Goldfish, Review: Without your memory, you are like a goldfish out of water
Goldfish, Review: Without your memory, you are like a goldfish out of water Probably used as a metaphor for the memory lapses of its central character, who is suffering from dementia, the goldfish, believed to have a memory span of three seconds, has, in fact, a rather long memory. On the website Live Science, the […]
Jawan, Review: Eggs on the windshield
Jawan, Review: Eggs on the windshield You can be pardoned for believing that Jawan is Pathaan rebooted, if you walked in as ShahRukh Khan (SRK) is lying half-dead on a bed somewhere near the Indian border (with which country?) and a chinky medicine man is spending days, and possibly weeks, using all kinds of herbs […]
Kaala, Trailer launch: Reverse osmosis – turning white money into black
Kaala, Trailer launch: Reverse osmosis – turning white money into black There has been an ongoing illegal operation conducted in India over many a decade: it is called the generation and circulation of ‘black money’. ‘Black money’ is unaccounted wealth, on which no tax has been paid. Most black money transactions have been conducted in […]
Tibetan Hearts Premieres at TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood
Tibetan Hearts had its world premiere on Saturday, September 9th at the Silicon Beach Film Festival. It was wonderful to see the film on the big screen. Tibetan Hearts is a romantic drama about two lovers from rival sheep herding villages in Tibet. It was filmed on location in Tibet and provides a rare look […]
DCIFF 2024 Submissions Open for features, documentary, short animation and web series to December 25th
DCIFF is the oldest independent film festival in Washington DC and acts as a forum for discussion around selected films. We combine a traditional competitive festival format with in-depth conversation around the films we screen – giving filmmakers a chance to connect, learn about the impact of their films and move their work forward. We […]
Garden City, Kansas
Garden City, Kansas. Posted By Robin Menken Bob Hurst’s Garden City, Kansas Is a crime documentary about a foiled terrorist attack and a warning against the violence of Trumpist America. We meet Angie Haflich, the content editor of High Plains Public Radio which broadcasts to Kansas and four other states. Interviews with Haflich and other […]
Review of Vijay Anand film ‘Guide’ by film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) dated 30/10/2023
Vijay Anand’s film ‘‘Guide’’ (1965) remains one of the most admirable classics of Hindi cinema that promoted secular values, emancipation of women and a philosophical approach to songs. Hindi film ‘‘Guide’’ (1965) can be hailed as the first major, effective collaboration between an Indian writer writing in English and Hindi film industry. It is […]
ANATOMY OF A FALL wins the European University Film Award (EUFA) 2023
University students across Europe chose ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet to receive this year’s European University Film Award. The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg announced the decision on Friday night during an official reception for the nominees of the 2023 European Film Awards on the eve of the festive gala on […]
Handling the Undead to open Göteborg Film Festival
On January 26, the 47th edition of Göteborg Film Festival will open with the European premiere of Thea Hvistendahl’s Handling the Undead, an adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s successful novel. The film competes in the festival’s Nordic Competition, and the opening ceremony takes place both in Gothenburg and in cinemas across Sweden. The opening […]
Universal Studios Hollywood Happy Holydays Season
A UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD HAPPY HOLIDAYS SEASON! “Papa, the mushroom soup, of the Toadstool café, is such a delight!”, and so we are, after 16 years, still coming to celebrate the end of the year Holidays at Universal Studios Hollywood ! Just because we love it and because it feels like a real Christmas celebration […]