13032024-LSTL-01.qxd 13-03-2024 00:52 Page 1 c m y b PAVAIL GULATI SPOTTED Pavail Gulati was recently seen at a Mumbai studio, shooting for his upcoming movie Deva. Pavail, in this highly anticipated project, shares screen with Shahid Kapoor and Pooja Hegde. The film is set to be an adrenaline-pumping action thriller, promising audiences an enthralling cinematic experience. Join the league TRIBUNE Terrific trio Salman Khan is all set to join forces with AR Murugadoss and Sajid Nadiadwala for a very exciting film. Salman always has something special to excite his fans. LUDHIANA | WEDNESDAY | 13 MARCH 2024 Katherine Kubler’s docu-series is neither a one-person account nor a revenge saga NET, FLICKS & MORE ERIC Raspberries frontman Eric Carmen, best known for All by Myself, dies at 74 If you have missed those Oscar winners, here’s your chance to watch them on OTT Sheetal The Hollywood award season finally culminated with the Academy Awards held on Sunday. SonyLIV streamed the award ceremony live and it is also available to watch later on Disney+Hotstar. As OTT catches up big time in providing the best content available, here’s your chance to binge upon the Oscars-winning films. Oppenheimer Available on rent on Prime Video, Apple TV+ and YouTube It’s a horrorstory Christopher Nolan-directorial with Cillian Murphy in the titular role, Oppenheimer is one of the most talked about films of 2023. It traces the life of father of Atomic Bomb, Oppenheimer. Documentary-series Barbie Available on Prime Video on rent and JioCinema Fantasy-comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie is first liveaction Barbie movie. It follows the lead pair Barbie and Ken, played by Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis. Poor Things Available on Disney+Hotstar A feminist reimagining of the Frankenstein tale, it’s based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray. The plot focuses on Bella Baxter, played by Emma Stone, a young woman living in Victorian era London who after being crudely resurrected by a scientist following her suicide, embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery and sexual liberation. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: Netflix The live action short film is based on Roald Dahl’s short story by the same name and is directed by Wes Anderson. The visually appealing tale revolves around a rich man and how he learns about a guru who can see with his eyes closed. The rich man, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, sets out on a mission to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling. He later gets caught in an existential crisis. In supporting cast, there’s Dev Patel and Ben Kingsley. THE PROGRAM: CONS, CULTS, AND KIDNAPPING Director: Katherine Kubler Rating: ★★★★ Nonika Singh T O say that The Program is an eye-opener would be an understatement. This horrific account of the troubled teen industry in America is so startling, that the first question that pops up is — how can it be allowed to function with such impunity. The series not only answers the question but takes you deep into the quagmire where in the name of behavioural therapy teenagers are meted out greater harm and parents are duped of their hard earned money. Worse still, they are manipulated into believing it is in the best interest of their children. Disha Patani & Sidharth Malhotra bond over gym sessions, volleyball during shoot breaks The Holdovers Available on rent on Apple TV+ and Prime Video This period comedy film is set in 1970’s is directed by Alexander Payne. A Christmas movie, it offers a tale of a badtempered history teacher at a New England boarding school. American Fiction Available on Prime Video This comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson is his feature directorial debut. It is the screen adaptation of 2001 novel, Erasure, by Percival Everett. It stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, and Keith David. WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko Available on YouTube The 11-minute animated short film features the famous song Happy Xmas (War Is Over), in fact is inspired from John Legend and Yoko Ono’s peace anthem. Based on the story by Dave Mullins and Sean Ono Lennon, it is directed by the former. With a short story on soldiers from opposite sides of ongoing war, it imparts a message that ‘there are no winners in war’, so very relevant till date. The Last Repair Shop Available on Disney+Hotstar Four unassuming heroes in this short documentary film ensure that no student is deprived of the joy of music. It’s based on true story of how in Los Angeles, few devoted craftspeople keep over 80000 students’ instrument in good repair. It also serves as a reminder how music is the best medicine. It directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers. GOODBYE What makes the documentation so remarkable is not just one thing but several. For one though it’s Katherine Kubler, who studied in one such behaviour modification school The Academy at Ivy Ridge, and who has made the film, this is neither a one-person account nor a revenge saga. Though she does refer to The Count of Monte Cristo, even uses a clip from the film with lines, ‘not for their sins against myself, but for their black injustices to others’ playing loud and clear, revenge isn’t the motive here. Without playing the victim card, yet coming from the heart of an aggrieved insider, she lays bare the trauma teens undergo at these special programmes. No child, deviant or not, deserves such treatment. Following the Tough Love dictum, which is more like a diktat, students at the WWASP (World Wide Association of Specialty Pro- grammes) were forced to lead such a severe regimented life that their time in such schools pales jail time. Imagine not being allowed to talk or look out of the window and restrained at the slightest hint of rebellion. No wonder one of the ex-students when asked how did it feel when he actually went to a jail for a misdemeanour at the school answers, “It was like being in a five star Hilton hotel.” Yet another big plus of the documentary is how it resists the temptation of dramatising or recreating, the standard trope in docu-series today. But then the material at hand is volatile and dramatic enough. As Katherine makes us walk the very alleys of Ivy Ridge where all the horror unfolded when she was there in 2005, you don’t need any artifice. Corroborating her harrowing experiences are several other men and women clearly and deeply affected by what hap- Fight for fitness Disha Patani, who plays an air hostess in the adrenaline-pumping action film Yodha, recalled playing volleyball with lead actor Sidharth Malhotra during the shoot breaks. Disha, who was in the national capital on Monday, along with Sidharth and Raashii Khanna to promote their film, directed by Sagar Ambre and Pushkar Ojha, looked resplendent in a white silk saree and a matching embellished sleeveless blouse with a sweetheart neckline. Talking about the fun thing they did during the shoot of the movie, Disha said, “We shot the entire schedule in the plane, and anytime we used to have a break we used to play Volleyball on the sets. So that was the fun thing we had.”