Tag: The Disciple
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My streaming gem: why you should watch The Disciple
Continuing our series of writers picking out under-the-radar films available to stream is a recommendation of an often brutal drama about mediocrityMovies about mediocre artists almost never get made, for the obvious reason that history has rightfully forgotten about them. It’s a delicious indignity, for example, that the great Oscar-winning adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s play…
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Pop Culture Imports: ‘The Disciple,’ ‘The Man From Nowhere,’ ‘Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!’ and More
(Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) Another month, another set of international movies to watch as you take shelter from the summer heat. This month, we have a hidden Indian gem on Netflix, a classic South Korean revenge thriller, the return of Sailor…
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Dharamshala film festival moves online with Kapadia, Tamhane talks
Indian premieres include Massoud Bhakshi’s Yalda – A Night For Forgiveness, which took the Grand Jury prize at Sundance.India’s Dharamshala International Film Festival (Diff) is taking place as an online event (October 29-November 4) with a line-up of Indian premieres and talk events with Asif Kapadia and Venice best screenplay-winning director Chaitanya Tamhane (The Disciple).Indian…
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Alfonso Cuarón on ‘Disappointing’ Oscar Inclusion Rules and Supporting a Rising Indian Filmmaker
As a Mexican filmmaker who makes movies with Hollywood money, Alfonso Cuarón is no stranger to conversations about diversity. However, the “Roma” director has mixed feelings about the Academy’s recent inclusion standards for Best Picture, two years after his own movie was nominated in the category.“Everybody is trying to figure out ways of making more…