An Interview with Actor Tadanobu Asano

There’s a nice interview with actor Tadanobu Asano up at The Hollywood Reporter. He talks a lot about his craft, so even if you aren’t interested in Shōgun, you might be interested! “A survey of Asano’s filmography features starring roles in projects from many of Japan’s most acclaimed […]

Filmi Ladies: Amar Singh Chamkila

At Filmi Ladies, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss “the Filmi Jodi of Amar Singh Chamkila and his singing partner and wife Amarjot. This Netflix biopic is a meeting of three genius minds: director Imtiaz Ali, music composer A R Rahman and actor/singer Diljit Dosanjh.” […]

Heat and Dust

Merchant and Ivory’s India-set films tend to rip out my heart and stomp on it—in a good way. Two years ago I wrote about Shakespeare-Wallah for Switcheroo Month, and here I am again, this time with a sort of bildungsroman, complicated by imperial socio-political goings-on. Heat and Dust […]