At 77 years young, Paul Schrader is really in a considerable renaissance period. He was undoubtedly in the wild and lost in the woods there for a few years, but he returned to his “Taxi Driver” roots and a style of minimalism he always professed to love but never actually attempted with “First Reformed” (2017), which paid off with huge dividends. Every film he’s directed since “The Card Counter” and “Master Gardener” has shown a filmmaker totally rejuvenated in his old age.
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- 1/1/2024
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
In the upcoming episode titled “The Black Book of the Mad Arab” from Season 2 of “30 Coins,” set to air at 10:00 Pm on Monday, November 13, 2023, viewers can expect a thrilling continuation of the supernatural drama. The show follows Father Vergara, an exorcist, boxer, and former convict, who is now living in a remote Spanish town. As the town is plagued by a series of paranormal occurrences, Father Vergara reaches out to the mayor and a veterinarian for assistance.
This episode maintains the suspense and intrigue that “30 Coins” is known for, as it delves deeper into the mysteries and supernatural phenomena that have gripped the town. The collaboration between Father Vergara, the mayor, and the veterinarian promises to unravel the enigmatic events and offers viewers a look at their efforts to confront and understand the unexplained. “The Black Book of the Mad Arab” continues to build on the suspense...
This episode maintains the suspense and intrigue that “30 Coins” is known for, as it delves deeper into the mysteries and supernatural phenomena that have gripped the town. The collaboration between Father Vergara, the mayor, and the veterinarian promises to unravel the enigmatic events and offers viewers a look at their efforts to confront and understand the unexplained. “The Black Book of the Mad Arab” continues to build on the suspense...
- 11/6/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Influential Indian film-maker admired in European arthouses
Those who think of Indian cinema as the glitz of Bollywood on the one hand and the eloquent classicism of Satyajit Ray on the other miss a third important strand, manifested best by the radical director Mani Kaul, who has died from cancer aged 66. Kaul was a totally uncompromising film-maker who never sought popularity but pursued his own concerns, influenced by Ritwik Ghatak, his Bengali teacher and a great director in his own right, and by Robert Bresson and Andrei Tarkovsky among the foreign giants of the cinema. Watching Bresson's Pickpocket (1959), he once said, was one of the formative experiences of his life.
He was, however, entirely his own man, who understood Indian art, music, literature and theatre as much as film. He was a stern critic of orthodox storytelling and especially the modern gyrations of Bollywood. "If film shows you something you already know,...
Those who think of Indian cinema as the glitz of Bollywood on the one hand and the eloquent classicism of Satyajit Ray on the other miss a third important strand, manifested best by the radical director Mani Kaul, who has died from cancer aged 66. Kaul was a totally uncompromising film-maker who never sought popularity but pursued his own concerns, influenced by Ritwik Ghatak, his Bengali teacher and a great director in his own right, and by Robert Bresson and Andrei Tarkovsky among the foreign giants of the cinema. Watching Bresson's Pickpocket (1959), he once said, was one of the formative experiences of his life.
He was, however, entirely his own man, who understood Indian art, music, literature and theatre as much as film. He was a stern critic of orthodox storytelling and especially the modern gyrations of Bollywood. "If film shows you something you already know,...
- 7/14/2011
- by Derek Malcolm
- The Guardian - Film News
Kaul gradually acquired a reputation of being cerebral and pretentious to the point of being termed a pseudo. Although there have been many instances of crowds staging group walk outs or dozing through screenings of his masterworks, a few instances claim to have incited mob violence addressed directly at the director while he was present at the screening.
It is with immense difficulty that one comes to terms with the fact that the great Indian film artist of our time, Mani Kaul is no more. Kaul was one of the few film makers functioning outside of the contours of the narrative parallel cinema and was perhaps the most significant amongst directors in India to produce a full-fledged aesthetic discourse around his practice.
Born in Jodhpur on Christmas, 1944, Kaul studied filmmaking at the Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii) under the tutelage of the illustrious Ritwik Kumar Ghatak. However after...
It is with immense difficulty that one comes to terms with the fact that the great Indian film artist of our time, Mani Kaul is no more. Kaul was one of the few film makers functioning outside of the contours of the narrative parallel cinema and was perhaps the most significant amongst directors in India to produce a full-fledged aesthetic discourse around his practice.
Born in Jodhpur on Christmas, 1944, Kaul studied filmmaking at the Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii) under the tutelage of the illustrious Ritwik Kumar Ghatak. However after...
- 7/7/2011
- by Devdutt Trivedi
- DearCinema.com
A Mani Kaul Memorial Meeting will be organized by Osian at the India International Centre in New Delhi, on July, 9, Saturday at 6 pm.
Kaul worked as the Creative Director of the Film House at Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art. He also took over as the director of Osian’s-Cinefan Film Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in 2009.
“Indian New-Wave” filmmaker Mani Kaul passed away on July 6 at his Delhi residence, after a prolonged illness. His body was cremated the same day at Lodhi Road Crematorium.
Kaul has to his credit films like Uski Roti (1969), Ashad Ka Ek Din (1971), Duvidha (1973),Satab Se Uthata Admi (1976), Ghashiram Kotwal (1979), Dhrupad (1982), Mati Manas (1984), Siddheshwari (1989), Nazar (1989), Idiot (1991) and Naukar Ki Kameez (1999).
