A Strong Crop of Documentaries, but Barely Seen
With the books closed on 2010, it will go down as a banner year for film documentaries. Unless you expected someone...
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Sci-fi thriller ‘Yamato’ sails way to hit status
The silver screen adaptation of the animated TV series "Space Battleship Yamato" has become a hit since its Dec. 1 release,...
Indie documentary screened at Women’s Correctional Institution
Independent film "Presa," which depicts the intertwining lives of women inmates, was screened on Sunday at the Women's Correctional Institution. Adolf...
13th Asianet Film Awards
The 13th Ujala-Asianet Film Awards has been announced on the 1st day of the New Year and big names of the...
China set to reel in film success
The Chinese rekindled their love affair with the cinema last month while the rest of the world went on a festive...
Open-source animation movie comes to India
The techies in Kerala have one more feather to add in their cap. India's first open source movie concept is getting...
Takamine Hideko (1924-2010)
Legendary Japanese actress Takamine Hideko died from lung cancer in the early morning of Tue 28 Dec 2010, aged 86. Takamine...
Bengali cinema on a new high
Class cinema is drawing the masses, while mainstream is going classy. It's time to toast Tollywood or is it? Ratnottama Sengupta...
North Korea allows first Western movie to be aired
It's not the same as allowing Pay-Per-View, but it can still be "viewed" with wonder: North Korea has allowed the film...
Art that goes beyond animation
When Zack Wood produces his illustrated stories online, his Japanese classmates say they look like American comics while his American friends...
Pakistan’s first 3D cinema gets a full house despite strike
On the last day of the year 2010, citizens of Karachi were given something to cheer about as the first 3D...
Director gets to heart of defectors’ struggle
Despite the increase in the number of North Korean defectors in South Korea, there are few films or television programs that...