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Cathy YanIllustration by João FazendaCathy Yan, the director of “Birds of Prey,” the new DC Comics movie, starring Margot Robbie as the anarchic antiheroine Harley Quinn, became a big-studio filmmaker the same way that Hemingway describes going bankrupt: gradually, then suddenly. In 2018, shortly after going to Sundance with her…

By: Entertainment Desk | Chennai | Published: March 2, 2020 3:54:59 pm Selvaraghavan is ‘giving final touches to the script’ of The Couple. (Photo: Selvaraghavan/Facebook)Selvaraghavan, who is awaiting the release of SJ Suryah-starrer Nenjam Marapathillai and Santhanam’s Mannavan Vanthanadi, will once again collaborate with Dhanush. Recently, the filmmaker posted a…

Looking back at Japanese posters of the ’70s/early ’80s, graphic designer UMAI_ONIKU_TARO put together retro takes on modern Hollywood blockbusters. The talented designer put together bold representations of movies like John Wick, Joker, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Blade Runner 2049, Aquaman, District 9, Detective Pikachu and more which…

Saw and Insidious writer Leigh Whannell's newest horror movie, The Invisible Man, started strong with a $29 million USD opening weekend in North America. That makes it easily the No. 1 movie of the weekend in the US and Canada, pushing Sonic the Hedgehog down off its top spot for…

There were bound to be some pin-drop moments during tonight’s César Awards, but for the most part things ran smoothly until Roman Polanski was named Best Director for his Dreyfus Affair drama, An Officer And A Spy, late into the evening. The film had already taken Best Costumes and Best…

We live in an era of franchises, filled with an abundance of sequels and every studio wanting their own shared cinematic universe. But while the big franchises of today are mostly comic-book, Star Wars and action movies like Fast and Furious – with a couple of horror ones here and…

Want to emulate the lighting techniques from the Joker movie? Here's how. Todd Phillips' Joker was a massive box office and critical success. Part of the reason it was such a hit was that it really focused on the reality of the world. Subtle colors were used to accentuate mood and…

Marc Maron brings his own brand of “everything is terrible” comedy to his latest stand-up special, Marc Maron: End Times Fun. As you can probably surmise from the title, Maron is going to be touching on the doom and gloom of our current era, where everything constantly feels like it’s on…

Despite the rise in digital projection, there are still 35mm screenings of new releases, as well as repertory screenings of older movies at select theaters across the country. But The American Genre Film Archive will offer up something different on 35mm for those lucky enough to be near the right…

Recently, a gunman shot a lobby valet at the Boston hospital where I work. I was treating patients in the emergency room when my computer screen flashed, “Active Shooter Alert.” I’ll never forget the feeling of my heart sinking as we closed the curtains and doors to our patients’ rooms…