Posts Tagged ‘Chinese’

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    World Cinema coming home to us
    Seems times are changing at last – for the better, and fast. After all these years of scouring the film festivals and pirated DVD shops (unless we have deep pockets to splurge on the highly-priced original DVDs of foreign films), it seems 2008 is bringing some happy tidings for us, the lovers of world cinema (that is, anything that comes from outside the country...
    by Runumi G at January 25th, 2008 at 01:01 am
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    Rome 2007 Line-Up Announced
    The second Rome Film Fest, which runs Oct 18-27, has announced its full programme. World premieres in the Cinema 2007 programme include: * La Recta Provincia (Raul Ruiz) * Youth Without Youth (Francis Ford Coppola) * August Rush (Kirsten Sheridan) * Hafez (Abolfazl Jalili) * L’Abbuffata (Mimmo Calopresti) * And The Spring Comes (Chang Wei...
    by Vijay at September 27th, 2007 at 09:09 am
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    Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2008 Call for Entries
    IFFLA 2008 Announces Call for Entries The Sixth Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) seeks narrative, documentary, music videos, experimental, children’s and animated films of any length and format. IFFLA will run April 22-27, 2008 at ArcLight Hollywood, a state-of-the-art facility located in the heart of Los Angeles. Jury and Audience Choice Prizes...
    by Vijay at September 17th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
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    Neville Tuli’s ‘vision’ about Cinefan
    Recently I had interviewed Neville Tuli, the founder chairman of the Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art, which organizes the Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian (& Arab – from this year) Cinema, in New Delhi. While some parts of the interview have been carried in my paper Deccan Herald, I am reproducing the whole text of the interview for PFC readers, for...
    by Runumi G at August 27th, 2007 at 08:08 am
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    SLB & Saawariya: Oppression of Opulence
    First, a lot of firsts. The first teaser of Saawariya (saawariyafilm.com) is out. This is the first Indian co-production of Sony Pictures. This is the first film of Rishi Kapoor’s son Ranvir Kapoor and Anil Kapoor’s daughter Sonam Kapoor. And it is being billed the first international film from India. Oh, I forgot – it’s a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film. The man who...
    by Pratim D. Gupta at August 25th, 2007 at 10:08 am
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    For cinephiles in Mumbai: National Film Circle
    Received from Worldwide Film Distribution yahoogroup… Please spread the word! Let me take this opportunity to introduce you about me and social activities of our organization. … I am working with a government organization, one of the most important & entertainment department called “NATIONAL FILM CIRCLE” is given to me and I am looking for...
    by striker at April 26th, 2007 at 04:04 pm
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    The OST Scene in India
    It has been a while since we have had OST’s being released for songless Indian films. The examples have been Black Friday, Sarkar, White noise, Bhoot, Black and more. The masters of the game are Indian Ocean, Salim-Sulaiman, Ashutosh & Dhruv, Midival Punditz, Amar Mohile, Nitin Raikwar, Monty, Sandeep Chowta etc. since Indian films have THE SONG has an indispensable...
    by Tushar at January 31st, 2007 at 07:01 pm
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    Dowry anyone? A movie story
    Last week Babul was released with widow re-marriage as its base subject. The led me to seeking out more women issues that plagues India. My search took me to the dowry issue. I looked up the judiciary system and found Indian Penal Code 498a, the anti-dowry law. Following is an excerpt of the same “Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman,...
    by Muzzy at December 14th, 2006 at 02:12 pm
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    “Election 2″ – Even Better!
    Sequels rarely match the feat of their originals, but Johnny To’s sequel to his smash hit “Election” is a killer product. “Election 2″ also known as “Triad Election” is even more stylish and a lot more violent, with a deeper look into its captivating characters. Power corrupts, and Johnny To drills it in with a character pool soaked...
    by Vijay at November 11th, 2006 at 11:11 pm
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    “Election” – Entertaining Gangster Flick
    “Godfather” meets “Goodfellas” in this immensely entertaining Hong Kong gangster epic from director Johnny To. The rules, traditions, and honor that govern the Triads are reminiscent of the familial structures of the Italian mafia as portrayed in Francis Coppola’s “The Godfather”. Add to that mixture a healthy dose of raw violence,...
    by Vijay at November 11th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
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    “Re-Cycle” – Pang Brothers return with a spectacle.
    The Pang Brothers, Asia’s masters of Horror are loathed by most critics in the West, even though their films have an admirably large, underground fan following among American horror enthusiasts. In the last 10 years or so, Asian horror filmmakers have redefined the genre and pushed the envelope in an attempt to showcase more original concepts. Testimonial accounts...
    by Vijay at November 10th, 2006 at 10:11 am
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