Rajinikanths Jailer, Sunny Deols Gadar 2, Chiranjeevis Bhola Shankar, Akshay Kumars OMG 2 Create Indian Box Office History

The combined performances of Rajinikanth’s “Jailer,” Sunny Deol’s “Gadar 2,” Akshay Kumar’s “OMG 2” and Chiranjeevi’s “Bhola Shankar” have set a new all-time theatrical gross box office record for the Indian cinema industry. Numbers released by the Multiplex Association of India and the Producers Guild of India reveal that the Aug. 11-13 weekend was the busiest […]

JONATHAN MILLER: Paying France to tackle boats is a triumph of hope

JONATHAN MILLER: Giving cash to Macron is help tackle small boats crossings is a triumph of hope over experience Even after the tragedy at the weekend, as you read these words, thousands of migrants are still waiting near the beaches of northern France for the right moment to launch their perilous crossing to Britain. The […]

KAYE ADAMS: 'Stop climbing the mountain and enjoy the view'

Stop climbing the mountain and admire the view: Loose Women presenter KAYE ADAMS reveals the one lesson she’s learned from life Kaye Adams lives in Glasgow with her partner, tennis coach Ian Campbell READ MORE: Kaye Adams is forced to call in sick live on air after waking with a throat infection ahead of her Good […]

Locarno Emerging Director Winner Katharina Huber Breaks Down ‘A Good Place’: ‘Progress Can Sometimes Be Reactionary’

Rockets, sickness, progress and the environment – all uneasy keywords of our present. In Katharina Huber’s “A Good Place” (“Ein schöner Ort”) which won on Saturday Locarno’s best emerging director award and best performance (Clara Schwinning) in the Swiss fest’s Filmmakers of the Present, a remote and untimely village sets the scene for an imminent […]

Has the NC-17 Rating Become an Unworkable Anachronism?

On July 19, the MPA ratings board handed an NC-17 rating to “Passages,” Ira Sachs’s acclaimed drama about a very unusual love triangle (a man, a woman, and a megalomaniacal romantic sociopath). The film was set to be released just two weeks later; Sachs and his distributor, MUBI, were understandably upset. The scene that triggered […]

How (most) pollies got swept away by Matilda mania

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Matildas’ agonisingly tense penalty shootout victory over France on Saturday night provided a moment of national sporting euphoria not seen since Cathy Freeman at the Sydney Olympics. Credit: Jozef Benke The exhilarating, white-knuckle three-hour epic World Cup […]