Why is Shabana appealing to Putin?

IMAGE: Protesters march in Hollywood in support of Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was sentenced to a Russian prison, in Los Angeles, February 6, 2021.Photograph: Ringo Chiu/Reuters......

Blow Up!

I've been feeling a lot, these days, like Thomas, the protagonist in Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 cult classic film Blow Up. He (played by David Hemmings) is a hot fashion photographer in London......

India, Merchant-Ivory and the Oscars

Making her film debut with The Householder, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote more screenplays than novels, winning two Oscars -- for A Room with a View and Howards End.She kept her distance from the film......