Fahrenheit 9/11 movie: In one of the posters for Michael Moore’s 2004 blockbuster documentary, the invariably contentious filmmaker is seen holding hands with U.S. President George W. Bush, a key…
Protests, calls for censorship, and bombings: Starring Sunny Deol – known for flag-waving actioners like Indian and The Hero: Love Story of a Spy – Rahul Rawail’s Jo Bole So…
Iraq War parallels in Revenge of the Sith? According to director-screenwriter George Lucas, similarities between his film’s intergalactic wars of the future and the earthbound wars of the present are…
Clip from slain Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh’s anti-Islam short film Submission: Part 1 to be aired on Italian television’s current affairs show Punto e a capo. Freedom of expression…
Andrzej Wajda will next tackle the Soviet-led World War II massacre of Polish prisoners of war – a.k.a. the Katyn massacre. The issue is personal: The Polish filmmaker’s father was…
Ahmed Zaki: The hugely popular Egyptian film actor is best remembered for his portrayals of noted Egyptian presidents Gamal Abdul Nasser and Anwar Sadat in the flag-waving dramas Nasser 56…
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea: Creationist fanatics vs. nature documentaries. Costly IMAX-geared nature movies have become the target of creationist anger for their depiction of evolution as a scientific fact.…
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie: Ring-related conflicts on screen have resulted in huge grosses, whereas coin-related conflicts off screen have resulted in deep animosities.…
Mighty Times: The Children’s March: Documentary or docudrama? Bobby Houston’s now controversial Best Documentary Short Academy Award winner depicts – with the assistance of elaborate “reenactments” – the 1963 civil…
Movie festival news from around the world: Starring Joan Allen and Simon Abkarian, and featuring dialogue in iambic pentameter, Sally Potter’s romantic drama Yes is one of dozens of titles…
Marie Antoinette Versailles shoot: U.S. screenwriter and director Sofia Coppola’s next project to star Kirsten Dunst in the role previously played by, among others, Norma Shearer, Michèle Morgan, and Anita…
The highest grossing comedy ever? According to a recent report, Jay Roach’s neuron-zapping 2004 box office hit Meet the Fockers – starring Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand, Dustin…
What are the Academy Awards? One choice answer: “A celebration of mediocrity,” as per Oscar winner Mel Gibson. Here’s another – albeit less pointed summation: “Peer group nods of approval,”…
Priest sex movie Sins: Catholic radicals are outraged by Vinod Pande’s drama in which a priest – like Gael García Bernal in another “priest sex movie,” The Crime of Father…
Meera Nazar kiss controversy: Smooching – and, one assumes, revealing costumes – in the supernatural Bollywood thriller Nazar have reportedly led Pakistan’s Ministry of Culture to fine the Pakistani actress…