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Luo Ye Gui Gen: Beguiling Escapism That Makes You Reflect on Human Behavior
2008-01-31 00:00:00 Jugu Abraham writes on Chinese director Yang Zhang’s “Luo ye gui gen (Getting home) that won the 2007 Berlin Film Festival Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Asian film NETPAC... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Behavior , Human
French Title to King Khan
2008-01-29 00:00:00 Pranjal Medhi reports on the Shahrukh Khan ’s felicitation ceremony in Mumbai. The King Khan is here in limelight again. Video Cameras rolling, still cameras? incessant flashes are quite common... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: French , Title
Nuovo cinema paradiso (Director?s Cut): Film prowess at its height
2008-01-27 00:00:00 Salvatore would never leave his first loves throughout his life. A film that opens the magic of first loves, of a persona that develops when you go with your first loves, when you have the courage to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Film , Director , Rect
Taare Zameen Par: Symptoms Well Groomed
2008-01-27 00:00:00 Taare Zameen Par, unlike 70s Amitabh movies or 90s ‘challenge society and change it’ movies, does not talk about customizing society or using society according to an indivisual’s... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Symptoms
Le Samouraď: A thriller With A Cinema-Verite Approach
2008-01-27 00:00:00 Director Melville, one of the stalwarts of the new wave genre, films Le Samourai as a thriller with a cinema-verite approach, creating an atmosphere through pauses and an eye for detail. His style... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Thriller
?Water? does to you what water does to you
2008-01-25 00:00:00 Water is a soothing film with a troubled storyline. Somehow, inspite of the burns the story gives you, the treatment is like a soothing balm that leaves you with moist eyes and a smile on your lips,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Water
Watch the World of Cinema Unfold!!!!!!
2008-01-25 00:00:00 Has the world cinema really arrived in India, Bikas Mishra ponders in the wake of initiatives such as Palador DVD releases and the launch of NDTV Lumiere Watch ing 13 Tzameti, a Georgian film, in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: World , The World
Daratt: A Powerful Mix of Metaphors and Fables
2008-01-22 00:00:00 Jugu Abraham writes on Chadean filmmaker Mahamet-Saleh Haroun’s film “Daratt (Dry Season) that won Venice Film Festival’s Grand Special Jury Prize in 2007 There are a handful of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Fables , Metaphors
Bombay to Bangkok: Refreshingly Audacious
2008-01-19 00:00:00 Do give Nagesh Kukunoor a fair chance, believe me it’s a refreshingly audacious film that plays within the formula in order to break free from it, writes Bikas Mishra After his last two rather... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Bombay , Bangkok
Gulzar: Yun Hi Kuch Baat Chali
2008-01-17 00:00:00 Gulzar’s sensitivity towards his characters is unparalleled but the problem with him is also this. He is forever speaking his language through all of them, writes Smriti Mudgal On yet another... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Jules et Jim: Story of a Queen
2008-01-16 00:00:00 “When would you begin loving a story?,” asks Ankur Agarwal on seeing Jules et Jim, filmed on Henri-Pierre Roche’s novel with the same name, a story “beautiful.” Long... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Story , Queen
Mogari No Mori: Resurgent Japanese Cinema Blending Nature with Traditional
2008-01-13 00:00:00 The Mourning Forest is a sensitive film tracing a senile old man’s quixotic pilgrimage to his wife’s grave in a forest interlocking a mystical relationship with nature, writes Jugu... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Nature , Japanese , Mori , Traditional
Baran: Love in a War-torn Country
2008-01-13 00:00:00 Kay reviews Majid Majidi’s 2001 film Baran One filmmaker I truly admire is Majid Majidi because the simplicity of his characters warms your heart and yet leaves you poignant. After giving a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Country , Love
Halla Bol: Loud and Interesting!
