On one canvas, marmalade-hued sequins the size of small coins cascade across the dim visage of a woman cloaked in midnight blue. On another, streams of tiny red sequins drape downcast eyes like a beaded curtain. Underneath lies a dim, earthen, almost hidden woman’s face, her lips...
10 Things Parents Should Know About The Adventures...
This is an animated, performance-capture 3-D film based on The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books created by Belgian artist Hergé (Georges Remi). The film is actually based on three of the original comic books: The Crab With the Golden Claws (1941), The Secret of the...
Stan Lee to Create ‘Chakra – The Invin...
Comic legend Stan Lee will launch an original superhero for the Indian market with a team of Indian artists and writers working at Liquid Comics which has pacted with Lee’s POW! Entertainment for the project. Share...
‘MI Ghost Protocol’ Best Ever India Op...
According to figures from the film’s distributor Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Ghost Protocol collected 263 million rupees ($5.26 million) during its opening weekend. Previous record holder Avatar – distributed here by Fox Star Studios — collected 220 million rupees during its...
Aziz Ansari on the movie that cracked him up this ...
” ‘Bridesmaids’ was great. Kristen [Wiig] was incredible in that, showing such a range of attitudes. She’s doing pretty well for herself. I remember when the movie first came out there were all those articles saying, ‘It’s your responsibility to go...
Rocking in Sanskrit
About five years ago, Bruce Reddick bought an album of acoustic guitar music with harmonizing singers, not knowing it was in Sanskrit. The songs turned out to be Hindu chants about the various deities, set to music. At ashrams in India, chants are sung nightly in the original Sanskrit, and...
Russell Peters breaks out the mistletoe
Fun, yes — if you’re in the spirit of the season, and your taste in humour runs to the slightly risqué. A Russell Peters Christmas plays a little like a Great White Northern take on A Colbert Christmas, but rougher ’round the edges. The moment when Peters skates onto the ice...
Paramount Picks Up Movie Rights for Tiger’s ...
The novel has that magic combination that makes Hollywood drool and shiver these days. It’s a best-selling young adult novel with a teen protagonist and fantastical elements. While I’m not familiar with the book, it will be intriguing to see a teen fantasy flick that explores Hindu...
Vijay Iyer Trio push modern jazz limits with imagi...
Grammy-nominated, composer-pianist Vijay Iyer and his band brought their version of the classic jazz trio, infused with cutting-edge new music and rhythmically intricate grooves, to the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Friday, Dec. 9. Share...