The Blood Countess review – Isabelle Huppert reigns supreme in a surreal vampire fantasia

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Vienna turns into a playground of camp, cruelty and aristocratic disdain in a blackly comic take on the Báthory legend – with Huppert gloriously suited to the title role From the dark heart of central Europe comes a midnight-movie romp through the moonlit urban glades of Euro-goth and camp from German director Ulrike Ottinger. As for the star … well, it’s the part she was born to play. Isabelle Huppert is Countess Elizabeth Báthory, 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman and serial killer, legendary for having the blood of hundreds of young girls on her hands and indeed her body, in an attempt to attain eternal youth. The “blood countess” has been variously played in the past by Ingrid Pitt, Delphine Seyrig, Paloma Picasso, Julie Delpy and many more, but surely none were as qualified as Huppert who importantly does not modify her habitual hauteur one iota for the role. Her natural aristocratic mien and cool hint of elegant contempt were never so well matched with a part. She gives us the ...
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Rajkumar Hirani breaks silence on Munna Bhai 3: “I have 5 half-written scripts”

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In 2003, filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani released his iconic comedy film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Starring Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi, the characters of Munna and Circuit became iconic. This was followed by the 2006 sequel Lage Raho Munna Bhai which also featured Vidya Balan. However, there has been no update on Munna Bhai 3, which fans eagerly are waiting for.

In a recent conversation with ANI, Rajkumar Hirani said, “Munna Bhai ke sath humesha mera struggle yehi raha hai ki pichli do films itni achi ban gayi hai ki mere paas 5 aadhi likhi scripts abhi tak padi huyi hai (The struggle with this film is that the first two films were so well made and I have five half-written scripts. I feel that if I don’t reach the level of those two films, I won’t be able to make the third one. I have one story that can be made but some stories get outdated so only time will tell.)”

“Meri aksar baat hoti rehti hai Sanju (Sanjay Dutt) se. Woh kehta hai ki ek banani chahiye. Abhi yeh Dunki khatam huyi hai toh ab main kholunga pitara purani kahaniyon ka. Mann toh hai ki ek Munna Bhai aur banani hai par kab woh mujhe abhi nahin pata (Sanju and I often discuss about Munna Bhai 3. He also tells me to make it. Dunki just finished…now I will go through the collection of the old stories that I have. I really want to make Munna Bhai 3 but I don’t know when),” he continued.

Meanwhile, Rajkumar Hirani released Dunki on December 21 starring Shah Rukh Khan, Vicky Kaushal, Taapsee Pannu, and Boman Irani among others. ALSO READ: Real life Dunki in France makes Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani film even more topical



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