2008-01-13 00:00:00 If you look for subtlety in a film, Halla Bol may disappoint you, nevertheless an interesting drama that could be interesting for all the wrong reasons, writes Bikas Mishra If cinema is a reflection... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Interesting , Loud , Eres , Alla
National Treasure: Not So Precious
2008-01-13 00:00:00 Am I being too harsh on this movie ? I think not. Did I enjoy watching the movie? thinks Vedavyasa Bhat This is the movie which opened to a great box office response and has garnered over 275 million... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: National , National Treasure , Precious , Treasure
Not Golden Anymore (this year at least)
2008-01-13 00:00:00 Will the Writers Guild of America strike affect the academy awards as well, Vedavyasa Bhat’s views Ok, this is probably old news now but the Golden Globe Award ceremony has been scrapped and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Year
Sitare Zameen Par: A Re-review
2008-01-09 00:00:00 Enjoy Taare Zameen Par, if you feel for it…vote for it, learn from it. No hard feelings but have to reiterate it’s an ordinary film, overburdened by people’s expectations, writes... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Review
American Gangster: Don, Corporate Style
2008-01-09 00:00:00 A strong contender for best picture both for the upcoming Golden Globe awards as well as the Oscars. I highly recommend it, writes Aniruddha Basu Hollywood is pretty much a factory when it comes to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Corporate , Style , American , Gangster , American Gangster
Paris, je t?aime: A good assortment
2008-01-08 00:00:00 A blind man, a beautiful girl into drama and music loves him - how could he be not insecure? - that’s the stuff, the simple emotional fabric, the rubric that great stories are made of, says... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Paris , Good
HIFF 2008 Opens with Teeth of Love
2008-01-05 00:00:00 Arunan reports from the 2nd Hyderabad International Film Festival The second edition of Hyderabad International Film festival started here on the chilly evening of Thursday, 3rd January on a high... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Love , Teeth , 2008
Silent Light: Visually and Aurally Breathtaking Cinema
2008-01-03 00:00:00 There is a touch of director Andrei Tarkovsky in Reygadas? Silent Light as he captures the magical, fleeting moments in life, writes Jugu Abraham Can light have sound? So what is silent light?... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]]
An Evening with Márta Mészáros-Part II
2008-01-01 00:00:00 In the second part of Bikas Mishra’s conversation with Márta Mészáros, the legendary Hungarian filmmaker talks about the state of European cinema and her upcoming film. Márta Mészáros’s... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Part , Evening
Doosra Aadmi: Mush and Mystery
2008-01-01 00:00:00 Smriti Mudgal writes on Yash Chopra produced and Ramesh Talwar directed 1977 film Doosra Aadmi This weekend with no releases to catch, I thought of catching up with the stock of films at home. So, I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Mystery , Mush
2007: Big Screen Celebration of The Small Town India!!
2008-01-01 00:00:00 Bikas Mishra looks back at the goneby year 2007 It was sheer coincidence that I met Bubloo, a young body builder with a feminine and husky voice like Rani Mukherjee. He got his hair done every week... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Screen , India , Celebration , Small , Town
Welcome 2008!!
2008-01-01 00:00:00 DearCinema wishes you a prosperous and fulfilling new year. In 2007 we began our journey and the going has been really great so far. We thank you for the tremendous support and encouragement that we... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: 2008
Taare Zameen Par: Don?t Believe The Critics!
2007-12-30 00:00:00 Anirddha Basu responds to Bikas Mishra’s review of Taare Zameen Par I walked into the theatre expecting to see the worst Hindi movie of the year (barring Aag and Aap Ka Suroor). Bikas? review... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Critics
Chabi Wali Pocket Watch on CNBC TV18
2007-12-29 00:00:00 DearCinema in collaboration with Network18 is proud to present Vibhu Puri’s award winning short film “Chabi Wali Pocket Watch ” today on CNBC TV18. It’s Vibhu’s diploma... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Yeh Hanuman Thoda Differernt hai!
2007-12-29 00:00:00 Hanuman Returns turns out to be a highly entertaining film, more than anybody else kids would agree to that. However the film also seems little overambitious and sets out to achieve too many things,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Hanuman , Diff
OLDBOY: Mesmerizing!
2007-12-28 00:00:00 OLDBOY presents an issue some people will find disturbing, sprinkled with some equally graphic violence. Cinematically the film is rich, emotionally intense and layered with serious undertone, writes... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Taare Zameen Par: Sense and Sensibility
More articles from this author:2007-12-27 00:00:00 All said and done Taare Zameen Par is a sensitive film that leaves you with the patience to let your child grow and also the sensibility to allow your child to be different, writes Smriti Mudgal When... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit DearCinema for full links, other content, and more! ]] More About: Sense 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
