Posts Tagged ‘Latin America’

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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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    Reco of the Month – Tropa de Elite
    “In the dark depths of the nether world, for wanderers searching for the ultimate prize clues are everything”. Oh well!! that was as cheesy as it can get.. :-) but couldn’t resist. Cheesiness apart, it is so subliminally true! for all those geeks with cool names stalking the net for music, movie and the like… (porn? Nah… porn is passé..) everything...
    by DPac at December 13th, 2007 at 02:12 am
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    La Zona
    La Zona is Rodrigo Plá’s feature debut based on a novel written by his wife, Laura Santullo. It was shown during the Seminci film festival although unfortunately, it was out of competition. Had it been competing in the Official section, I am sure it would have been really successful, as Rodrigo’s done an amazing job. Nevertheless, it won this year’s International...
    by Monica at November 8th, 2007 at 06:11 pm
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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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    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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    Robbed by pretty Bandidas
    I’m ready to bear with the most tedious film if it gives me a close up fo an actress I like. :Jean Renoir Renoir’s words never sounded so true ever before as last night when I watched Bandidas. Frankly, a poster was enough to make me want to see this film and the beautiful ladies of cinema made it worth it. Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek are such a delight to watch...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 18th, 2007 at 08:04 pm
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    On probation – Tiempo de valientes
    Silverstein: I can’t believe it! I’ve just figured out the thing about the egg and the chicken. How didn’t I see it before?! Díaz: So which one was first? Silverstein: The egg! Díaz: And where does the egg come from? Silverstein: I don’t know, but it’s an egg! From anywhere, from under a rock… from the sea… from another egg…...
    by Monica at April 2nd, 2007 at 04:04 am
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    CASA DE AREIA
    Latin America is riding a cinematic high, what with the Mexican triumvirate, Del Toro, Innarittu, Cuaron capturing the imagination of the world, helping each other, working on one another’s films , producing for the other etc while Argentina continues its saga of dancing the pictoral Tango but what is really worth looking into is the Brazilian resurgence. We have...
    by Krsn Kavita Kasturi at March 7th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
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    Nine Queens
    When I was watching Bluffmaster the other day (yes, I am always behind regarding Indian cinema, but what to do?) the lift scene suddenly reminded me of one of my favourite Argentinian films Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas). They are both con movies and probably that is the only thing they have in common (apart from the mentioned scene and an unexpected end). I liked the idea...
    by Monica at February 14th, 2007 at 01:02 pm
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    Pan’s Labyrinth – A Fantastic Trip
    I see that oz beat me to the punch with his review! But, this is a movie that needs multiple reviews as I think it will speak to all who see it in some way… I come from a rich story-telling tradition. My Native American grandmother and aunts used to spend long nights telling stories – creation myths, stories about the animals of the forests and plains, about the...
    by t! at January 21st, 2007 at 03:01 pm
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    Recent Watch: Pirates, 11:14, Tickets & more…
    Lagging quite behind on my movies seen over the last few weeks… I’m still having trouble assorting my iTalkies queue which doesn’t have the movies I wanna see and instead I’m filling it up with movies “I think are good” and in turn end up being crap… for one I’m highly disappointed with Shankar’s “Boys”...
    by oz at January 8th, 2007 at 11:01 am
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    Derecho de Familia (Family Law)
    Along with Indian movies, Argentinian ones are my favourite at the moment. Completely different from each other, I know, but maybe that is what makes it more attractive and balanced, watching such different kind of cinema. What I like about Argentinian films is their simplicity, the natural way in which the actors perform and the mixture of moving and emotive scenes with...
    by Monica at December 29th, 2006 at 11:12 am
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