The Lunchbox (movie 2013) review: Ritesh Batra’s Mumbai-set debut feature weaves an epistolary ‘socio-romantic’ narrative. Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur star.
Indian Cinema | Bollywood
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Tony Award winners: Eddie Redmayne in Red, with Alfred Molina. June 13 update: Hollywood took over Broadway at the 2010 Tony Awards. Or almost. Presenters included Daniel Radcliffe and Academy …
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Kekilli Wins Tribeca + Bodyguards and Assassins Tops Hong Kong
11 minutes readSibel Kekilli in Feo Aladag’s When We Leave. Feo Aladag’s Turkish-German drama Die Fremde / When We Leave, which recently received six Lola nominations, was voted best narrative film at …
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Valentine’s Day Box Office: All-Star International Hit
8 minutes readValentine’s Day box office: Garry Marshall’s all-star romantic comedy had a stronger than expected debut while The Wolfman and Percy Jackson flopped.
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Pajama Gladiator (top) The final order of the winners of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2009 Student Academy Awards – gold, silver, and bronze medal recipients – …
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Freida Pinto & Dev Patel: SAG Awards Definite Oscars Precursor?
17 minutes readFreida Pinto + Dev Patel: SAG Awards’ Best Cast truly = Oscars Precursor? Winners Meryl Streep + Kate Winslet while Producers Guild honors ‘foreigners.’
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‘Gay’ Bollywood Movie Dostana & Censorship + William Friedkin Remembers The Boys in the Band
6 minutes readJohn Abraham in ‘Dostana’ wallpaper ‘Gay’ Bollywood film ‘Dostana’ banned in Pakistan: Gay marriage, ‘propagation of homosexuality’ to blame Produced by Karan Johar, and written and directed by Tarun Mansukhani, …
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National Film Awards: Controversies obscure winners Aug. 10: Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Bengali-language Kaalpurush – Memories in the Mist, the story of a mild-mannered office clerk (Rahul Bose) whose faltering career is …
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Rang De Basanti. As expected, the big winner at the 8th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards held Saturday night at the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield, United Kingdom, was …
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Best Foreign Films? Academy Awards’ European Slant + Hip Hop Immigration Drama Tops Swedish Oscars
10 minutes readBest Foreign Language Film Oscar European slant clear as only 1 exception among contenders + hip-hopping immigration drama tops Guldbagge Awards.
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Amu (Movie 2005): Bloody Family Secrets Uncovered
3 minutes readAmu (movie 2005) review: Shonali Bose’s uneven family drama traces the connection between a long-ago adoption and the bloody anti-Sikh Delhi riots of 1984.
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India-Pakistan relations – in the form of a star-crossed romantic liaison between Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta – has topped the Indian Film Academy Awards.
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Bollywood Actioner Leads to Sikh Protests + Delhi Bombings
3 minutes readSikh protests and 2 as-yet-unclaimed bomb attacks at Delhi film theaters have followed the release of a Bollywood action comedy starring Sunny Deol.
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Meera Nazar Kiss: Bollywood Thriller Too Hot for Censors
4 minutes readThe controversy surrounding the Meera Nazar kiss has the Pakistani actress vs. that country’s Ministry of Culture. Ashmit Patel is her Bollywood costar.
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Aamir Khan Says Latest Movie Not ‘Anti-British’
3 minutes readBollywood superstar Aamir Khan asserts that the historical biopic Mangal Pandey: The Rising is not anti-British. Ketan Mehta directed.
My Name Is Khan Movie Targeted by Hindu Nationalists
My Name Is Khan movie with Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan: Cricket League comment leads to Hindu nationalist outrage and fat box office receipts. My Name Is Khan movie: Solid …
Tony Comstock + Sexual Failure + Belly Dancing: From Sundance & Dubai to Sex-Friendly Fest
Dubai Film Festival: Belly-dancing Laura Ramsey and Kashmiri frozen Body plus CineKink screening of Tony Comstock docs about adult film stars’ private lives.
The 2006 Seoul Film Festival came to a close this past Sunday, Sept. 17. The Best Film winner in the International Competition section was Sebastián Camposs dramatic comedy La Sagrada …
Bollywood Priest Sex Movie Outrages Indian Catholic Radicals
A Bollywood ‘priest sex movie’ – about the affair between a clergyman (Shiney Ahuja) and a much younger woman – has infuriated Indian Catholic radicals.