Cinephilia

Ace in the Hole: Billy Wilder's Personal Disaster

Sensationalism and disregard for victims' privacy has come to define the very existence of media coverage. However, can we say with conviction that we crave only for hard news to keep ourselves informed?

Cinephilia

The Forgotten Classic That Took The World By Storm

It was in protest of this partisan selection that French bureaucrats and ministers decided to start their own festival. Cannes was selected as the venue and September 1, 1939 was set as the date of inauguration. However, on that very day Nazi Germany invaded Poland to start the Second World War.

Cinephilia

The Best Movie on Extraterrestrials Was Nearly an Indian's Oeuvre

Columbia Pictures was deeply interested in the script, and is believed to have even roped in actors like Peter Sellers, Marlon Brando and Steven McQueen. In 1968, Peter Sellers backed out citing a lack of a meaty role; Brando and McQueen followed suit.

Cinephilia

Late review: Jallikattu, an interpretation

Man, by nature, is an animal. Despite the forcible conversion to a relatively peaceful mode of existence, man's propensity to violence manifests in myriad ways, sometimes nuanced, sometimes blunt. It's this bluntness of character that Liju Jose Pellissery carves out from the veneer of

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