Arunava Chakrabarty

Arunava Chakrabarty is a writer and sub-editor at First Curiosity, where he covers the latest in Hollywood, celebrates timeless classics, and explores the world of anime. Outside of work, he delves into international and political research while still finding time for movies and anime series. In rare quiet moments, he turns to the captivating works of Yoko Ogawa, often getting lost in the tense and haunting realities of The Memory Police.
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Why Grace Kelly’s Hollywood Comeback with Alfred Hitchcock Never Happened

By the time Alfred Hitchcock found the right project to bring Princess Grace back to the screen, the world had already decided she belonged...
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The Audrey Hepburn Movie So Tragic It Ended Her Interest in Westerns Forever

In the long list of Hollywood movies that seemed doomed from the start, few have a backstory as sad as John Huston's 1960 western...
Movies

Michael Jackson’s ‘Michael’ Overtakes ‘Oppenheimer’ as Highest-Grossing Biopic of All Time, Nears $1 Billion

Michael Jackson’s new biopic has just beaten Christopher Nolan’s 'Oppenheimer' to become the highest-grossing biographical film ever made. 'Michael' has now earned $977.4 million...
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How Alfred Hitchcock Helped Shape Queer Horror Long Before Hollywood Embraced It

Before the 'Babadook' became a queer icon or 'Interview with the Vampire' turned into a mainstream hit, a chubby, dark-hearted Englishman was quietly building...
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How Jodie Foster Landed a Role Written for a 70-Year-Old Man in ‘Hotel Artemis’

Jodie Foster has never been one to play by Hollywood's rules. But her story about how she got the lead role in 'Hotel Artemis'...
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Netflix Reunites ‘Stranger Things’ Stars Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour in New Spy Drama

Just when fans thought the father-daughter duo of Eleven and Jim Hopper had ridden off into the sunset, Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour...
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Steven Spielberg Borrowed Alfred Hitchcock’s Greatest Trick to Save ‘Jaws’

It is the most famous summer of 1975, and on screens across America, a great white shark is devouring swimmers. Yet, for the first...
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Audrey Hepburn Nearly Joined ‘The Exorcist’ Cast But One Condition Killed The Deal

One of the scariest movies ever made, 'The Exorcist', shook audiences so hard in 1973 that people passed out in theaters. But William Friedkin’s...
Movies

Why Robert Eggers’ ‘Werwulf’ Rewrites Everything You Know About Werewolves

Director Robert Eggers is known for making movies that feel like you are trapped inside a historical nightmare. He did it with 'The Witch',...
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The Surprising Reason Hugh Jackman Lost Captain Jack Sparrow Role To Johnny Depp

He is the swaggering, drunken, strangely brilliant pirate who defined a generation of adventure films. But the iconic Captain Jack Sparrow, loved by millions,...
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How Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ Flushed Away Hollywood’s Weirdest Censorship Rule

Sixty-five years ago, movie audiences were used to glamour, restraint, and a strict moral code that governed everything they saw on screen. Then, in...
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Bryan Cranston’s Longest ‘Breaking Bad’ Prank Left Aaron Paul “Utterly Devastated”

Some of the best pranks in TV history are the ones that go on for a long time. But Bryan Cranston's prank on his...
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