screenshot from sight and sound magazine
I don't think I was paying attention when this was published in
@sightsoundmag.bsky.social last year. My entry for the Hidden Gems feature...
19.01.2026 13:57 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Thank you! It is out in a paperback version next year at a much more accessible price.
11.11.2025 17:50 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Surprised since I've been banging on about Parallel Cinema for over a decade now and have a PhD in the field, and have curated on the subject too. It was written with the general reader in mind so do feel it is broadly accessible to anyone interested in Indian Cinema.
11.11.2025 16:34 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Bit disappointed that hardly any of the major film publications in India bothered to cover my book on Parallel Cinema. Seems to have gone completely under the radar. Not seeking validation, etc. but would be nice to have more people know and talk about it.
11.11.2025 16:34 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The BFI monograph on Mani's USKI ROTI (1969) is nearing completion; had the aim of getting a first draft done by end of the year...
10.11.2025 22:14 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Just a reminder that my new book on Indian Parallel Cinema was published earlier this year. If anyone is interested in reviewing for any film publication outlets, etc. then please do get in touch; I can share/email a copy for review.
10.11.2025 22:00 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Very excited to heading to the @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social in November where I will be part of the film jury.
17.10.2025 18:14 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The splendidly programmed final double bill from @ranjitsruprai.bsky.social in the new series of Bombay Mix. Unfortunately unable to attend in person now but have recorded an intro for Kundan Shah's JBDY, and which will be a very rare UK screening. Unmissable!
23.09.2025 07:53 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ท Counterculture On Camera ๐ธ
Join @ranjitsruprai.bsky.social, @bressonian.bsky.social (recorded intro) + film historian @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social for a double bill of JAANE BHI DO YAARO & BLOW-UP at Close-Up Cinema on SAT 27 SEP 2025
tinyurl.com/yc4m69ys
Cool art by @bturnerinfo.bsky.social
22.09.2025 17:53 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
Bombay Mix is back! A new season of double bills at Close-Up Film Centre on 13, 20 & 27 Sep 2025 with Dr. Kulraj Phullar, @phuonghhle.com & @bressonian.bsky.social
๐ฎ๐ณ MOTHER INDIA + ๐จ๐บ I AM CUBA
๐ BABUL + ๐ก OUR MOTHERโS HOUSE
๐ท JAANE BHI DO YAARO + ๐ธ BLOW-UP
Info: supakino.com/events
01.09.2025 12:13 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The recent Film Heritage Foundation 4K restoration of Shyam Benegal's MANTHAN (India, 1976) is coming to Blu-ray via @secondrun.bsky.social in October 2025. A classic of Indian Parallel Cinema.
More details here on the special features which includes a new essay on the film by me:
t.co/5O6252yT2M
28.08.2025 07:22 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Happening today. ๐๏ธ ๐๐ฝ๏ธ
28.08.2025 07:10 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Badnam Basti (CTBA) + intro โ Once lost and now rediscovered: Indiaโs pioneering first queer film.
Once lost and now rediscovered: Indiaโs pioneering first queer film.
Excited to be back at HOME cinemas in Manchester on Thursday 28 August at 6.30pm.
I will be introducing director Prem Kapoor's BADNAM BASTI (India, 1971), India's first queer film, and which is part of @cineredis.bsky.social on tour.
More info & tickets:
homemcr.org/whats-on/bad...
13.08.2025 09:12 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
Never to Meet: Indian Parallel Cinema
A movement of filmmakers overturned the industrial hegemony of Bombay, rejecting the orthodoxies of patriarchy, religion, and caste.
Deeply grateful for a truly thoughtful appreciation of my new book on Indian Parallel Cinema; a work that took years of research, immersion, and no small measure of obsession to bring to life. The paperback edition will be released early next year. โค๏ธ
mubi.com/en/notebook/...
03.07.2025 20:18 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Badnam Basti (CTBA) + intro โ Once lost and now rediscovered: Indiaโs pioneering first queer film.
