‘It’s a Sin’ review: Russell T Davies paints a moving take on the AIDS epidemic
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The series looks at the agony and ecstasy of growing up in a rigidly-compartmentalised world that does not look kindly at anyone or anything that marches to a different drum
The deeply moving and gripping mini-series, It’s a Sin brings alive the love, laughter and tears of gay people coming of age in the 1980s. Ritchie Tozer (Olly Alexander) is his family’s pride and joy in the Isle of Wight. When he turns 18 in 1981, he comes to London to study law but soon decides to follow his dreams of becoming an actor and quits studying law. Jill (Lydia West), from Surrey, shares his dreams of becoming an actor.
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Roscoe (Omari Douglas) decides to leave his home in Peckham, when he learns of his pastor father’s decision to take him back to Nigeria to “cure” him of his homosexuality. Colin (Callum Scott Howells) is a quiet boy from Wales, who moves to London to work as an assistant at Culver& Hound on Saville Row. Ash Mukherjee (Nathaniel Curtis) studies drama at the university. The young people’s lives converge as they rent a flat, The Pink Palace.

Inspired by deeply personal memories, says maker of Telugu short selected for Sundance Film Festival
Telugu short film "O’sey Balamma," inspired by childhood memories, selected for Sundance Film Festival 2026, says creator Nimmala Raman.

In Episode 13 of Frequently Made Mistakes, we tackle one of the biggest traps in modern action filmmaking: confusing scale for stakes. Explosions get bigger. The threat goes global. But the emotional cost never changes. Using examples from Tiger 3, Casino Royale, Mission Impossible: Fallout, and Bajrangi Bhaijaan, this episode breaks down why raising scale does not automatically raise stakes — and how it often dilutes drama instead. We look at:

In a few days, there would be a burst of greetings. They would resonate with different wavelengths of emotion and effort. Simple and insincere. Simple but sincere. Complex yet insincere. Complex and sincere. That last category would encompass physical greeting cards that come at some price to the sender, the cost more hidden than revealed. These are customised and handcrafted cards; if the reader fancies sending them when 2026 dawns, they might want to pick the brains of these two residents of Chennai, one a corporate professional and the other yet to outgrow the school uniform

‘Pharma’ series review: Despite strong performances and solid premise, the narrative misses the mark
Pharma offers strong performances but falters in storytelling, making it a passable watch despite its intriguing premise.









