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Why has Malia Obama changed her name as she forays into Hollywood?

Malia Obama uses middle name 'Ann' professionally in Hollywood debut, distancing from Obama legacy

President Barack Obama jokes with his daughter Malia Obama as they walk to board Air Force One. Like her parents, Malia will be joining Harvard University in 2017, after taking a year off before that.(AP file photo)
Published on Feb 23, 2024 09:57 AM IST
ByAditi Srivastava

Girls Will Be Girls is a rare gem, says Anupama Chopra

Shuchi Talati’s remarkable debut, a coming-of-age tale involving an unusual triangle, shone at the recent Sundance festival.

Preeti Panigrahi won a Special Jury Award for her turn as the good girl grappling with a sexual awakening.
Updated on Feb 02, 2024 09:26 PM IST

Richa Chadha on double win at Sundance: ‘Ali and I definitely have good taste’

Actor Richa Chadha, who turned producer with husband-actor Ali Fazal, is ecstatic about her debut film winning two awards at the Sundance Film Festival 2024.

Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal's production Girls Will Be Girls won the Audience Award and the Special Jury Award for lead actor Preeti Panigrahi, at the World Cinema Dramatic Entry category at Sundance Film Festival 2024.
Updated on Feb 02, 2024 08:26 AM IST
ByMimansa Shekhar

In The Summers review: Passage of time shapes this superb father-daughter drama

HT at Sundance | Alessandra Lacorazza confidently charts the decades-spanning relationship of two daughters with their emotionally distant father.

In the Summers premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Published on Jan 29, 2024 07:47 PM IST

Dìdi review: Sean Wang's tender coming-of-age drama is an instant classic

HT at Sundance | American-Taiwanese filmmaker Sean Wang's feature film debut breathes new life into the tried and tested genre of coming-of-age dramas.

A still from Dìdi.
Published on Jan 28, 2024 07:17 AM IST

The Heart review: Barack Obama's daughter makes a promising directorial debut

HT at Sundance | Malia Ann Obama's short film The Heart revolves around a guilt-stricken man who grieves the unexpected death of his mother.

A still from The Heart, that premiered at 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
Published on Jan 27, 2024 07:02 PM IST

In the Land of Brothers review: Decades-long journey of three Afghani refugees

HT at Sundance | Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi won the directing award for this sensitive take on decades-long stories of Afghani refugees living in Iran.

A still from In the Land of Brothers.
Published on Jan 27, 2024 04:04 PM IST

Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal react to Girls Will Be Girls' win at Sundance

Girls Will Be Girls is Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal's debut production. It won two awards at Sundance Film Festival.

Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha at Sundance Film Festival.
Published on Jan 27, 2024 10:59 AM IST

Never Look Away review: An indelible portrait of journalist Margaret Moth

Never Look Away review | The groundbreaking commitment of Margaret Moth to capture the realities of war forms the basis of this deeply moving documentary.

Margaret Moth.
Published on Jan 27, 2024 08:01 AM IST

Sundance Film Festival 2024: Girls Will Be Girls and Nocturnes win big

Girls Will Be Girls, produced by Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal, and documentary film Nocturnes won major awards at the Sundance Film Festival this year.

A still from Girls Will Be Girls and Nocturnes.
Updated on Jan 27, 2024 12:11 AM IST

A Real Pain review: Kieran Culkin steals the show in this sharply observed drama

HT at Sundance | A road trip movie involving a tour with mismatched cousins sheds light on the vulnerabilities of surviving with pain and suffering.

Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in a still from A Real Pain.
Updated on Jan 26, 2024 10:58 PM IST

Nocturnes review: An intimate and expansive peak into the lives of moths

HT at Sundance | What are the hawk moths whispering? The new documentary Nocturnes invites you to take an immersive look into their mysterious lives.

A still from Nocturnes.
Updated on Jan 26, 2024 06:48 PM IST

Girls Will Be Girls review: A complex mother-daughter film with rewarding climax

HT at Sundance | Shuchi Talati's accomplished debut explores female adolescence in a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas.

Preeti Panigrahi and Kani Kusruti in a still from Girls Will Be Girls.
Published on Jan 26, 2024 12:39 PM IST

Skywalkers A Love Story review: An exhilarating experience from start to finish

HT at Sundance | Intense and nerve-wracking, Skywalkers: A Love Story revolves around a daredevil couple, that climbs the world’s last super skyscraper.

Skywalkers: A Love Story premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Published on Jan 26, 2024 08:31 AM IST

Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan on Nocturnes premiering at Sundance

HT at Sundance | In this exclusive interview, Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan talk about Nocturnes, and how it is a definitive film about gaze.

Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan's Nocturnes premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
Updated on Jan 26, 2024 04:31 AM IST

Why Robert Downey Jr feels that Oppenheimer's success is a tragedy for Nolan

Robert Downey Jr playfully teased Christopher Nolan's reserved nature during Sundance Award tribute.

Robert Downey Jr and Christopher Nolan at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Opening Night Gala(Getty Images via AFP)
Published on Jan 22, 2024 05:09 PM IST
ByAchu Krishnan

10 movies we're most looking forward to at Sundance 2024

From a Frida Kahlo documentary to an Indian feature film executive produced by Richa Chadha, here are 10 films we're excited to see at Sundance Film Festival.

