Barrera faced severe consequences for speaking out on Palestine
Debanjan Dhar
About The Author
A film festival-junkie, Debanjan takes a keen interest in tracking and reporting on South Asian independent cinema.
About The Author
A film festival-junkie, Debanjan takes a keen interest in tracking and reporting on South Asian independent cinema.
With Renoir headed soon to U.S. theatres, the rising Japanese filmmaker discusses her Palme d’Or-nominated second feature that elliptically approaches a child’s vision of death.
The official selections from India are scarce at this year's edition, barring an FTII student film and a 1986 Malayalam classic
The 1986 film remains one of the most trenchant pieces of political cinema to have come out of India. Abraham passed shortly after its release. The film has been restored by Film Heritage Foundation in collaboration with Odessa Collective.
Streaming on Masoom Rajwani's YouTube channel, Natu’s razor-sharp short film scans a queer right-winger coming undone.
The 2026 edition brought in a raft of attention-grabbing looks from rookies to veterans
The gala theme yielded a mix of striking interpretations from sharp suits to unconventional interruptions
The Ragtime star made his Met Gala debut with a gorgeous Whitney Houston cover
Activists placed bottles of piss bottles around the star-studded event.
The tennis star serves as a cochair for the 2026 edition of the event.
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