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Emma Stone as Bella Baxter in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things

Poor Things: The World Through a Woman Who Has Not Yet Learned to Obey

Anuva Sharma September 17, 2026

If Bella thinks about killing someone, she says it. If she is intrigued by a dead body on the table and wants to see it cut open, she starts stabbing the body. Things that one only thinks about become her actions. There is something revealing about watching a grown woman with the brain of a baby experience the world this way, because Bella has not yet learnt which thoughts are

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Is Now the Highest-Grossing Film in North American Box Office History

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Dubai International Film Festival to return in 2027 with focus on Middle Eastern cinema

Dubai International Film Festival to Return in 2027 With Renewed Focus on Middle Eastern Cinema

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Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil enters theaters with franchise-best preview numbers and strong early reviews.

‘Resident Evil’ Box Office: Zach Cregger’s Horror Reboot Eyes Franchise Record Opening

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Guy Pearce Reunites With Andrew Baird for Irish Hostage Thriller ‘Bottle’

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Ashton Kutcher, Alison Brie to Star in Gregg Araki’s New Dark Comedy ‘The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization’

Maitri Modi

Resident Evil Review Roundup: Critics Call Zach Cregger’s Reboot One of the Best Video Game Movies Ever Made

Maitri Modi
Resident Evil, the ninth theatrical feature in Sony’s long-running video game franchise, has received overwhelmingly positive reviews following its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 17, ahead of its...

Zhang Yimou, Jury President of the 31st Busan International Film Festival Competition

Zhang Yimou Will Lead the Jury at the 31st Busan International Film Festival

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Salvation Review Roundup: Liam Harkins Delivers a Breakout Performance in Tom Nicoll’s Assured Directorial Debut

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‘Practical Magic 2’ Opens at No. 1 With $30 Million as ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’…

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Andrew Garfield in Paul Greengrass’ The Uprising

‘The Uprising’ Reviews Praise Andrew Garfield but Critics Say Paul Greengrass’ Historical Epic Loses Its…

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Kenneth Branagh and Ryan Reynolds in Mayday

‘Mayday’ Review Roundup: Kenneth Branagh Steals This Ryan Reynolds Buddy Comedy

Maitri Modi

Why Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island Is This Summer’s Most Unexpected Animated Film

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Can Roger Corman Exist Today? Hollywood's Lost Film School

Can Roger Corman Exist Today? The Greatest Film School Hollywood Never Built

Riz Kh

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Cast Guide: Every Actor and Character Explained

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Matt Damon as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

The Odyssey Cast Guide: Meet the Actors Behind Christopher Nolan’s Greek Epic

Maitri Modi

Moana Live-Action Cast Guide: Every Main Character and Who Played Them in the Original Animated Movie

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Writing is more than putting words on a page. Explore how research, imagination, and world-building influence the writer as much as the story itself.

⁠How Does Writing About a Specific World Affect the Writer or Does It?

Anuva Sharma

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Hollywood’s rise as the world’s most influential film industry through cinema, stars and global distribution.

How Did Hollywood Become the World’s Most Influential Film Industry?

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Beyond the Screening: How Film Festivals Can Help a Budding Filmmaker

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Partition and its impact on Indian cinema, from Lahore to Bombay

Lahore to Bombay: How Partition Changed Indian Cinema

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When Politics Became Personal: The New Face of Israeli Cinema

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Hollywood World War II movies and the changing perspectives of war cinema

World War II: The Story That Hollywood Never Stops Telling

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Cinema as propaganda and its influence on politics and public perception

WHEN CINEMA BECOMES PROPAGANDA

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Is Now the Highest-Grossing Film in North American Box Office History

Maitri Modi

It finally happened. Spider-Man: Brand New Day has become the highest-grossing film of all time at the North American box office, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which had held the record for more than a decade. On Tuesday, September...