1960, Orson Welles explained how he wrangled complete creative control for his first film, Citizen Kane, as well as the value of “ignorance” to break through old ideas.

Silence in a film can say much more. resul pookutty (and Buñuel) knows this so well! Wonderful thread - must read for filmmakers.

A huge loss.

Congratulations Meenakshi Shedde This is fabulous news!!

Friends in Paris, go see this special 35mm projection. Vikram Joglekar Yaniv Dabach Anne Seibel TannishthaChatterjee abhay deol Aseem Chhabra satish kaushik

Hell yeah

"When you’re touched deeply by something, that in itself changes you, and you start to look at the world in a different way. Sometimes that can be very fulfilling, sometimes that can be very despairing." —Terence Davies

“We were meant to work 20 years ago. Where did you go?” What an opening line. Here we are. Reminiscing on 30 years of friends and music. And yes… #TheVioletHour A.R.Rahman Thank You Senthil Kumar

From Justice Gautam Patel's opinion in the petition challenging the 2023 IT Rules amendment giving powers to the Central government for forming Fact Checking Units. 100/10 reminder for the times we live in.

I’m with him on this one.

Sad to hear of David Bordwell’s passing from shekhar deshpande In 1980, I bought his book Film Art: An Introduction, (Bordwell & Thompson) from a footpath bookseller in Bombay for 90 Rupees. It’s been a lifelong companion.

Johnnie To’s The Mission stands the test of time. 25 years later it has the cool, the style, pace, and most of all humor. Farhan Akhtar one day we must watch all Johnnie To’s films back to back. He’s a genius and a poet. MoMA Film

Thank you Aseem. Glad you got to see the show. The two tone design was inspired by rooms and spaces in ‘English, August’.