How do you guys feel about smuggling food into theatres? I think it’s the most victimless of crimes.

At one point in Frankenstein you're reading the story of a Turkish girl, told to a Frenchman, overheard by the monster, who's narrating it afterwards to Victor, who's recounting it to an English sea captain, who's writing it down in a letter to his sister

Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) - 薔薇の葬列 Directed by Toshio Matsumoto 1080 Blu-Ray restored (14GB) Original Japanese audio + Eng/Jpn Commentary Subtitles : eng,fin,fre,ita,nor,por,spa,swe https://t.co/KJFazF8Rtm

A masterpiece. Where to begin? The confidence man, the drifter, the archetypal American anti-hero, the country around him in pieces. Almost Bressonian in places. Reichardt’s amazing eye for textures - paint, fabric, metal, brick. O’Connor is astonishing. Loved it beyond words

The muddling of sexual violence with sex began with the question itself - "aap is tarah ki vyakhya ko kaise dekhti hain ke aurat ke sharir ko, uski desire ko kaise dikhaya jaaye". Subtly, female desire was brought into the picture. No wonder there were no follow-ups.

For Spooktober, Parajanov might be an unusual choice, but his surreal films could serve as an unsettling alternative to traditional horror.

The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985) • dir. Sergei Parajanov, Dodo Abashidze • Drama/Fantasia/História • 1h26min • 1080p https://t.co/KqcjV6IA0B

My favourite Indian English expression is "small small things". The equivalent in any other register of English doesn't capture its spirit.

Pauline Karl casually pioneered the derogatory phrase of “your movie is written by ChatGPT” in 1960s

The context for this conservatism lies in the onslaught of British colonialism. It takes an exceptional degree of intellect and moral balance to avoid becoming reactionary in the face of such a bloodthirsty and exploitative imperial power.

First, its बीबियाँ and not बीवियाँ . Secondly, I wanted to defend Akbar Allahabadi for supporting purdah, but let it be for now.

In case László Krasznahorkai's Nobel prize in literature encourages you to get a closer look at Hungarian literature, here comes a very subejective list of 12 relevant authors who published in Hungarian, and who can appeal to today's readers in translation, too. 13/1

At least one good outcome of these exposes is that nobody will expect opposition parties to win anymore, we won’t waste time on election forecasts and exit polls, and there will be no disappointment of any kind.

OpenAI’s latest classroom experiment is starting in India. A deal with Arise—a private-school network that covers over 1,800 schools, including Jaipuria Schools and Delhi Public Schools—gives 10,000 free ChatGPT licenses to teachers. But the fine print has schools on edge.

I just finished The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas… Heartbreaking & so beautiful, possibly the greatest novel I have ever read. Moved to tears.

The first influential classically trained actor-dancer in Hindi cinema, Sandhya Shantaram, passed away with little online notice; I only learned of it today. Some of the most iconic songs of the 1950s were picturized on her.

With Gustakh Ishq, I hope they don’t overthink it and screw it up. All they need to do is let us yearn and wander the bylanes of this old city for a couple of hours.

Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia

The best reason to watch this film is that it exists.

vampirism as a metaphor for queerness. hunger as a metaphor for repressed desire. immortality as an expression of profound loneliness.