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The selection panel included Oscar-winning directors Pedro Almodóvar, Sofia Coppola, Barry Jenkins, Guillermo del Toro, and actors Julianne Moore, John Turturro, among others. Streaming services and superhero blockbusters have radically changed the way films are watched and thought about in the past 25 years.
Tamil cinema superstar Vijay Thalapathy is shaking up Tamil Nadu politics within just 18 months of launching his political party ‘Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam’ (TVK). The name means ‘Victory of the Tamil People’; but the question is—will he stop at creating a stir, or will he truly change the rules of the game? Let us try to understand that today.
Cinephiles in Bangladesh are enjoying a week that comes once in a blue moon. It is not often that multiplexes screen several big-budget, ambitious films at the same time—each managing to win over audiences as well as critics. Currently, four highly anticipated films of different genres are running in the country's multiplexes. These films have not only created a stir at the box office but have also received excellent ratings from audiences and critics alike. Let's find out more about these four films.
This Eid, superstar Shakib Khan’s film Taandob hit the theaters. Directed by Raihan Rafi, the movie boasts a stellar cast and was off to a roaring start at the box office. However, just two weeks after its release, a pirated copy of the film began circulating online, dealing a severe blow to its commercial success. In an op-ed, filmmaker Dipankar Dipon —an expert in post-production and a university lecturer on the subject—analyzes the piracy crisis surrounding Taandob. He explores why this case stands out, who bears responsibility, and how Bangladesh’s film industry can combat piracy to protect its future.
The Milky Way is one of the hundreds of thousands of galaxies in the Laniakea Supercluster. A poet of the earth, the third planet orbiting a small star of the Milky way, the sun, gazes at the clear night sky and silently wonders: