Aamir Khan to drop a full 3-hour documentary on special needs artists of Sitaare Zameen Par

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Bollywood’s Mr. Perfectionist, Aamir Khan, has once again chosen substance over spectacle. In a heartfelt move that reflects his deep-rooted commitment to meaningful cinema, Aamir has developed and shot a three-hour documentary focusing on the special needs artists featured in his upcoming film Sitaare Zameen Par. This documentary is far more than just a behind-the-scenes look. It is a standalone narrative, spotlighting the personal journeys, daily struggles, and extraordinary resilience of the specially abled cast members who play integral roles in the film. Through intimate interviews, observational footage, and real-life moments, the documentary aims to celebrate their talents while fostering a deeper understanding of their lived experiences. What makes this documentary even more unique is that it has been directed by multiple young filmmakers, each bringing their own perspective and storytelling style. These individual segments form an anthology of stories, weaving together to cr...
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Scénarios review – Jean-Luc Godard collage is his final love letter to cinema

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Completed days before his assisted death, the French New Wave master director talks through his ideas as illustrated in his hand-drawn scrapbook

Here is an intriguing footnote to Jean-Luc Godard’s extraordinary career - a docu-textual movie collage lasting just under an hour in two parts, or maybe two layers, completed just before his assisted death two years ago in Switzerland at the age of 91. His collaborator and cinematographer Fabrice Aragno calls it not the “last Godard” but a “new Godard”. In its way, this little double film shows us a very great deal about Godard’s working habits, and it’s a late example of Godard speaking intimately in his own person about his own creative process.

Scénarios appears to have grown out of thoughts generated by his last film, The Image Book, which emerged in 2018. Godard sketched out his storyboarded or scrapbooked ideas for a short piece, which would juxtapose images, quotations, musical cues and clips in his distinctive manner. Aragno edited and curated the film from this blueprint, then came back to see Godard and to shoot a brief sequence of the director reciting a text from Sartre to go at the end. This is the first short film we see.

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