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    Delhi HC to hear Bollywood plea against ‘media trial’ of industry members tomorrow

    • 09.11.2020
    • The Print

    The plaintiffs said they are not seeking a blanket gag order against media reportage of Sushant Singh Rajput case or the ensuing drugs probe, just a bar on reports that violate 'applicable laws'.

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    SR Prabhakaran: ‘Films over ₹10 crore budget cannot release with 50% theatre occupancy’

    • 09.11.2020
    • The Hindu

    As work resumes on films post relaxation of restrictions, we embed into director SR Prabhakaran’s shooting spot to get a pulse of his untitled Tamil suspense-thriller project.

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    Kerala short film festival aims to spread awareness on mental health

    • 09.11.2020
    • The News Minute

    The fest is being conducted online from November 8 by MeHeLP, a collaborative project between Indian and UK-based scholars and theatre artistes.

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    ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ Shows What it Takes to Make a Pandemic Tentpole: 40,000 COVID Tests

    • 09.11.2020
    • Indiewire

    The film is a case study in the immense challenge of making a tentpole during the pandemic.

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    Theater Owners Chief Warns Cinemas Will Go Bankrupt Unless Congress Acts

    • 09.11.2020
    • Variety

    Fithian spoke with Variety about the financial cataclysm facing cinemas and the reasons he believes the business will rebound if it can get a lifeline to help it endure the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.

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    A New Bollywood Movie Plays Into Transphobic Stereotypes, Yet Again

    • 09.11.2020
    • Vice

    Hindi movies routinely depict transgender characters as extremely violent or self-deprecating.

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    An entire movie theatre to yourself and your family, PVR Cinemas introduce private screening

    • 08.11.2020
    • Yourstory

    The services will enable customers to book an entire auditorium of PVR Cinemas for a small gathering at a preferred date and time, starting from Rs 1,999.

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    Notes from attending a ‘digital’ film festival: Wider audience, less footfall, and hope for sustenance of cinema

    • 08.11.2020
    • Firstpost

    This year marked my seventh New York Film Festival (NYFF), but it was the first one I attended from 8,000 miles away.

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    Mank review round-up: David Fincher’s ‘love letter to Hollywood’ is ‘lusciously evocative and immersive’

    • 08.11.2020
    • Firstpost

    David Fincher's Mank has been receiving praise across the board, particularly on the technical front, with critics calling it 'dazzling craftsmanship'

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    In book on early Indian cinema, a look at the romance and risk that went into filmmaking

    • 08.11.2020
    • Scroll

    Debashree Mukherjee’s ‘Bombay Hustle: Making Movies in a Colonial City’ studies the the transition from silent films to the talkies.

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