Alternative Entertainment

The Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival Depicts Characters in Unfamiliar Worlds

Strange people in strange places seemed to be an ongoing theme in the films featured at this year’s Winter Film Awards Indie Film Festival in New York City. This year&rs...

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Outpost: The Port Eliot Festival.

Deep in the Cornish countryside, in the tiny village of St Germans, sits the house and estate of Port Eliot. A plot of land Napoleon himself claimed to be the most beautiful p...

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'Whenever I Lost Courage, My Life Became A Meaningless Burden': BalrajSahni To JNU Students In 1972

This convocation address was delivered by the noted actor at Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1972About 20 years ago, the Calcutta Film Journalists’ Association decided to...

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Calgary Underground Film Festival explores dance on film at the Globe

Brennan Tilley, who programs for both the Calgary International Film Festival and the Calgary Underground Film Festival, says he is sent up to 30 dance films a year for consid...

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Brooke Bond Red Label's Happy Hijras Return With 'Sab Rab De Bande'

Hindustan Unilever (HUL)'s happy hijras (Hindi slang for eunuchs) are back, this time with Sonu Nigam, and a much higher branding quotient. 'Brooke Bond Red Label 6 Pack', Ind...

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Actionaid India's #Actequal Films Reinforce Theme Of Gender Equality

ActionAid India has come up with a new digital campaign on gender equality called #ActEqual. The campaign has three short one-minute films addressing different gender issues. ...

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Film Festival Designed To Illuminate The Lives Of The Disabled

A film festival intended to promote and celebrate inclusion of individuals with autism, cerebral palsy, mental illness and other challenges is playing through Thursday in Hous...

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International Indie Film Festival Heads To Cinema Village

A group of filmmakers and cinephiles are calling attention to "emerging filmmakers with low budgets and no connections" with a film festival at Cinema Village, kicking off thi...

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The Theatre Of Conflict

Last week, Palestinian director Faisal Abu Alhayjaa wrote on Facebook about his house being attacked by the Israeli army, his brother being arrested and dragged out in front o...

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Shortcut Safaari Trails Through BNHS Goregaon With City Kids

Cinematographer turned Director Amitabha Singh, organized a fun trip for children from Nehru Nagar public school, Kanjur Marg East to explore Mumbai’s very own biodivers...

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BOLLYWOOD: FROM STAGE TO SCREEN AND OTHER MEDIUMS

Monojit Lahiri explores the complexities, highlighting the nuanced distinctions and uniq...

June 2 2024

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: PHAS GAYA SYSYPHUS IS TRUE INDEPENDENT EXPRESSION

Saumesh Bangera’s cinema is a perfect manifestation of the phenomenon of democrati...

June 1 2024

TRENDING: HINDUTVA, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, AND PROPAGANDA

Humra Quraishi explores Brinda Karat's latest book, about the intensified violence again...

May 31 2024