‘One Battle After Another’ Dominates Golden Globes 2026

The 83rd Golden Globe Awards spread the spotlight across bold cinema and ambitious television, with One Battle After Another and Adolescence emerging as the night’s biggest winners. Paul Thomas Anderson’s sharp political satire collected four awards, including best musical or comedy film, along with directing and screenplay honors. In the drama category, Hamnet, a portrait of William Shakespeare’s private life, secured top film honors and earned Jessie Buckley a best actress Globe. On the television side, Adolescence led all series with four trophies. The Netflix-backed limited series, told in a single

Béla Tarr, Master of Austere Cinema, Dies at 70

Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr has died at the age of 70. Born on 21 July 1955, Tarr began his career with Family Nest (1979), initially working in what he described as “social cinema,” focusing on the everyday lives of ordinary people and often employing a cinéma vérité approach. Over time, his films underwent a major stylistic and thematic shift, marked by a stark, pessimistic view of humanity. His characters are frequently disillusioned, trapped in fraught relationships that critics have often described as bleakly ironic. His early feature Almanac of Fall (1984)

Brigitte Bardot, Icon of French Cinema and Activist, Dies at 91

Brigitte Bardot, the French film star whose screen presence reshaped popular culture in the postwar era, has died at the age of 91. A global icon of beauty and sensuality in the 1950s and 60s, Bardot later withdrew from cinema to devote herself to animal rights activism, while also becoming a deeply polarising political figure. Her death was announced by the Brigitte Bardot Foundation at her home, La Madrague, in Saint-Tropez. The cause of death was not disclosed. French president Emmanuel Macron paid tribute, calling her “a legend of the century”

Three Bangladeshi films selected for Rotterdam festival screenings

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is set to showcase three Bangladeshi films in its upcoming edition, with the titles featured across different competitive sections. The selection marks an important moment for Bangladesh’s presence on the international festival circuit. Mejbaur Rahman Sumon’s Roid will receive its world premiere in the festival’s prestigious Tiger Competition, the main competition of the 55th edition of IFFR. This is the first time a Bangladeshi feature film has been chosen to compete in the festival’s top section. Alongside it, Rezwan Shahriar Sumit’s political thriller Master will