For Michelle Yeoh, The Lady is role of lifetime
For action star Michelle Yeoh, one of Asia's best known actresses, the chance to play Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi...
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Myanmar democracy leader’s love story debuts at film fest
Myanmar's revered pro-democracy leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is now also a movie protagonist after Luc Besson's...
New World
Story: Beijing, December 2010. After hearing interesting thinks about Osaka, Coco (Coco Shi) tells her businessman boyfriend Jimmy (Liu Dunlin) that...
Malaysian rapper skewers racial ties in new film
But Wee Meng Chee -- better known by the alias Namewee -- characteristically pulls few punches in "Nasi Lemak 2.0," an...
RGM Media sells rights to Point Break
Alcon Entertainment has secured the rights to produce a reboot of 1991 action thriller Point Break from rights holder RGM Media...
Hudson to head Mumbai competition jury
The Chariots Of Fire director heads a jury that also includes Roger Spottiswoode, Polish director-Jerzy Skolimowski and Korean filmmaker Na Hong-Jin,...
“The Host” in 3D Will Premiere at the 2011 Pusan International Film Festival
The movie "The Host" will be shown in 3D for the first time at the 2011 Pusan International Film Festival. The...
Toronto Review: ‘The Raid’ – One of the Best Action Movies in Years!
Holy shit I haven't seen an action movie this good in years! I felt that way only 30 minutes in, but...
Venice Film Festival 2011: Dispatch One
A few weeks ago in Locarno, an acquaintance (I believe it was Filipino director Raya Martin) fittingly described this year's Venice...
‘Bourne Identity’ film scenes to be shot in PHL
Some scenes from the upcoming fourth installment of the "Bourne Identity" series of movies will be shot in the Philippines, Oscar-nominated...
Cancer dramedy among standouts in Toronto festival
A film about a young man with a massive, malignant tumor on his spine is funny, believe it or not, and...
European films, uncensored
Previous editions of Cine Europa had close brushes with the local review board. This year, followers of the annual festival, ongoing...