— IANS Disha Patani, Sidharth Malhotra & Raashii Khanna ‘Not my intention to omit them’ Hollywood legend Al Pacino, who didn’t name all the 10 nominees for Best Picture at the recently held 96th Academy Awards before announcing the winner, has issued a clarification detailing what led to the awkward moment on stage. He issued a statement amid questions surrounding his appearance during the 2024 Oscars ceremony, where he awkwardly presented the best picture category. The actor, who won an Academy Award for best actor in Scent of a Woman, simply opened the envelope and said, “And my eyes see Oppenheimer,” at the award ceremony. “There Al Pacino explains why he didn’t name all Best Picture Oscar nominees before revealing winner seems to be some controversy about my not mentioning every film by name last night c m y b before announcing the best picture award,” Pacino said in a statement. “I just want to be clear it was not my intention to omit them, rather a choice by the producers not to have them said again since they were highlighted individually throughout the ceremony. I was honoured to be a part of the evening and chose to follow the way they wished for this award to be presented.” Oscars producer Molly McNearney also said in an interview after the Oscars that “it was a creative decision” not to have Pacino list all 10 best picture nominees before announcing the winner. — IANS pened when doors closed on them to the outside world. If the first episode builds with individual reveals, the picture gets bigger and sinister by the time we move into the second and third episode. The rot clearly is not confined to one institution alone but institutionalised. Katherine shares, ‘If you want to know the guilty follow who the crime would be useful to,’ and takes us onto a money trail. Clearly the documentary has not been made in a hurry. There is purpose, resolve and method to its craft. Personal accounts, professional opinions, video footage and bit of investigative journalism are woven to create an absorbing exposition. Why even dark humour is peppered across. An expert shares, “New York state had more regulations for dog kennels than they had for programmes for teens,’ and it’s numbing to know there is no FDA for behavioural health. From personal, you even have Katherine’s father expressing his feelings, it moves to universal. Camera (cinematography by Peter Castagnetti) follows the proceedings with a similar spirit, focusing intimately but without intruding, as much a witness as we are to the trauma of the sufferers. The three-part Netflix series rightly states — abuse of the child is the business of anyone who knows about it. As it climaxes on an especially powerful note, ‘now you know’ indeed knowing this truth is unsettling, leaving you with a big lump in your throat. Katherine, also one of the executive producers reminds us how abuse thrives in silence. For the sake of thousands of students still trapped in such boarding schools, let’s hope the documentary makes the right kind of noise. As viewers we sure are shaken and stirred. Eric Carmen, the frontman of the American pop band Raspberries, has passed away at the age of 74. Eric became an icon of early 1970s power pop and later achieved solo success with hits like All By Myself and Hungry Eyes. His wife, Amy Carmen, wrote on his website, “It is with tremendous sadness that we share the heart breaking news of the passing of Eric Carmen.” It further read, “Our sweet, loving and talented Eric passed away in his sleep, over the weekend. It brought him great joy to know that for decades, his music touched so many and will be his lasting legacy. Please respect the family’s privacy as we mourn our enormous loss. Love Is All That Matters… Faithful and Forever.” The quote from Carmen’s wife is a callback to the song Love Is All That Matters, from his 1977 solo album Boats Against the Current. However, no cause of death or exact date of death has been shared by the singer’s family. Eirc, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, was the primary singer and songwriter of the Raspberries, who rebelled against the heavy, glam and progressive-rock scenes of the early 1970s and threw back to the Beatlesesque pop they were raised on. —IANS Sukhmani Sadana ties the knot with Sundeep Gill in an intimate wedding Just married The wedding season is bustling, and the spotlight falls on yet another actress from the glitzy world of entertainment — Sukhmani Sadana. Renowned for her captivating performances in Manmarziyaan, Sacred Games, Tandav, The Broken News, and Tanaav among others, Sukhmani tied the knot with Sundeep Gill, a Real Estate Developer from British Columbia, on March 3. The couple opted for a traditional Punjabi wedding in her hometown, Amritsar, sealing their union in an intimate ceremony attended by family, close friends, and relatives. Actresses Suzanne Khan and Minisha Lamba, Sukhmani’s dear friends, were present to share their love and blessings on her special day. Sukhmani and Sundeep’s love story began at an event in Mumbai, where they instantly connected. Talking about her special day, Sukhmani said, “On the eve of March 3, I embarked on a journey that intertwined my past and present, my roots and my dreams. With a heart full of joy and nostalgia, I chose to celebrate in the heart of my beloved city, Amritsar, amidst the loving embrace of family and friends. It was a true-blue Punjabi wedding and was a lively affair, resonating with the beats of giddha dancers and tumba players, a true reflection of our vibrant culture.” Look out for the omen A terrifying new trailer and poster for 20th Century Studios’ upcoming psychological horror film The First Omen is out. The film, which is a prequel to the classic horror film franchise, is scheduled for a theatrical release on April 5. When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of serv- ice to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate. The First Omen stars Nell Tiger Free, Tawfeek Barhom, Sonia Braga, Ralph Ineson, Charles Dance and Bill Nighy.
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