Karan Johar reveals why he needed Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol for ‘My Name Is Khan’ as the film turns 14 |

Karan Johar reveals why he needed Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol for ‘My Name Is Khan’ as the film turns 14 |

Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol‘s ‘My Name Is Khan‘ is one of the most remembered movies of this on-screen pair. They left fans surprised as they starred together in set-up like this after iconic romantic movies like ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ and ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’. But as the film turns 14, director Karan Johar … Read more

Richa Chadha opens up about her film ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ with Ali Fazal winning big at a film festival: ‘We both have good taste’ |

Richa Chadha opens up about her film ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ with Ali Fazal winning big at a film festival: ‘We both have good taste’ |

‘Girls Will Be Girls‘ unfolds as a coming-of-age drama centered around a 16-year-old girl navigating the intricacies of her relationship with her mother. The remarkable film earned prestigious accolades in the World Cinema Dramatic Entry category, clinching both the Audience Award and the Special Jury Award for the stellar performance of lead actor Preeti Panigrahi.Chadha … Read more

MuchMusic doc pulled from Crave months after director says he clashed with labels

MuchMusic doc pulled from Crave months after director says he clashed with labels

A MuchMusic documentary that once came under scrutiny for using a deep catalogue of popular music has been pulled from its premiere date on Crave. Representatives for Bell Media said Monday that a “scheduling change” was behind their decision to quietly remove 299 Queen Street West from a planned debut last Friday on the channel and its streaming … Read more

Why Infernal Affairs director’s A Man Called Hero didn’t live up to the hype of his previous martial arts extravaganza The Storm Riders

Why Infernal Affairs director’s A Man Called Hero didn’t live up to the hype of his previous martial arts extravaganza The Storm Riders

It was moderately well received by Hong Kong audiences and critics in 1999, but failed to live up to the box-office success of its blockbusting predecessor – not least because it was released head-to-head with Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and the glamorous local actioner Gen-X Cops. “The most eagerly awaited Cantonese … Read more

Netflix reports the money is rolling in — and so are advertisements for Canadian subscribers

Netflix reports the money is rolling in — and so are advertisements for Canadian subscribers

Netflix told investors it has added millions of new customers and has lots of room to grow its revenue — with part of that growth coming from the planned elimination of the cheapest, ad-free plan available to Canadians. According to fourth quarter results, released late Tuesday afternoon, Netflix is planning to “retire” what it refers to as … Read more

Finding the ‘heart space’: Director Ava DuVernay gets personal for new film

Finding the ‘heart space’: Director Ava DuVernay gets personal for new film

Director Ava DuVernay speaks with the CBC’s Eli Glasner about what compelled her to create her latest and perhaps most challenging film, Origin. (Evan Mitsui/CBC) When you sit down to interview Ava DuVernay, you quickly realize how she rose to the top of her profession in 12 short years. Before DuVernay became an Oscar-nominated director … Read more

Nerene Virgin, ‘trailblazer’ star of Today’s Special and Black history educator, dead at 77

Nerene Virgin, ‘trailblazer’ star of Today’s Special and Black history educator, dead at 77

Nerene Virgin, a former actor, public broadcaster, anti-racism advocate and educator also known for her trailblazing work, has died in Burlington, Ont., at age 77. Virgin, a sixth-generation Hamiltonian, was a teacher before gaining prominence for playing Jodie on the TVO children’s show Today’s Special in the 1980s. She was also host of the CTV public affairs show Eye on Toronto.  In … Read more

In Documentary, Director Ivory Portrays Beauty of Afghanistan

In Documentary, Director Ivory Portrays Beauty of Afghanistan

Paris —  The oldest person ever to win an Oscar, renowned director James Ivory, is still making films at 95, with a documentary about his formative trip to Afghanistan in 1960. Though American, Ivory is best-known for a string of costume dramas about the repressed emotions of Brits, including Remains of the Day and Howard’s … Read more