The Last DVD

A journal for films. Founded in India, looking at the world.

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An endorsement from the legend himself!

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The Last DVD is a fresh, thoughtful platform that engages with cinema seriously, started by three young writers.

Do read and support @thelastdvd!

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@walkenssyndrome writes on how Salakhain domesticates Les Misérables through the conventions of Pakistani melodrama.

Read here: https://t.co/Wx8zVVVgQA

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“What arrives in Salakhain is therefore not quite the novel but its afterlife: a familiar arrangement of misfortune and moral arithmetic portable enough to cross languages, industries, and continents.”

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“The film’s true subject is the portable prison: the one that each of us carries for others, and the one that is built around us before we have spoken a word.”

Opening Issue 6, Swarnavel Eswaran writes on Sirai, “Neelothi”, and the carceral imagination.

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@theanshumanjha @iamsuds Read the full interview here: https://t.co/zNF1zjm9nX

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"Cannes gave us an international platform. And the reaction was very positive. Some of the biggest distribution houses we met told us they had been waiting for something like this."

A conversation with @theanshumanjha and @iamsuds on the formation of IFAI and much more!

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"In refusing to allow himself and his power to be interrogated through the movies, stars like him kill the potential of the medium itself"

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"The director, the supporting cast, the story, and even the medium of the movie and all its magical potential become marginalised and subservient to the star"

Niveditha writes on Vijay, vulnerability, and superstars.

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There’s a whole lot more to racing that just winning. That’s something I had to relearn in my life as I graduated law school and started my own life in a corporate law firm
Krishna Natesan writes on how to grow up with Lightning McQueen, 20 years on
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Interview with the interesting film website @thelastdvd on the book 'Ticket to Kerala: The Story of Malayalam Cinema'.

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"Someone creating Malayalam subtitles for world cinema, opened up cinema to a new section of audience for whom these things had remained inaccessible"

@myopiclenses discusses Ticket to Kerala, film reviewing and more

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Adieu, Bharathiraja.

May his films continue to reach newer, wider audiences.

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New interview coming soon 👀

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Reminder: Our inboxes are still open!

Bonus: We publish human work. Unlike a some other magazines (ahem, ahem), our Editors are all human and can detect text generated by LLMs without asking Claude😉

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The Last DVD is looking for writers.

Send us pitches/essays on cinema, TV, music, theatre, and culture for our June edition (and beyond).

Writing prompts in the replies below ↓

800–2000 words
[email protected]

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Or ignore all these prompts completely and write about whatever you can’t stop thinking about.

Read our archives + submission guidelines at https://t.co/wbEyrmVBmM

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The Last DVD is looking for writers.

Send us pitches/essays on cinema, TV, music, theatre, and culture for our June edition (and beyond).

Writing prompts in the replies below ↓

800–2000 words
[email protected]

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PROMPT 4: Film festivals

Film festivals increasingly feel caught between art, politics, branding, and censorship.

What role do festivals still play in shaping cinema culture?