Author Archives: Bolaji O

INDIA has welcomed, embraced and indigenised the art of cinema in which song and dance sequences have been used to great effect in Bombay’s popular cinema (called Bollywood). These sequences add to the after-lives of films, extending their aesthetic as … Continued

A MILLIONAIRE who illegally built Britain’s biggest mancave has explained why he sold it for £1 to a “mystery Mexican man”.Eccentric Graham Wildin, 70, claimed demolishing the 10,000sq ft monstrosity would cause an “Aberfan-style disaster”. Source: I built UK’s BIGGEST … Continued

In 1977, punk rock was on the verge of an explosion in popularity in the United States. The music industry took note, already in a position to capitalize on the passion behind punk despite not fully understanding it. But even … Continued

Thousands of single-screen cinemas once dotted India’s landscape. The emergence of multiplexes led to their slow demise and now, there are just a few hundred of them left. Cinematographer Hemant Chaturvedi has been chronicling the last vestiges of a dying … Continued

Before digital projectors in movie theaters, projectionists had to quickly move from one film reel to the next. NPR looks at what has changed since the days of film in our series, “Backstage Pass.” Source: Step inside a movie projection … Continued

Scorsese’s fascination with this small facet of life triggered him to develop several of the greatest gangster movies of all time. Source: Every Martin Scorsese Gangster Movie, Ranked