Jazz can be described in many ways – a JAZZY musical extravaganza with sterling performances and mellifluous music, a musical paean to the unsung musicians in Bollywood who work behind the scenes to compose some of the most memorable songs, or simply, a musical journey of an old man taking a trip down the memory lane. Whatever the description may go like, it will certainly appeal to the fastidious ears of a theatre critic or a music connoisseur, with its satirical wit, uncompromising conviction, and alluring music score.
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Director Series - Film Screenings in Bangalore
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The Booker Dozen - The Longlist 2008 announced
The Man Booker Prize , the annual contemporary fictional award for the best original full-length novel, that sees its 40th ...
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Chennai’s Theater Fete: The MetroPlus Theater Fest 2008!
The king of all theater festivals is back! Giving its golden touch to Chennai every year, this festival embarks upon ...
The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la Peur) - Henri-Georges Clouzot After his back to back successes with Le Salaire de la Peur (1953) and Les Diaboliques (1955), Henri-Georges Clouzot was considered a leading contender for the throne of "The Master of Suspense" and a ...
The famished road - Ben Okri Ben Okri is one of the better known authors from the Saharan region, thanks to “The Famished Road”, which earned him a booker prize in 1991. In the famished road, he narrates the difficult life ...
Motifs - Paris Combo Remember that evening when you’ve just had it with the world and you just want to indulge yourself with some quality time alone (or perhaps with a loved one). The weather is beautiful with a ...
Viva Cuba(Long Live Cuba) by Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti Director: Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti. Viva Cuba- meaning long live Cuba is a Spanish film set in modern day Cuba. It is directed by Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti, although I haven’t heard much about the director, ...
Summer Interlude by Ingmar Bergman Director: Ingmar Bergman Having watched only two other films by Ingmar Bergman, it is hard for me to evaluate this film in comparison to his others. But going by the regular notions of this renowned film ...
Ark of Gemini - Krptos One song down and you’re left wondering what makes this album different from the dozens of others released by bands year after year. But a couple more and there dawns realisation that there is always ...
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
The gift of genius often accompanies the curse of aberrance (Van Gogh, Einstein, Mozart are great examples) – for the lack of a subtler word. Sometimes insensitivity is a by-product of ignorance, but that’s something ...
Ten - Abbas Kiarostami
There are not more than a handful of directors who have the special ability to look beyond the boundaries and hop over the conventions of the medium. Abbas Kiarostami, with his radically fresh perspective and ...
Memories of my melancholy whores - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love is not merely blind; it is also deaf to the susurrating ticks of the clocks of time. If it weren’t, how could a 90 year old man, a river meandering through the delta of ...