Kaul worked as the Creative Director of the Film House at Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art. He also took over as the director of Osian’s-Cinefan Film Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in 2009.
“Indian New-Wave” filmmaker Mani Kaul passed away on July 6 at his Delhi residence, after a prolonged illness. His body was cremated the same day at Lodhi Road Crematorium.
Kaul has to his credit films like Uski Roti (1969), Ashad Ka Ek Din (1971), Duvidha (1973),Satab Se Uthata Admi (1976), Ghashiram Kotwal (1979), Dhrupad (1982), Mati Manas (1984), Siddheshwari (1989), Nazar (1989), Idiot (1991) and Naukar Ki Kameez (1999).
- 7/7/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Veteran filmmaker Mani Kaul passed away this morning in Delhi. The director had been suffering from cancer for a while. Mani Kaul has won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie for 4 of his films including Uski Roti, Ashad Ka Ek Din, Duvidha and Idiot (which featured Shah Rukh Khan during the early stages of his career). The director was a graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii) where he studied under veteran filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak. He also won the National Award in 1989 for the Best Documentary- Siddheshwari. Bollywood personalities paid their tribute to the legendary filmmaker on Twitter. Anupam Kher tweeted, "Mani Kaul was one of the pioneers of new wave cinema in India. And a great conversationalist. Will miss his persona. Rip." Filmmakers like Madhur Bhandarkar, Shirish Kunder and Sangeeth Sivan too offered their condolence to Mani Kaul's family via Twitter.
- 7/6/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Veteran filmmaker Mani Kaul passed away this morning in Delhi. The director had been suffering from cancer for a while. Mani Kaul has won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie for 4 of his films including Uski Roti, Ashad Ka Ek Din, Duvidha and Idiot (which featured Shah Rukh Khan during the early stages of his career). The director was a graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii) where he studied under veteran filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak. He also won the National Award in 1989 for the Best Documentary- Siddheshwari. Bollywood personalities paid their tribute to the legendary filmmaker on Twitter. Anupam Kher tweeted, "Mani Kaul was one of the pioneers of new wave cinema in India. And a great conversationalist. Will miss his persona. Rip." Filmmakers like Madhur Bhandarkar, Shirish Kunder and Sangeeth Sivan too offered their condolence to Mani Kaul's family via Twitter.
- 7/6/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Filmmaker Mani Kaul (67) passed away in Delhi this morning, at about 1 am, after prolonged illness. The cremation will take place at Lodhi Road Crematorium, New Delhi at 4 pm.
Mani Kaul’s debut film Uski Roti (1969) is known to have paved way for the ‘New Indian Cinema’ or the Indian New Wave. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India in 1966.
Ashad Ka Ek Din (1971), Duvidha (1973), Satab Se Uthata Admi (1976), Ghashiram Kotwal (1979), Dhrupad (1982), Mati Manas (1984), Siddheshwari (1989), Nazar (1989), Idiot (1991) and Naukar Ki Kameez (1999) are the other films the filmmaker made in his career.
Kaul passed away at his Delhi residence surrounded by his family and close friends.
Mani Kaul’s debut film Uski Roti (1969) is known to have paved way for the ‘New Indian Cinema’ or the Indian New Wave. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India in 1966.
Ashad Ka Ek Din (1971), Duvidha (1973), Satab Se Uthata Admi (1976), Ghashiram Kotwal (1979), Dhrupad (1982), Mati Manas (1984), Siddheshwari (1989), Nazar (1989), Idiot (1991) and Naukar Ki Kameez (1999) are the other films the filmmaker made in his career.
Kaul passed away at his Delhi residence surrounded by his family and close friends.
- 7/6/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
It was close to 1Am. The premiere show of 3 Idiots at a Mumbai multiplex on Wednesday night was about to end… and TV channels were already running ‘Breaking News’ that Shah Rukh Khan ignored rival Aamir Khan’s invite by not turning up for the star-studded premiere. Just then, a voice in the theatre rang out, “Srk is here…” and suddenly the atmosphere changed. Aamir Khan and the film’s producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra sprang on their feet and rushed outside to receive King Khan. And the photographers got the shot of the year. “I am the fourth Idiot,” ...
- 12/24/2009
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Although In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones and Mani Kaul's Idiot are officially his initial projects, Shah Rukh Khan burst into the scene as the obsessive lover of the late Divya Bharti in Raj Kanwar's Deewana (1992). With films like Baazigar (1993), Darr (1993) and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Srk zoomed into the top slot of Bollywood and has stayed right up there. And despite fierce competition from other actors, he is yet to abdicate his throne......
- 6/27/2009
- GlamSham
Shah Rukh Khan is a well known name not only in India but also in abroad. He kick started his acting career with Fauzi in 1988 and now his production company Red Chillies Idiot Box is making a new show named ‘Ghar Ki Baat Hai’ to be aired on Ndtv Imagine. We get into a candid chat with the superstar of the entertainment hub.
Why have you opted for the word ‘idiot box’ as the name of your production house as it is a slang?
No, I don’t consider it as slang. Idiot is an American word which is quite often used for television I think Red Chillies Entertainment sounds a.
Why have you opted for the word ‘idiot box’ as the name of your production house as it is a slang?
No, I don’t consider it as slang. Idiot is an American word which is quite often used for television I think Red Chillies Entertainment sounds a.
- 1/31/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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