Posts

Showing posts from December, 2021

In an interview with The Guardian

In an interview with The Guardian, Nicole Kidman had a keen response when she was asked if she was alluding to her marriage with ex, Tom Cruise: “I’m not sure anyone would say that to a man." Nicole Kidman is shutting down all allusions.   In a recent interview with The Guardian, the Being the Ricardos actress discussed what it was like to step into the shoes of comedian Lucille Ball for her starring role in the movie. The film—of which Kidman starred opposite Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz—follows both the professional and personal lives of the famous couple during a whirlwind week of filming I Love Lucy.   "It's about a creative and romantic relationship that doesn't work out," Kidman told the outlet of the real-life couple, who eloped in 1940 and divorced in 1960. "But from it come some extraordinary things. And I love that. I love that it's not a happy ending." "This film says you can make an extraordinary relationship thrive and leave remnant

Multiply that a zillion times in a government-run facility

Every hospital is a hotbed of stories. It’s a place where even the calmest person is likely to be tense – either about the fate of a loved one or their own, either about rising bills or potential caregiving challenges on their return home. Multiply that a zillion times in a government-run facility in India where doctors are overworked, infrastructure is over-stretched and the poor gather, and what you have is a space waiting to be turned into a film. Writer-director Ahammed Kabeer – who earlier made June (2019) starring Rajisha Vijayan – situates Madhuram (Sweet) in a hospital in Kerala where Sabu (played by Joju George who is also one of the film’s producers), Kevin (Arjun Ashokan), Ravi (Indrans) and Thajuddheen (Fahim Safar) meet. This being Kerala, the place is not in the decrepit state that dominates the public image of government hospitals here in the north, and these four men – each one the relative of a patient – are from differing social classes. Nevertheless, the financially