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London Film Festival: the opening night in photos

London Film Festival: the opening night in photos

Here are some photos from the opening night (13th October) of the 54th BFI London Film Festival in London, UK, with the world premiere of Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go . The film is a haunting tale...

Oct 24, 2010 / Alison Frank
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Love Like Poison: An Unusual Coming-of-Age Story

Love Like Poison: An Unusual Coming-of-Age Story

Katell Quilléveré’s Love Like Poison ( Un Poison violent ) is about a 14-year-old girl named Anna, who is spending her summer holidays at home in the countryside with her mother and bedridden...

Oct 24, 2010 / Alison Frank
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Japanese director wants new film to educate kids

Japanese director wants new film to educate kids

Controversial Japanese director Takashi Miike is making a samurai film that he hopes will educate Japan’s youth, according to the AP. “I wanted the audience to realize that this story is not taking...

Sep 11, 2010 / Bryan Lufkin
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‘Peepli Live’: Important, Not Excellent

‘Peepli Live’: Important, Not Excellent

”Peepli Live” has been the toast and tea of town for the better part of this past year. A Sundance selection and Berlinale screening, it has been picking up favor and five star reviews across the...

Aug 29, 2010 / Kamayani Sharma
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‘Choker Bali': The One That Got Away

‘Choker Bali': The One That Got Away

As the Toronto International Film Festival approaches, it seems like a good time to reflect on the film that got away. Everyone who has been to a film festival has at least one of these, and probably...

Aug 20, 2010 / Alison Frank
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Postal Failure: Aparna Sen’s ‘The Japanese Wife’ Disappoints

Postal Failure: Aparna Sen’s ‘The Japanese Wife’ Disappoints

Indian indie favourite Aparna Sen’s new film about love through letters lacks style and diction. The phonetic possibility of her surname Sen makes Indian indie filmmaker Aparna Sen’s films a fine...

May 19, 2010 / Sayandeb Chowdhury
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TMA FilmCast #30 – Date Night, Repo Men

TMA FilmCast #30 – Date Night, Repo Men

Film is a fickle medium. In any other industry if you take two of the top performers in their respective spheres and put them together you’ve got a hit. Derek Jeter and A-Rod, peanut butter and...

Apr 13, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Up in the Air (2009)

Up in the Air (2009)

“How much does your life weigh?” George Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a hit man. He doesn’t kill people, well, at least not directly. He’s a corporate hatchet man who fires people for a living — people...

Jan 6, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Up In The Air Trailer

George Clooney stars as Ryan Bingham, a corporate hatchet man who loves his life on the road but is forced to fight for his job when his company downsizes its travel budget. He is required to spend...

Oct 5, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Emir Kusturica Plans Pancho Villa Film

Emir Kusturica Plans Pancho Villa Film

Palme d’Or winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica will tackle legendary Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa in his next film. He plans to shoot entirely in Spanish and on location in...

Mar 24, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

The general consensus is that Englishman Danny Boyle’s ( Trainspotting , Millions ) venture into Bollywood results in a stirring tale of adventure, romance, and redemption. These themes are...

Jan 30, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Sneak Peak: The Wrestler

Mickey Rourke teams up with director Darren Aronofsky to tell the story of “The Ram,” a washed out pro-wrestler that yearns for the thrills of the ring. Official Syposis: Release: December 17, 2008...

Nov 2, 2008 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Step Brothers (2008)

This movie has only one, long, running joke; and really, that’s all it needs. Brennan Huff (Ferrell) and Dale Doback (Reilly) struggle to adjust to their new step-brother status when Brennan’s mother...

Aug 15, 2008 / Eric M. Armstrong
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