Fresh off the acclaim and commercial traction of last year’s Thudarum, Mohanlal and filmmaker Tharun Moorthy are wasting no time in extending their creative partnership. Their new film, currently titled L 366, went on floors on Friday, marking the start of what is already shaping up to be one of Malayalam cinema’s most closely watched collaborations of the year.A reunion powered by Thudarum’s momentumThe project is produced by Ashiq Usman Productions, a banner that has steadily built a reputation for mounting star-driven yet story-focused films. The screenplay comes from Ratheesh Ravi, whose previous credits include Pullikkaran Staraa, Ishq, Adi and…
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The act is innocent, the implications are deadly. Hana (Hana Mana) freely dances in the street with a porkpie hat in front of the damaged Baghdad Tower, a structure which became a symbol of anti-government sentiment, in 2019. She is filmed by her boyfriend, Ali (Farzad Namavari), who looks on, longingly. It is a casual expression in any other circumstance; here, it is punishable by death. Few films have ever felt as tied to the context in which it was made and distributed as the essential and gorgeous The Friend’s House is Here. The Iranian film finished production a week…
Amber Heard Depp Trial Took Away My Ability to Tell My Story Published January 24, 2026 6:10 PM PST Amber Heard says her voice has felt drowned out since the Johnny Depp trial … lamenting the loss of her story in a new documentary. The actress appears in the new doc “Silenced” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival Saturday … and she reflects on her legal battle with her ex-husband in the clip — including the impact it’s had on speaking her truth. Heard said, “I didn’t understand it could get so much worse for me as a woman,…
Democratic Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost was allegedly assaulted during a “racially-charged incident” at a party hosted by CAA at Sundance Film Festival on Friday, according to Variety. In a social media post detailing the incident, Frost said a man “told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face. He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off. The individual was arrested and I am okay.” Variety reports that the alleged assailant, who is white, initially confronted Frost in a bathroom. After assaulting him, he was detained by event security and taken…
The long-running censor controversy surrounding Jana Nayagan is set to reach a decisive moment on January 27, when the Madras High Court delivers its verdict on the writ appeal filed by the Central Board of Film Certification. The division bench led by Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan will pronounce its judgement following the board’s challenge to an earlier single judge order that had directed the film to be granted a U-A 16+ certificate.Directed by H Vinoth, Jana Nayagan is widely seen as one of the most high-profile Tamil films of recent years, not just for…
The Evil Dead franchise has always been popular with horror fans since Sam Raimi’s cult classic original debuted. However, it was given new life with the massively popular Evil Dead Rise in 2023, which was a critical and box office smash hit. This summer, the highly-anticipated next chapter, Evil Dead Burn, will terrorize theaters across the globe under the guidance of director Sébastien Vaniček (Infested). As exciting as the impending release date is, there’s even more reason for Evil Dead fans to get hyped up for the next appearance of the Deadites. Deadline (no pun intended) reported that the entry…
Minnesota Shooting Asst. Secretary of Homeland Shares Pic of Severed Finger … Says ‘Rioters’ Bit It Off Agent Published January 24, 2026 4:45 PM PST A Homeland Security Investigation officer’s finger was bitten off by Minneapolis rioters, the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security says … and, she shared a picture to prove it. Asst. Sec. Tricia McClaughlin shared photos of an agent’s bloody hand Saturday shortly after Alex Pretti’s death at the hands of a DHS agent … followed by a photo which appears to show the tip of his finger in a plastic jar. These photos are intense, so…
ICE killed another American citizen on Saturday, so here’s a list of five anti-ICE songs you can listen to right now. As music journalists we often struggle with how to respond to tragedies like this one. I don’t have unreleased facts to share, or some vast network of activists to call upon. What I do have is my anger, alongside decades of practice working through difficult emotions with music. Putting this list together helped me process the state of the world; I hope it helps you, too. Here you’ll find huge artists with career-defining tracks, such as Zach Bryan‘s “Bad…
Mahesh Babu recently took to social media to share an interesting story for his Varanasi co-star Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The actor praised her performance as he shared the trailer of her new movie The Bluff. Taking to social media, Mahesh Babu wrote, “Loved the trailer… @priyankachopra is uncompromising and formidable yet again. Wishing the entire team of #TheBluff the very best for Feb 25th…” He ended the note with three hug emoticons. The two were previously seen promoting the upcoming SS Rajamouli directorial in Hyderabad during its title launch. Previously called SSMB29, the project has now been named Varanasi.Priyanka had attended…
One of the more thrilling rumors or leaks to stir about lately is that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt may be receiving a brand-new story-related DLC, perhaps an expansion of the same scale as Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. Not only would this be fantastic for anyone who adores The Witcher 3, but it is also supposedly intended to bridge the gap between The Witcher 3 and CD Projekt Red’s upcoming Witcher 4, possibly making it required reading before The Witcher 4 launches. This rumor’s implication has the chance to shake the video game industry. Similar to the…