Monika’s Pensieve

This is a case I’ve been following for a while and it just gets weirder and weirder.
Akshay Kumar, who is one of Bollywood’s biggest stars at the Indian box office, was invited to walk the catwalk during the Lakhme India Fashion Week. While on the catwalk he approached his wife, Twinkle Khanna (another Bollywood actress [...]

I can’t say I’ve been following the Cannes festival very avidly, but I guess the winners are worth a mention on this blog considering how much film related content I put up here… I find it interesting that the best director honour went (apparently rather controversially) to a Filipino director (I saw one of his [...]

Russell Means is an actor, who has extensively campaigned for Native American rights throughout his career. The interview is fascinating :)

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Becoming Jane (UK, 2007)
Seen: Saturday, 23rd May 2009 (DVD)
Runtime: 120′
Director: Julian Jarrold
Cast: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith
Production House: 2 Entertain, BBC Films, Blueprint Pictures, Bórd Scannán na hÉireann, Ecosse Films, HanWay Films, Octagon Films, Scion Films, UK Film Council
Plot: (from imdb)
A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and [...]

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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (USA/UK, 2008)
Seen: Saturday, 16th May 2009 (cinema, Planete Doc Review)
Runtime: 99′
Director: Marina Zenovich
Production House: Antidote Films, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Graceful Pictures
Plot: (from imdb)
Marina Zenovich’s new documentary examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski’s sudden flight from the United States.
Opening Scene

Impressions In [...]

Here’s an article about how the theatre crowd in the US is much more supportive of gay rights than the film people.

Just following up yesterday’s post. The clip Warner Bros released is actually a little bit longer than what was shown on the Ellen show. For the full version (in any quality and format you please) go here.
Ron totally looks like he’s coming on to Harry ;)

Hollywood investing in Bollywood is old news by now. But it looks like their interest in Indian cinema is growing. It’s no longer just the Hindi language sector they’re after. Fox Star Studios is set to enter the Tamil film industry (also known as Kollywood).
Fox generally seems to be very keen on investing in Indian [...]

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El crimen del padre Amaro (Mexico/Spain/Argentina/France, 2002)
Seen: Friday, 15th May 2009 (DVD, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 114′
Director: Carlos Carrera
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón, Sancho Gracia, Angélica Aragón, Luisa Huertas, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Gastón Melo, Damián Alcázar, Andrés Montiel
Production House: Alameda Films, Artcam International, Blu Films, Cinecolor, Foprocine, Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz, Ibermedia European [...]

The first poster for New Moon (the next film in the Twilight saga) is out.
IMO it doesn’t look too exciting. Hope the film will be better than the poster ;-P