from knowing the plot of a film, through the lens of two titles at MAMI 2019
Baradwaj Rangan • 6 years agoDoes it matter Oliver Laxe's Spanish film Fire Will Come gives us a mere hint of plot, whereas Konkani drama Kaajro (Bitter Tree) gives the entire plot away?
Fernando Meirelles on directing Netflix's The Two Popes, and why his next film is a timely reminder of climate change
Devanshsharma • 6 years agoFernando Meirelles held a masterclass at the Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival, where he was also feted with a Cinema in Excellence (International) Award.
MAMI 2019 Day 4 highlights: Kabir Khan speaks at panel discussion; Bitter Chestnut, Kaifinama screened
Fp Staff • 6 years agoKabir Khan and Tahira Kashyap joined MAMI 2019 director Anupama Chopra to discuss how cinema can be an agent for change on 21 October.
MAMI 2019 Day 3 highlights: The Irishman, Bombay Rose, Aamis screened; Hany Abu-Assad and Nandita Das' masterclass on filmmaking
Fp Staff • 6 years agoMartin Scorsese's much-anticipated The Irishman, Gitanjali Rao's Bombay Rose, Ari Aster's Midsommar were some of the films screened on the third day of the festival