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  • Industry

Interview with Meenakshi Sheede – Clash of the Titans: Bollywood vs. South Indian Films

According to the Indian publication Business India, there is a juggernaut of movies from South India that has taken over the Indian box office as Bollywood films are turning out to be a “feeble competitor. ” Quoting a CII South Media & Entertainment report, Business India reports that 62% of the all-India box office collections of movies in 2021 came from South Indian films and the trend is getting stronger.
  • Festivals

TIFF 2022: “Catherine Called Birdy”: Lena Dunham’s Comedy – Funny and Relevant

Catherine Called Birdy is director Lena Dunham’s comedy about just turned thirteen-year-old Catherine (Bella Ramsey), who becomes available for marriage with the arrival of her menstrual period, to any prosperous suitor her father chooses – most of them old and undesirable – in order to rescue her family’s dire economic position, brought about by her father’s poor management of the household finances. The film amusingly documents Catherine’s willful attempts to escape the role to which she has been assigned.
  • Festivals

TIFF 2022: “Butcher’s Crossing”

Butcher’s Crossing had its first-ever public screening at TIFF and was met with a standing ovation for filmmaker Gabe Polsky and stars Nicolas Cage and co-star Fred Hechinger before they took the stage for a Q&A. The film is based on John Williams’ 1960 western novel set in the 1870s and stars Cage as Miller, a buffalo hunter who lures a naïve young man (Fred Hechinger) into an ambitious expedition in the Colorado Rockies that goes horribly wrong.