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 ‘One Piece’ review, Priyanka Mohan interviewCurated every week, this newsletter brings you all the latest news from the world of movies and streamingAround Tinsel TownAll you need to know about Oscars 2026 The 98th Academy Awards, popularly known as The Oscars, are set to be held on Sunday (March 15, 2026) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, honouring the best films of 2025. This annual event brings together filmmakers and celebrities for an evening dedicated to recognising outstanding achievements in cinema. Here are some stories in the run-up to the awards: >> Oscars 2026: Ranking every Best Picture nominee from worst to best >> Oscars 2026: Meet Geeta Gandbhir, the director with two separate Oscar-nominated films >> Oscars 2026: Academy to increase security after FBI warns of possible Iran drone threat >> Oscars 2026: An ‘unusually alive’ race and a night in transition >> Oscars 2026: ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ documentary review: An intimate retelling through clinical means Bollywood‘Alpha’: Alia Bhatt and Sharvari’s actioner gets new release date Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar’ to re-release in theatres worldwide Shahid Kapoor starts shooting for Raj & DK’s ‘Farzi 2’ Aamir Khan’s ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ to stream soon on SonyLIV Makers of Varun Dhawan’s ‘Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai’ announce new release date to avoid clash with Yash’s ‘Toxic’ Anupam Kher’s ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla 2’ gets release date Naseeruddin Shah’s ‘Made In India’, Ravi Kishan’s ‘Clean Up Crew’ among Amazon MX Player’s 2026 slate Randeep Hooda, Lin Laishram welcome first child Screenplay of Arundhati Roy’s ‘In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones’ to release in revised edition HollywoodSaturn Awards 2026: Tom Cruise bags Best Actor, ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ wins major honours Timothée Chalamet faces backlash after comments dismissing ballet and opera Kate Winslet in talks to join ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’ Corey Parker, ‘Will & Grace’ actor and acting coach, dies at 60 Netflix to pay as much as $600 million for AI filmmaking firm InterPositive Regional CinemaCan’t take it lightly: Rashmika Mandanna warns legal action against privacy-violating content Row over revenue sharing: Exhibitors association against release of multi-starrer ‘Patriot’ movie Allu Sirish marries Nayanika Reddy in star-studded Hyderabad wedding; CM Revanth Reddy attends Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s ‘Aaranya Kaandam’ set for re-release ‘Kaattu Thottappol’: First single from Mammootty-Mohanlal starrer ‘Patriot’ out ‘666 Operation Dream Theatre’: Aditi Balan boards Hemanth M Rao’s retro thriller TrailersRanveer Singh rises to rule Lyari in blood-soaked battle of vengeance in ‘Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge’ trailer Akshay Kumar promises to deliver chills and laughs in ‘Bhooth Bangla’ teaser: Nana Patekar makes streaming debut in ‘Sankalp’ trailer Junaid Khan and Sai Pallavi turn lovers for a day in ‘Ek Din’ trailer ‘Maamla Legal Hai’ season 2 trailer shows Ravi Kishan becoming the judge in Netflix’s courtroom comedy ‘Hokum’ trailer shows Adam Scott facing witch haunting in Damian McCarthy’s new horror Darling Krishna sets the tone for final chapter in ‘Love Mocktail 3’ trailer Essential Reading1) Priyanka Mohan on how filming ‘Made In Korea’ was an experience to cherish >> Ahead of the release of Netflix’s cross-cultural project ‘Made in Korea’, we speak to Priyanka Arul Mohan and director Ra Karthik about filming in Seoul, working with a Korean cast and crew, and how the film felt like a journey of discovery. 2) Rajisha Vijayan: I was flabbergasted when Krishand first told me the story of ‘Masthishka Maranam’ >> Rajisha Vijayan talks about how she transformed to become Frida Soman in the sci-fi satire ‘Masthishka Maranam - A Frankenbiting of Simon’s Memories’, directed by Krishand. 3) ‘Aakash’ re-release: When songs powered Puneeth Rajkumar’s blockbuster ‘Aakash’ swapped Puneeth Rajkumar’s tough-guy on-screen image for a charming romantic lead. The songs of the Kannada film, composed by RP Patnaik, is still just as relevant today as it was in 2005 4) Sivaji Ganesan’s gift of baby elephant to American children and his U.S. visit as state guest >> Sivaji Ganesan was invited to the United States as part of the U.S.–India Cultural Exchange Programme. During the trip, Sivaji was treated as a state guest, assigned two officials to assist him, and given a daily allowance of $160, a considerable sum at the time. 5) V.K. Ramasamy: The actor who made comedy look effortless >> In his birth centenary year, tracing V.K. Ramasamy’s journey in Tamil cinema. 6) Amplifying women’s voices through movies >> On this Women’s Day, Rudrangsh Gupta reviews six movies — three Indian and three overseas — that speak about various facets of life central to girls and women. 7) Amos TG on winning the Best Director award at the Kerala State Television Awards for his short film ‘Opponent’ >> ‘Opponent’ explores the life of a boxer who accidentally kills his opponent during a match, which completely turns his life around. The short film won four honours at the television awards. 8) Adithya Prakash’s short signals the rise of a promising Kannada filmmaker >> Adithya Prakash’s Kannada mid-length thriller ‘Watch Out Krishna’ mixes sharp humour with subtle yet relatable social commentary 9) Animation film ‘Mini and the Rockstars’ shows why rocks are the real stars of the ecosystem >> Written and directed by Hyderabad-based Gunjan Ashtaputre and Aishwarya Yerra, the film hopes to appeal to people of all ages What to watch1) ‘One Piece’ Season 2 is a Gum-Gum good time across the Grand Line 2) In ‘Sankalp’ Nana Patekar anchors Prakash Jha’s game of thrones 3) In ‘War Machine’, Alan Ritchson bulldozes through an efficient sci-fi thriller 4) In ‘Vladimir’, Rachel Weisz steams up the screen 5) An earnest Priyanka Mohan shoulders a cursory Hallyu excursion in ‘Made In Korea’ 6) ‘Redux Redux’ is a muscular, dimension-hopping revenge thriller which keeps indie sci-fi in fighting shape 7) ‘The Love That Remains’ is a surreal heartbreak across Hlynur Pálmason’s mesmerising Icelandic dreamscape 8) ‘Late Shift’ is Leonie Benesch’s Sisyphean ward of one 9) In ‘Young Sherlock’, Moriarty becomes the hero of Sherlock’s story 10) ‘Lost Women of Alaska’ is a personal, moving tribute with potential for more |
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