“The Idea of You is a straightforward romance whose underlying message is that there’s nothing wrong with an older woman falling in love (and lust) with a man younger than her. Rather than something transgressive, the romance is presented as something tender, nourishing and…

“Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 'Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar' has all the ingredients you expect in the director’s work: Extravagant sets, opulent costumes, complex dance sequences, and history glamorised by fiction. However, the show falls short, delivering a Bhansali creation that…

'In compliance with the orders, we have withheld these posts for the remainder of the election period; however, we disagree with these actions and maintain that freedom of expression should extend to these posts and political speech in general.'

Democracy and its fictions with the Litpickers Rosie Roti and Deepanjana

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'God, I'm so scared, God help us !
I can't take it anymore !
I want to go home !”

🚨Heartbreaking: A frightened child trembles and cries among the forcibly displaced inside Al-Shifa Medical Complex in #Gaza City, under heavy and intense Israeli army bombardment.

Byronic Heroes - navigate the treacherous terrain of men from literature who challenge convention and also uphold them in often dark and mysterious ways with Rosie Roti and Deepanjana
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Illegal arrests

Illegal searches

Inadmissible electronic evidence

The 5 March Bombay HC acquittal of G N Saibaba, confirmed by the #SupremeCourt , revealed police failure to adhere to the law & Constitution, writes @Abhinavsekhri10

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To discover the similarities between these two gentlemen, listen to the latest episode of the LitPickers with Deepanjana and Rosie Roti

#ByronicOrIronic

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Emma Stone, what a delight and a wonder. (Thoroughly deserving #Oscars2024 win for her as best actress.)

Someone make a bromance with Nicholas Cage and Paul Giamatti.

Also love Slash just staying on stage even as everyone leaves and the stage empties.

That's Slash. Doing the guitar solo for I'm Just Ken. Glorious.

FINALLY

#Oscars2024 for sound design: The Zone of Interest. First Oscar for Johnnie Burn, and entirely and intensely deserving. That soundscape is the elegant, brilliant and the stuff of nightmares.

Wes Anderson wins #Oscars2024 for best live action short, for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. His first, no?

#Oscars2024 for cinematography for Oppenheimer. No surprise there. 'Please try shooting that hip new thing called celluloid.'~ Hoyte van Hoytema

Not sure an instrumental version of 'I'm Just Ken' is necessarily the best way to send the documentary winners off the stage, but on the plus side, Ken's coming!

'This is the first Oscar in Ukrainian history...but probably I'm the first director to come on this stage to say I wish I'd never made this film.'

#Oscars2024 for best documentary: 20 Days in Mariupol

How can you not awww at a moment like this? (Oscar for the best documentary short: The Last Repair Shop)