First stills from “The Lady”
The Guardian publishes the first stills from a Luc Besson-directed movie which will be called The Lady. It is the name...
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Nandan frowns on gay love story
No homosexuality please, this is Nandan. Nilanjan Chatterjee, Nandan's CEO and director, has taken it upon himself to scan the "aesthetic"...
A world of wonder
THE legendary Great World Amusement Park is the stuff of misty water-coloured memories for many Singaporeans. And it is the cast...
The best short films on the web
Are we in the middle of a short"‘film revolution? The curious thing about short films is that, regardless of audience and...
Singayil Gurushetram: TT Dhavamani’s Interview with The Hindu
What is special about Singaiyil Gurushetram? It is a Tamil film entirely produced in Singapore, directed by first-timer T. T. Dhavamanni...
The Art of Being Short
Three minutes is what we're giving our FiRST Film Fest would-be participants to impress us with their works. Impossible? Not quite,...
The best drama of 2010: Documentaries
A lot of folks go the movies to escape the pressing issues of the day, to forget they even exist, not...
Indie films hailed for reviving Philippines art
In show biz parlance, it was a box-office hit and a full house. Directors, producers, actors, teachers, critics, cineastes and other...
Can art and commerce balance in Hindi cinema?
Balancing art and commerce has been the perpetual dilemma of the Indian cinema - Hindi mainstream and regional - over the...
Jiang’s Bullets not firing blanks
Producers of Chinese western Let the Bullets Fly claim that Jiang Wen's film has taken more than RMB30 million ($4.5m) in...
Film industry: freedom or profitmaking?
The cinema industry faces a choice between making independent films or surefire moneymakers, a studio chief said yesterday. Movies are a...
Between the Folds fuses art and science
GREEN FUSE FILMS' award"“winning documentary Between the Folds chronicles the stories of ten fine artists and intrepid theoretical scientists. They have...