Stepping out
Films
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Action, Adventure, Sci-fi
This post-apocalyptic action film directed and produced by George Miller serves as a prequel and spin-off to Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) by recreating the early life of the ace fighter Furiosa. It stars Anya Taylor-joy and Alyla Browne as younger versions of Furiosa (originally played by Charlize Theron), alongside Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke. While the production quality, especially the soundtrack, has received mixed reactions, Taylor-joy’s acting has been unanimously praised.
English, R
2h 28m
Turbo
Action
Malayalam superstar Mammootty’s career is on a roll again, and Turbo adds to his saviour-hero image by having loads of action sequences featuring him. The titular character, “Turbo” Jose, has a habit of getting into fights. It lands him in trouble when he crosses paths with Vetrivel Shanmuga Sundaram, a corrupt businessman who is at the centre of a banking scam. Cinematic clichés abound, but Mammootty makes it all worth it. Malayalam, 2h 5 m
Art
The lost Caravaggio: Ecce Homo
Ever since its reappearance at an auction three years ago, Caravaggio’s Ecce Homo has represented one of the greatest discoveries of art history. Restored by Andrea Cipriani and his team, this “lost” painting by the Italian master, known for his dramatic use of light, is on display at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid until October 13. Christ is at the centre of the composition, which depicts the moment when Pontius Pilate denounces him to the crowd as a mere mortal.
Madrid
A Unique Woman Explorer, Jenny Visser-hooft, and her 4 Expeditions (1922-35) Curated by Aurélise Bouqet, a French traveller who has been regularly visiting Ladakh since 2016, this exhibition is about Jenny Visser-hooft, a Dutch traveller, mountaineer, and writer known for her research on the flora and fauna of Pakistan and India’s Karakorum glacier region. There are valuable archival images from Visser-hooft’s expeditions to the Karakoram; one of them took almost a year to complete. On until June 18 at Palay House, Phey village, Ladakh.
Leh district
Walking through a
Songline
The Australian High Commission in India, along with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), is showcasing this immersive multimedia installation until June 30. It is based on a component of the National Museum of
Australia’s internationally acclaimed exhibition “Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters”, an Aboriginal-led show from 2017 that takes visitors on a journey pegged on the epic story of the seven stars in the Pleiades cluster, through art, indigenous voices, multimedia, and other immersive displays.
KNMA, Saket, Delhi