Alternative Entertainment

Loving Vincent Is The First Feature Film To Be Animated With Paintings

With the advent of computer-generated imagery (CGI), there’s no longer much place in film for handcrafted beauty. Animated films made with paper, pencils, and paintbrush...

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Farhan Firebird: How Class Politics Neglects White Working Class Girls

There's a risk that staging a play about the Rochdale child sex rings could descend into voyeuristic rehashing of real-life horrors. Luckily, Phil Davies has, in his debut pla...

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Ang Lee And The Uncertainty Of Success

In 1993 I interviewed film director Ang Lee before the US premiere of his second movie, “The Wedding Banquet,” at the Seattle International Film Festival (at the t...

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Campaign To Promote Women Artistes Comes With A Surprising Challenge

Frida Kahlo was the first 20th-century Mexican artist to sell a painting to the Louvre. Suzanne Valadon was the first woman accepted to the Société National...

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On Beliefs And Biases

Close on the heels of, ‘Nidarsanam’, Mali’s Stage has come up with a new one play, ‘Sammadham,’ scripted by K.S.N. Sundar.If religious conversion...

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Oliviers 2016 Nomination List

Imelda Staunton has picked up her eleventh Olivier Award nomination for Gypsy, which leads the field with an impressive eight nods.Staunton is up for Best Actress in a Musical...

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The First 19 Hour '8 Prahar' Marathon Concert Held In Mumbai

Mumbai witnessed the first 19-hour '8 Prahar' marathon concert, where 19 leading musicians performed. ShashiVyas, son of Pandit CR Vyas, doyen of North Indian classical music ...

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In Step With The Times

It is 10 in the morning, but the only sounds in the sprawling, green campus of the Kalakshetra Foundation are of the thattukazhi and the rhythmic stomping of feet.When rehears...

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She Came, She Acted, She Conquered

“ITI Bratyo Katha”, multilingual, a theatrical montage that captures the whole gamut of emotions through arresting visual imagery. It was part of Bharat Rang Mahot...

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How Delhi's Streets Are Being Transformed One Spray Can At A Time

The honking cars form a constant stream of background noise, blaring continuously to the beat of the jostling crowds. The air is thick with the smell of street food snacks, ea...

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LOVE, LABELS & THE VALENTINE’S HANGOVER

Red Lab’s Valentine’s Research Uncovers 20 BF & 20 GF Types, led by Caro...

February 21 2026

FROM COPY LINES TO CROP LINES: ARTI DWARKADAS

Vinta Nanda speaks to Arti Dwarkadas about her journey from advertising to organic farmi...

February 20 2026

SHAKESPEARE MEETS BOLLYWOOD DRAMATIC FUSION

Shakespeare & Bollywood – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi explores how Bollywood borrows f...

February 19 2026