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Asha Bhosle, Bollywood playback singer dies at 92

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Popular Bollywood playback singer, music icon, and film industry’s last Mughal passed away at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai today leaving behind her works. a body of work. “Her voice carried timeless brilliance” PM Modi said.  “ I like doing extraordinary things, Music has been my life. It has given me so much. I decided to do a spectacular concert on my 90th birthday. I doubt if anyone in the world has achieved this feat” Said the legend, who remained defiant of age and expectation. “I was around 10 when I started my singing career in 1943,Over the decades, I have … Continue reading Asha Bhosle, Bollywood playback singer dies at 92

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The Chemistry that made the iconic movies with an empire of their own

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The Last Kings of Hollywood is the untold, intimate story of how three young visionaries – Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg – revolutionised American cinema, creating the most iconic films in history while risking everything, redefining friendship, and shaping Hollywood as we know it.  In the summer of 1967, as the old Hollywood studio system was dying an intense, uncompromising young film school graduate named George Lucas walked onto the Warner Bros backlot for his first day working as an assistant to another up-and-coming, largely-unknown filmmaker, a boisterous father of two called Francis Ford Coppola. At the … Continue reading The Chemistry that made the iconic movies with an empire of their own

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One Battle after Another

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“One Battle After Another” – how to tease people intoreluctant laughter at a very real ongoing situation.Directed, written and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson, this story isadapted from the novel “Vineland” by Thomas Pynchon. Stars and actors include Leo Di Caprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti and Benicio del Toro. The story is inspired by true events and real-life groups such as The Weathermen – a far left militant organisation active from 1969 to the mid 70s who wanted to eradicate racism and imperialism in the USA. Other reviews do remark on the left wing and socialistic curve of … Continue reading One Battle after Another

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Moving towards a prize? Well let’s wait and see!

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KESHAV SHREE:- FILMMAKER AND QUALIFIED LONDONDOCTOR EDUCATED IN LONDON ITSELF.Aside from doing a degree in Medicine in London, Keshav has also done a one year film course and now he is a mover and a shaker in the fringe genre of making shorts (short films) for competitions! His appealing countenance is evident as he has acted in some of his films. Film is a passion and a hobby.Read on……Of his latest two shorts Keshav told me “They’re both realistic comedies and I like making films on things that affect me as a first generation immigrant.” He has been in England since he … Continue reading Moving towards a prize? Well let’s wait and see!

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Do You want to be a filmmaker

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BECOMING A FILMMAKER – THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT MAKING ITIN LONDON By Krish Pinto – London BA Film Graduate. Book available to order on Amazon.It is rare to find a writer with the talent of chronicling a guide andcommentary so successfully and imaginatively as Krish Pinto. Thatknown, I have suggested to him that he might be good writing novelsand maybe a screenplay to go with each one. Krish reacted bystating that AI is ahead of us writers – and can be programmed towrite novels and screenplays for us! However, I thought of this overtwenty five years ago regarding a novelist … Continue reading Do You want to be a filmmaker

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“DOWNTON ABBEY – THE GRAND FINALE”

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“DOWNTON ABBEY – THE GRAND FINALE” IN A CINEMA NEAR YOU – NOW!! 124 minutes, PG Director Richard Curtis Characterisation and careful storytelling spins us another enchanting  yarn in The latest Downton Saga! Plots, plot twists and sub plots feature in this movie, enchanting in the opulent lifestyles portrayed, and the banter and relationships between those above stairs and those below who all seem to get on famously, symbiotic  as their roles are in life in the 30s. It is now 15 years since Downton hit our screens with lots of spin offs and as it is so well loved, I hesitate … Continue reading “DOWNTON ABBEY – THE GRAND FINALE”

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Hilarious plot twists

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The Roses – would The hilarious Roses smell as sweet by any other name? – At a cinema near you now! 1 hr and 45 mins Couples and relationships especially marriages, can lead a merry path of love, trials and tribulations, jealousy, loathing, laughter, difficult times and ultimately may end up with a counselling service! What better way to start a story than on the couch then where the audience soon discovers why Theo and Ivy are there. The saga moves quickly on from the opening scene to “get down to brass tacks”. This is a tongue in cheek comedy … Continue reading Hilarious plot twists

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Trapped inside an impermeable windowless concrete room

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In the 33rd Raindance Film Festival, The Lonely Musketeer won the Best U.K. cinematography, Bruce Jackson, shot in monochrome in one claustrophobic main location, a low-budget film, is a taut, stripped-back mystery thriller. The film also won the Best Performance in a UK Feature, Edward Hogg, for his role in unique closed room Thriller, The Lonely Musketeer. There is only one actor on screen for the most part of Nicolai Schumann’smesmerising debut feature, The Lonely Musketeer. It is an entirelyfictitious story which I would term essentially as “Film Noir”. Themusical score accompanying the drama is original. It is a dark, unpleasant,though gripping … Continue reading Trapped inside an impermeable windowless concrete room

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Raindance festival London: The Palestine Comedy Club

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THE PALESTINE COMEDY CLUB – RAINDANCE 33 RD LONDON FILMFESTIVAL VUE CINEMA LOWER REGENT STREET 18-27 JUNE 2025 Charlotte Knowles is the Producer of this meaningful film and her sisterLibby edited it. Charlotte has worked in Hebron, Palestine and she hasmade seven films in all. One of the comedy club – Aliabdallah who is alsothe Director, has an account called regashots – he could not come toRaindance due to visa restrictions. There is much coverage of theproblems encountered by the club in travelling around and checkpointswhich they must pass through to continue their shows. Referred to as“unbelievable logistical feats” the … Continue reading Raindance festival London: The Palestine Comedy Club

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Raindance Festival 2025: The Last Grail Hunter

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Dystopian and dark, the story of this saga cemented to Lee in a dream. He talked to John Altman ( remember Eastenders fame Nick) and the film took a mere four days to film on an iPhone and a drone using the film app Black Magic. Lee is in a band called The Pocket Gods and atmospheric angry music accompanies the story of this “esoteric road trip which is a bit fucked up” adding gravitas from the band. Guerrilla-style filming and work was intrinsic. The book Holy Blood And Holy Grail which apparently inspired some of the writings in The … Continue reading Raindance Festival 2025: The Last Grail Hunter