November 8, 2008, Kolkata: Cine Central, one of the largest film societies in India, will screen 70 films from 30 countries as part of the 14th Kolkata Film Festival to be held in Kolkata from 10-17 November 2008.
“Besides some remarkable Indian films, we will be showcasing some of the best films from Czech Republic, France, [...]

November 07, 2008: American author Michael Crichton died unexpectedly on 4 November 2008, in Los Angeles after succumbing to cancer.  Crichton, best-selling author, film director, television producer and medical doctor was best known for his science fiction and techno thriller novels.  His books have sold more than 150 million copies world-wide.  He was the creator [...]

The Oscar Official entries are out (Full list here) and as many as 67 countries have submitted their candidates for the golden statuette – A record number by itself. With the nominations out in January, here is an early look at the major players this year.
Gomorra: Italy’s tale of the life and times in Camorra, [...]

The king of all theater festivals is back! Giving its golden touch to Chennai every year, this festival embarks upon an eclectic range of plays from India and abroad. Of the seven plays to be held this year in Sri Mutha Subbarao Concert Hall, two have international origins - one from Korea’s theater group Yohangza, with its mix adaptation of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, showcasing a midsummer night with the mischievous Dobeki…

October 14, 2008, London: Indian author Arvind Adiga has won the coveted Man Booker Prize for 2008. The prize is worth $86000. His debut novel, The White Tiger, was chosen from six shortlisted titles by Steve Toltz, Sebastian Barry, fellow-Indian author Amitav Ghosh, Linda Grant, and Philip Hensher. Arvind Adiga is the fourth debut novelist, [...]

Growing old aren’t we? But we believe we’re aging like wine! It’s been close to seven months (29 February to be more precise) since we conceived the vision (although the site started towards the end of April), with the fine vision of bringing in all aspects of culture under one universal platform. And we’ve surely come a long way since then. From structuring plans, to collecting resources, to building on those dreams, and sweating it out to bigger steps, we look at Culturazzi proudly today and see it as a sweet, precocious child worthy of every bit that we put into it…

With the growing number of culturally awake cinephiles, NDTV Imagine announced its launch of NDTV Lumiere, as an initiative to bring contemporary cutting edge world cinema to India, quenching the long existing needs of world-cinema lovers across the country by premiering the best of world cinema in Indian theaters immediately following their world release. After debuting with its theatrical release of Guillermo Del Toro’s The Orphanage, Lumiere went out to release other world acclaimed movies like Persepolis, Crossed Tracks and Caramel, also participating in the Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival…