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The first part of The Freelancer ended on an explosive note as Aliya and her husband were witnesses to a horrific sight. That was the high note of the first part of this extraction thriller, and it created hype around what the next part of the show could deliver. Creator Neeraj Pandey, who is known for his involvement in films and shows that deal with intelligence and international politics, is back with the second part, or as the makers call it, The Freelancer: The Conclusion. Avinash Kamath, the mercenary, has a job to finish, and he will go to any extent to fulfill the promise he made. This Disney+ Hotstar Special released the last three episodes of the show on December 15, 2023. The concluding episode is about Avinash’s quest to locate Aliya and extract her safely from Isis-controlled Syria, where she was held without her consent.

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The 76th Locarno Film Festival is hosting one of the largest international retrospectives of Mexican popular cinema in decades, encompassing 36 titles of varying genres, from dramas to film noir as well as comedies, musicals, horror and sports.

Putting together “Daily Spectacle – The Different Seasons of Mexican Popular Cinema” took at least two years, according to writer and programmer Olaf Möller, who curated the selection alongside critic Roberto Turigliatto and in close collaboration with Filmoteca Unam director Hugo Villa and other key experts.

The unprecedented showcase of Mexican films ranging from the 1940s to the 1960s spans some 30 years of extraordinary creativity, which inspired subsequent generations of Mexican filmmakers.

Locarno first hosted a retrospective of Mexican cinema in 1957 but this new showcase goes beyond the Golden Age to more popular titles, with the oldest being “En Tiempos de Don Porfirio” (1940) and the youngest among them “Olimpiada en México”(1969), “two films that...