Pairing a notable song with a scene in which a character self-harms nearly always turns a song over to the “inseparable” side, whether it’s during Richie Tenenbaum’s beard-shaving scene in Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums (Elliot Smith’s “Needle In The Hay“) or the unnamed girl who has developed an infatuation with James van der Beek’s […]

Last Updated: 15 August 2026, 01:00 PM IST From Rang De Basanti and Swades to Sam Bahadur and Ikkis, here are five patriotic Hindi films to watch this Independence Day. Swades movie poster | Photo: IMDb As India celebrates its 80th Independence Day, August 15 is also an opportunity to revisit films that explore patriotism […]

The action genre is practically as old as cinema itself. While The Great Train Robbery (1903) is often cited as the first “official” action movie, it had its predecessors, including single-scenario films like Attack on a China Mission (1900) or rousing space adventures like Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon (1902). Those laid the […]

John Parr: Restless Heart (The Running Man, 1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYe2ayJyyEU Oh boy, can someone get the Power Station on the phone? The Running Man seems like a odd candidate for a power ballad, but hey, it’s the 80s. God knows what John Parr was thinking — the romance between Ah-nuld and Maria Concita Alonzo is so […]

Good news and bad news, kids. The good news is that we have the first trailer for The Bluey Movie. The bad news is the pic doesn’t hits theaters for another year — oh, biscuits! OK, so the release date isn’t exactly “news” — we’ve known that for nearly a year already — but the […]

Jason Statham on the red carpetImage via PA Images/INSTARimages Despite a rather uneven run at the box office in recent years, Jason Statham has avoided the temptation of starring in streaming projects. The action genre, particularly the mid-budget action films that Statham is known for, have largely transitioned from theaters to streaming in recent years. In […]

There are years in Indian history that seem to grow more distant with time. 1947 is not one of them. Nearly eight decades have passed since India and Pakistan were born out of Partition, and yet the year keeps finding its way back into our conversations, our politics, our family histories and, most persistently, our films. A generation that […]