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Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani, Review: All rhyme, no reason When a film tries too hard to please too many viewers, it shows. When it has too many stars, including stars of yesteryear, predictably, its length grows. When the maker goes back three generations and sets one chunk of the story in 1978, the public knows. When a layman at a bus-stop on a rainy night tells you lots about a film he has not seen because, perhaps, he has seen the trailer and read stuff about the movie, you know that’s the way the wind blows. When you read the Saregama credit in the beginning of the film, you can guess this is going to be a film in which music flows. When a director whose last two films were Lust Stories and Ghost Stories, and tries ‘something different’, we all wait to see how it goes. Karan Johar (KJo to his fandom and most media) has released his film called Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani yesterday, his tenth directorial outing in twenty-five years (jubilee of sorts), a film that has the lon...

Christopher Nolan's film ''Oppenheimer'' (2023) is a heady mix of espionage, history, politics and suspense !!!! A film review by © film critic Mr.Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) Oppenheimer is a different type of a biopic. It doesn’t aim to glorify the protagonist’s achievements. It has taken a neutral stance in which care has been taken to delineate both Oppenheimer’s achievements and weaknesses. While watching this film, viewers learn why Oppenheimer’s name as the father of the atomic bomb is still very relevant in contemporary times as we live in a world with 9 countries that are nuclear powers. In the film Oppenheimer, British director Christopher Nolan shows us how a man of science is treated in USA especially the loyalty of a scientist to USA is always under constant surveillance. There are a very few comic scenes in this film. It is more easily recognizable as a heady mix of espionage, history, politics and suspense. Although it is a film about a specialized subje...

Astronaut Stephen Bowen shares how he and other crew members prepare for space walks outside the International Space Station.

Third Edition, September 22-29, 2023   The Marrakech Short Film Festival (MARRAKECHsFF) is back for its third edition, showcasing Moroccan talent in the realm of short films through an international selection in iconic venues in Marrakech. As the first open-air cinema festival founded by women in Morocco, this event continues to bridge the gap between the short film industry and the city of Marrakech, while highlighting Moroccan and international talents through an engaging competition program. MARRAKECHsFF will take place in Marrakech from September 22 to 29, 2023. Screenings will be held in prestigious locations such as the Bahia Palace, the Cyber Park, Dar Cherifa, Villa Majorelle, The Source Hotel, and other exciting venues. The third edition of the festival will welcome Poland as the guest country of honor in partnership with the Polish Embassy, featuring a selection of films curated by the prestigious Munk Studio, which has been operating within the Polish Filmmakers Ass...

This superbly crafted biographical documentary by Karin Kaper and Dirk Szuszien premiered in North America in a May 2023 screening arranged in New York by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and the Leo Baeck Institute. The focus of the film, writer Walter Kaufmann, passed away at the age of 97 in 2021. Every stage of his life is chronicled and accompanied by his visual participation and recorded commentaries from his texts including childhood and youth; passage as a Jewish child refugee from Germany to Britain; life in an Australian internment camp; employment as a soldier; holding blue collar jobs; and work for long periods as a sailor on Australian and GDR (German Democratic Republic) ships. He joined the Australian communist party and trade unions and was naturalized in 1944 and never gave up his Australian passport. Work on ships and lengthy stays in countries like Cuba, Japan, the USA and Israel provided the backbone for his numerous novels and investigative reports published in differe...