Caught on film: India ‘not shining’

Arundhati Roy, India's celebrated writer of the novel 'The God of Small Things', that received a Booker Prize in 1997, is also India's very vocal social activist. Below is her piece on Slumdog Millionaire, which...

Mean, Green, and not Charlie Sheen

The buzz surrounding the The Incredible Hulk has not been good.  And that would be an understatement.  However, Ain't It Cool News has just posted an extremely favorable review (thanks for the link, Joey):"Louis Leterrier has made a HULK movie that first and...

Wilders Sparks Political Protest

"Wilders Sparks Political Protest By Gerald Traufetter in Amsterdam It is little more than a makeshift collage, but it contains a horror show of images meant to distort Islam. Dutch right-wing politician Geert...

Baghdad to host international film festival

"Films for the Baghdad International Film Festival will be submitted mainly from Egypt, Jordan and Iran. Egypt alone plans to submit 27 movies, director Dr. Abdul Basit Salman told AFP by telephone from Cairo, where he is now based. The event is being staged by the...

SIFF helps you find your true film

Today marks the first day of the Seattle International Film Festival. Festivals being what they are--crazy, multi-location, simultaneous...well, love fests--SIFF has devised a clever way to direct you to the films...

Rocky: The crazy new contenders

"It's a scene from cinematic legend – the plucky underdog boxer sets off on his training run backed by supportive locals and a stirring soundtrack. Except this is no real Rocky, as our man shows by suddenly...

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