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A hit-and-miss documentary often struggles to explain the hows and whys of the Bangladesh Central Bank cyber heist of 2016 Cybercrime, on top of being difficult to detect and even more so to prove, is notoriously tricky to visualize. The impact may be tangible, even devastating – nuclear plants damaged , hospitals disabled , pipelines shut down – but the perpetrators are shadowy and inscrutable, the crime unseen and insidious, the methods vague and indecipherable to lay people without a knack for computer science. Billion Dollar Heist, a new feature-length documentary, attempts the formidable challenge of turning one of the biggest financial crimes in history – the February 2016 cyber heist of $81m from the US Federal Reserve accounts for the central bank of Bangladesh – into informative entertainment. Director Daniel Gordon employs a range of cinematic techniques – some illuminative, some overly cliched – to get at a highly sophisticated cyber crime involving several countries, tim

A Yugoslavian pulp classic from 1967, this tale of a young woman’s erotic misadventures more than matches the French new wave for black humour Dušan Makavejev was the Serbian creator of the incendiary 1971 movie WR: Mysteries of the Organism , the final word in that title destined forever to be misread as “orgasm”. He was a satirist, political subversive and eroto-evangelist, a performance artist of ex-Yugoslavia’s cinematic Black Wave. Love Affair, or The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator is an early work from 1967, a brilliant pulp classic which showed that the 1960s could swing behind the iron curtain. I wonder: did anything in the French new wave measure up to this level of nihilist black humour? Godard gave us Breathless; Makavejev gave us an actual breathless corpse. It’s about a bored young woman working for a telephone exchange: she wears an audio headset, pushing plugs into sockets and putting people through. She falls in love with an intense young man employed in pl

Hrithik Roshan was in the news last week thanks to the re-release of his blockbuster sci-fi film Koi Mil Gaya (2003). If sources are to be believed, then Hrithik Roshan will dominate the headlines this week as well. Tomorrow, August 15, on the occasion of Independence Day, the makers of his upcoming film Fighter are all set to drop either a poster or a teaser. A source told Bollywood Hungama, “Fighter is not just an aerial action thriller but also a patriotic film. Hence, the makers felt that August 15 will be the right day to share an interesting asset from Fighter when the patriotic fervour will be quite high across the length and breadth of India.” The source, however, added, “Its not clear if the makers will launch the poster or the teaser of Fighter. Hrithik Roshan and director-producer Siddharth Anand have kept the information close to their chests. Nevertheless, it’ll surely be lapped up as Fighter is one of the most awaited films of 2024.” Besides Hrithik Roshan, Fighter als

While in the past, many a times, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan have reunited on the stage of Bigg Boss, it seems that fans can witness a similar sight very soon. With Bigg Boss OTT Season 2 around the corner and the promotions of SRK’s highly anticipated Jawan kick starting, the upcoming finale episode will once again see the Karan – Arjun of Bollywood coming together. As per recent reports, Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone will join Salman Khan on August 14t, Monday, for the finale of the show. The three will be seen not only interacting with the top five contestants of the show but also will be seen showcasing their fun side along with host Salman Khan. For the unversed, while Shah Rukh Khan plays the leading man in Jawan, Deepika Padukone is expected to feature in a crucial role in the film. Interestingly the trio are also a part of the ambitious YRF universe. This season of BIGG BOSS OTT 2 has been an interesting journey with drama and emotions always running high. The show h

George Lucas’s 60s-set tale of California teens offers some freewheeling fun but also a lingering sadness Ninety-nine times out of 100, the postscripts that get tucked in before the closing credits, telling us where the characters’ lives have gone from there, are totally unnecessary, especially in a fictional story where their fates are better left to the viewer’s imagination. But in George Lucas’s American Graffiti, which turns 50 this week, they are the most important part of the film, not least because two of the four characters don’t have much longer to live. We can feel that darkness lingering around the edges of Lucas’ dusk-till-dawn nostalgia piece about the last night of summer vacation in 1962 Modesto, California, even while its teenagers are getting into mostly light-hearted forms of trouble. This night has to end, and when the sun comes up, their entire world turns back into a pumpkin. From the opening shot of Mel’s Drive-In, set to Bill Haley and His Comets’ Rock Around t

