Venice Film Festival is glorified by its own grandeur. It is the oldest film festival in the world. Coming here from Dhaka for the 83rd edition, I feel that the journey has been rewarding, for many reasons. To me, the greatest achievement is that, for the first time, a Bangladeshi feature-length film has found a place in the competitive section, Horizons, of Venice. The second major gain is the abundance of new works by established filmmakers at this year’s event. Alongside that, there are also astonishing works by new filmmakers. ' ...
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There was a sense of history and friendship on the Lido as George Clooney received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival. The honor was made even more special by the presence of Laura Dern, who delivered the Laudatio speech celebrating a career that has crossed generations, genres, and different worlds of cinema. Dern’s tribute felt like a meeting between two artists who represent the very best of contemporary filmmaking. Both actors have built careers based not only on memorable performances but also on their ability to ' ...
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“There is none like Uttam and there will be no one to ever replace him.” — Satyajit Ray Every September 3, Bengali cinema remembers a birthday that feels more than a celebration. It is the birthday of a man who died decades ago but still appears in old cinema halls, television screens, photographs, posters, social media profiles and, most importantly, in the hearts of Bengali audiences. Uttam Kumar was born on September 3, 1926, and 2026 marks the centenary of his birth. Yet his importance has never remained limited ' ...
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Legendary Bengali writer Manik Bandyopadhyay’s two short stories, Bishakto Prem (Poisonous Love) and Subala, inspired the film Debris of Desire (Mayar Jonjal). In the movie, two stories run parallelly and start and end in the same place with a similar result. It is a story of day-to-day lower-middle-class life in present-day Kolkata. The same people who we see or may know around us. They are everyday people, struggling for survival, earning money in different ways to secure their future. The filmmaker Indranil Roychowdhury has been working in the film industry ' ...
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Few actors have travelled through American cinema with the quiet endurance and emotional force of Ellen Burstyn. This September, the 83rd Venice International Film Festival will honor the 93-year-old actress with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, recognizing a career that has crossed more than six decades of film, television and theatre. The award was approved by the Board of La Biennale di Venezia following a recommendation from festival artistic director Alberto Barbera. For Burstyn, the recognition arrives as more than a celebration of the past. She remains an active performer, ' ...
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