‘Madaari’ will release in cinemas on Eidul Azha this year By: Staff Report on April 27, 2023Madaari is a crime drama exploring the dichotomy of the justice system in the gritty city of Karachi. “Set in the political turmoil of Karachi, Haris hasn’t had an easy life since his father was murdered in a political riff. The only luck he gets is at his father’s killer’s office. What would he choose? […]
A jaw-dropping backdrop, exquisite gourmet restaurants and the Indian Ocean’s largest villa: Inside the Mauritian hotel that’s truly a five-star paradise on April 26, 2023In a part of the world where every hotel chain wants to be the biggest, blingiest or most opulent, it’s a surprise to find that the Indian Ocean’s largest and most luxurious villa is almost completely hidden. The Grand Beachfront Villa at the JW Marriott Mauritius Resort is discretely positioned on a secluded section of […]
‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ — Judy Blume adaptation is a winner on April 26, 2023For all our snap-bracelet readiness to embrace girl power and its concomitant hashtags (#yougotthis!), depictions of preadolescents that are worthy of their subjects are thin on the ground. Perhaps because most tweens will just “watch up” anyway, big entertainment has slouched into a comfortable stance of pumping out cutesy kids’ content and edgy fare about […]
‘Polite Society’ — this explosive, action-packed delight recalls Scott Pilgrim, ‘Kill Bill,’ Get Out and ‘The Matrix’ on April 26, 2023When British-Pakistani teenager Ria Khan finds out that her older sister Lena has fallen for a man and wants to get married, she enlists the help of her friends to stop the wedding, and save her from throwing her life away. While there have been countless films about marriage through cinema history, probably none have […]
‘Sisu’ — a kill-fest so deliciously brutal that you might question your threshold to watch ferocious content By: Daily Times Monitor on April 26, 2023To understand Jalmari Helander and his cinema, one has to be introduced to him well in advance. Before you enter the Sisu universe or even read this review any further, you must know that the filmmaker in question here knows no subtlety, is politically charged, and has extreme opinions about the Nazi regime. This might […]
One trip but a double delight — exploring the glittering Turkish coast on April 25, 2023Early morning on Fethiye’s sunlit harbour and the marina is crammed with hundreds of yachts, gulets and sail boats all ready for another day exploring Turkey’s glitteringly beautiful Lycian coastline. Rising above them, the bright white hulk of the Fethiye-Rhodes ferry gleams in the sunlight, ready to follow its two-hour route along the coast, past […]
Laura Dern and Diane Ladd exchange intimate stories By: Agencies on April 25, 2023When actor Diane Ladd was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and given six months to live, her only daughter and fellow actor, Laura Dern, set out to help Ladd rebuild her lung capacity through doctor-prescribed walks. Inspired to turn the difficult daily chore into a “creative challenge” for her storyteller mother, Dern decided to record […]
‘The Artifice Girl’ — a thought-provoking speculative drama about AI bait for predators on April 25, 2023Artificial Intelligence has been increasingly in the news of late, with observers worried that it will soon become difficult for teachers to tell if students actually completed a project themselves, for anyone to recognize whether a supposed breaking evidential video is in fact a deepfake and so forth. “The Artifice Girl,” however, frames the problems […]
‘The Little Mermaid’ poster causes worldwide searches for purple bikini to skyrocket By: Staff Report on April 25, 2023Analysis of Google search data reveals that online searches for ‘purple bikini’ exploded 311 percent worldwide just hours after the poster for the hotly anticipated remake of Disney’s The Little Mermaid dropped. A new finding by fashion site Nasty Gal reveals that online searches for ‘purple bikini’ skyrocketed to over triple the average in one […]
Mehr Husain shortlisted for the 2023 IPA Prix Voltaire Award By: Staff Report on April 22, 2023Zuka Books, Pakistan’s first independent publishing platform is honoured to share that it has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2023 IPA Prix Voltaire Award for exemplary courage in upholding the Freedom to Publish and enabling others to exercise their freedom of expression. This is the first time a Pakistani female publisher has been nominated and […]