The Observer film critic on his hero, who died last week aged 87, a man dedicated to telling stories his way and who had a wicked sense of humour In his excellent 1990 biography, Hurricane Billy: The Stormy Life and Films of William Friedkin , writer Nat Segaloff quotes the Oscar-winning film-maker as wryly observing: “You know what it’s going to say on my tombstone? It’s going to say ‘The Man Who Directed The Exorcist.’ ” As someone who has spent a lifetime declaring The Exorcist (1973) to be the greatest movie ever made, I understand how it might perhaps have overshadowed a career that was as long as it was varied. Yet Friedkin, whom I first met back in the 1990s when I was a starstruck fan (which I remained), did so much more than helm the movie that changed my life – and the lives of many others. He proved himself one of the most fearless and inventive directors of his generation, working in a string of genres – from musical comedy to serious psychodrama; political satire to pol

They’re young, ambitious and down to earth – and they’re beating public school stars to the prize roles Young, privately educated British actors seemed to be cornering all the available parts a decade or so ago. And they were regularly criticised for ‘slumming it’ if they put on a ‘lower class’ accent to play a role. Now the backlash, it seems, has arrived. A string of talented actors from more ordinary London backgrounds are leading the pack this summer, scooping up plaudits and leading roles. If you haven’t already clocked either Leo Woodall, Toheeb Jimoh or Harris Dickinson , each in their late 20s, then you haven’t been watching much. Unless, that is, you have been fooled by their extraordinary chameleon-like abilities. Continue reading... from Film | The Guardian https://ift.tt/KG9ner1 via IFTTT

Hollywood action has broad support in UK but is hitting livelihoods decimated by pandemic and arts cuts UK film and TV workers have spoken about the devastating effects of the Hollywood strikes on their jobs and livelihoods, with many saying they are struggling to keep afloat. The industrial action by members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Sag-Aftra union which began on 14 July have disrupted the film and television industries for the past month, bringing global production to a standstill and delaying the release of a number of high-profile movies. The focus has been on residuals – the payments that performers receive for repeat showings of films and TV shows – as well as issues over actors’ likenesses being reproduced by artificial intelligence. Continue reading... from Film | The Guardian https://ift.tt/tDGbrYp via IFTTT

The Observer’s critics saw the ‘ordeal in Rome’ and now a new book reveals why it flopped Sixty years ago, the Hollywood studio system crumbled under the weight of a failed blockbuster – and the Observer ’s coverage did not help. On this weekend in 1963, the newspaper ran the second of three special features on the most expensive flop ever made – Cleopatra , starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Called “The Ordeal in Rome”, the article even had its own logo, featuring mirror images of Cleopatra’s profile. Continue reading... from Film | The Guardian https://ift.tt/VNuEaPw via IFTTT

Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam starrer OMG 2 has released in theatres. The film revolves around a common man, played by Pankaj Tripathi, who essays the role of a father seeking justice for his son. Akshay Kumar’s character of messenger of God guides him through difficult times, playing a pivotal role in the film as his mentor. However, the film received an ‘A’ certificate from CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) which disappointed the cast, including Akshay, who is also the film's producer. Following the film's release, Akshay Kumar visited one of the theatres in Mumbai to surprise the audience who were there to watch OMG 2. A video went viral on Reddit in which he also expressed his disappointment over the ‘A’ certificate by CBFC. While interacting with the audience, he said, “Kamaal ki baat bataun, pehli adult film hai joh teenagers ke liye bani hai (The funny thing is that this is the first adult film which is made for teenagers).” OMG 2 is the sequel