Kaantha trailer: Dulquer Salman is a matinee idol spiraling out of control. Watch  The Indian Express Thu, 6th November 2025

Uttam Kumar film posters on display on Wall of Fame at London Sharad Utsav to celebrate Bengal’s Matinee idol’s birth centenary year  ibgnews.com Sat, 27th September 2025

Hollywood's obsession with fame: Return of the matinee idols  The Independent Tue, 10th July 2012

Gary Raymond interview: the matinee idol on Burton, Taylor, and why Montgomery Clift was like a 'battered baby'  The Telegraph Thu, 21st February 2019

The double life of Rock Hudson: ‘Let’s be frank, he was a horndog!’  The Guardian Fri, 6th October 2023

Sidney Poitier, considered Hollywood’s first Black matinee idol, has died at 94  Salon.com Fri, 7th January 2022