Sundance Film Festival programs feature films, short films and documentaries.
Published on Jan 19, 2024 08:09 PM IST

Skywalkers: A Love Story directors talk about shooting the doc over six years

HT at Sundance: Ahead of the world premieres at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Jeff Zimbalist and Maria Bukhonina talk about shooting the passion project.

Director Jeff Zimbalist hopes that the relationship dynamic between the two protagonists would be universal.
Published on Jan 19, 2024 05:45 PM IST

Polite Society movie review: Priya Kansara shines in this fun yet uneven comedy

Polite Society movie review: A young woman sets out to save her older sister from a leery arranged marriage in this enjoyable but patchy British comedy.

Priya Kansara stars as schoolgirl Ria Khan in Nida Manzoor's Polite Society.
Published on Apr 28, 2023 02:14 PM IST
BySonal Pandya

Against the Tide review: Men at crossroads in Mumbai's Koli fishing community

HT at Sundance | Against the Tide review: Competing in the World Cinema Documentary Competition category at Sundance Film Festival, Sarvnik Kaur's stark, unrelenting film based on the indigenous Koli fishing community in Mumbai won the Special Jury Award for Verite Filmmaking.

A still from Against the Tide.
Published on Feb 01, 2023 05:48 PM IST
BySantanu Das

Joyland review: Desires run wild in controversial film that Pak wanted to ban

HT at Sundance | Joyland review: Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan and Sarwat Gilani deliver terrific performances in Saim Sadiq's bitingly democratic study of desire.

Ali Junejo and Alina Khan in a still from Joyland.
Updated on Jan 30, 2023 05:12 PM IST
BySantanu Das

Slow review: This raw, intimate study of asexuality resists easy resolution

HT at Sundance | Slow review: Lithuanian director Marija Kavtaradze's sophomore feature is powered by two resonant performances from Greta Grinevičiūtė and Kęstutis Cicėnas.

Marija Kavtaradze's Slow premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Updated on Jan 30, 2023 01:52 PM IST
BySantanu Das

Passages review: Ira Sachs' relationship drama dazzles and frustrates

HT at Sundance | Passages review: Ira Sachs' brutally honest yet frustratingly reserved study of modern relationships is a messy, exalting triumph.

Passages premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Published on Jan 28, 2023 09:08 PM IST
BySantanu Das

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood review: One of the best documentaries of the year

HT at Sundance | Smoke Sauna Sisterhood review: Taking place inside a sauna in southern Estonia, this intimate and empowering documentary cuts deep.

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is part of the World Cinema Documentary Section at Sundance Film Festival.
Updated on Jan 28, 2023 11:45 AM IST
BySantanu Das

L’Immensità review: Penelope Cruz cannot save inconsistent drama

HT at Sundance | L’Immensità review: Penelope Cruz stars as a tormented Italian housewife in director Emanuele Crialese's L’Immensita, an inconsistent and laboured drama set in 1970's Rome. It was showcased in the Spotlight section at Sundance Film Festival.

Penelope Cruz in a still from L’Immensita.
Updated on Jan 27, 2023 03:38 PM IST
BySantanu Das

Cassandro review: Gael García Bernal triumphs as a gay wrestler

HT at Sundance | Cassandro review: Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, Cassandro stars an electric Gael García Bernal as the Liberace of lucha libre, powering the uplifting yet predictable biopic directed by Roger Ross Williams.

Gael García Bernal in a still from Cassandro.
Published on Jan 27, 2023 01:37 PM IST
BySantanu Das

Fancy Dance review: Lily Gladstone is sublime in well-crafted tale on resilience

HT at Sundance | Fancy Dance review: In Erica Tremblay's directorial debut, the subtext of disappearance of indigenous people establishes the need for healing and resilience within a community.

Isabel Deroy-Olson and Lily Gladstone in Fancy Dance,
Published on Jan 26, 2023 07:43 PM IST
BySantanu Das

The Disappearance of Shere Hite review: Who says a woman cannot talk about sex?

HT at Sundance | The Disappearance of Shere Hite review: Nicole Newnham's documentary on the groundbreaking work of feminist icon Shere Hite thrillingly reveals the flamboyant spirit of the woman who would change the discourse on female sexuality forever.

The Disappearance of Shere Hite premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Published on Jan 26, 2023 04:41 PM IST
BySantanu Das

Eileen review: This unhinged mix of Carol and Hitchcock ultimately disappoints

HT at Sundance | Eileen review: Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway cannot save William Oldroyd’s frustratingly impatient and gloomy adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh's work.

Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway in a still from Eileen.
Published on Jan 26, 2023 12:22 PM IST
BySantanu Das

Poacher review: Richie Mehta crafts an atmospheric tale on illegal ivory trade

Poacher review: Nimisha Sajayan, Roshan Mathew, Dibyendu Bhattacharya star in vividly atmospheric procedural investigation in the jungles of Kerala.

Poacher premiered its first three episodes at the Sundance Film Festival.
Updated on Feb 23, 2024 01:30 PM IST
BySantanu Das
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