Once lost and now rediscovered: Indiaโs pioneering first queer film.
Excited to be back at HOME cinemas in Manchester on Thursday 28 August at 6.30pm.
I will be introducing director Prem Kapoor's BADNAM BASTI (India, 1971), India's first queer film, and which is part of @cineredis.bsky.social on tour.
More info & tickets:
homemcr.org/whats-on/bad...
13.08.2025 09:12 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
Also, the version screened at @cineredis.bsky.social is the slightly longer restoration so comes in at 112 min. There is the 83 min version which is straight from the 35mm print that Arsenal had in the archive.
27.07.2025 09:56 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
It offers a really fascinating transnational detour in his career but I don't think it is reflected in his filmography and which suggests his work demands further study and excavation.
27.07.2025 09:56 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
In my intro to Badnam Basti at @cineredis.bsky.social I noted when I was researching the film, I stumbled upon an interview with Prem Kapoor in The Times of India in which he talks about a two part documentary he had finished making for the BBC on Indian cemeteries & Empire.
27.07.2025 09:56 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Badnam Basti (Neighbourhood of Ill Repute)
This daring and progressive account of a complex love triangle broke all manner of taboos to emerge as Indiaโs first queer film and an icon of Parallel Cinema.
Excited to be in Bristol next week for @cineredis.bsky.social 2025 film festival where I will be introducing two screenings of Prem Kapoor's groundbreaking BADNAM BASTI.
Thursday's screening (24 July) is sold out but still tickets available for Fri 25 July: ๐ ๐๏ธ
www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1331...
15.07.2025 13:45 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Thank you so much for believing in us!
These are our next steps...
Watch this space!
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20.07.2025 20:28 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
If you want to see classics of South Asian cinema issued in beautiful new editions - which you obviously do - then make sure you are backing this brilliant project!
15.07.2025 18:37 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I supported this and you should too!
15.07.2025 13:18 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Badnam Basti (Neighbourhood of Ill Repute)
This daring and progressive account of a complex love triangle broke all manner of taboos to emerge as Indiaโs first queer film and an icon of Parallel Cinema.
Excited to be in Bristol next week for @cineredis.bsky.social 2025 film festival where I will be introducing two screenings of Prem Kapoor's groundbreaking BADNAM BASTI.
Thursday's screening (24 July) is sold out but still tickets available for Fri 25 July: ๐ ๐๏ธ
www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1331...
15.07.2025 13:45 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Latest newsletter just landed in your inboxโฆ please keep spreading the word about our new label and this first amazing film releaseโฆ and keep making those pledges! ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ www.kickstarter.com/projects/tcd...
15.07.2025 12:55 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
PhD student in mathematics, interested in algebra and topology.
Antenna Releasing is a distribution company that reflects the urgent need for filmmaker-forward services for theatrical, VOD, streaming, and physical media.
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Feature Filmmaker. Supporter of #indiefilm and various charities worldwide. Director of 'STILL LIFE' (2026), 'MOTHER SKY' (2022), 'ANHEDONIA' (2019). More to come #filmsky #supportIndiefilm www.quandaryproductions.com/portfolio/still-life
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Great films in UK/Irish cinemas.
Out now: THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR
Coming soon: EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET / WILD FOXES / DJ AHMET / HEN / BLUE HERON
Professional list-maker. Accomplished procrastinator. I like books more than films & I like films more than people. Vikings fan. #SKOL
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sick poet / library mole
london
Supporting film culture in the SW, enabling more people to show, watch & make films where they are.
A cinephile from Calcutta.
Back to moving pencils. Email me at 'eoinmarronart@gmail.com'.
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Film Programmer | Cinema Manager
Athenian based in London.
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Writer, editor, digital programmer, sometimes movie critic. CMS@MIT, CRC@NYU. Editorial/programming: @TEDTalks, @io9, @slant_magazine, @livemint, @SundayGuardian. NYC/Kolkata.
