Monika’s Pensieve

A news report on how Nicaraguan women are trying to fight back against domestic abuse.

A short report from Al Jazeera about the fate of religious minorities in Afghanistan.

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 [...]

Since I’m regaining my obsession with losing weight (hopefully I’ll explain why in my monthly summary post ;)), I thought it appropriate to post this. I imagine this kind of dieting would work well for many people. I mean if I had to give some of my money to a charity that campaigned for something [...]

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 [...]

I’d intended to write about this ages ago, but somehow didn’t *sigh* Anyway, Indian elections came and went and the Congress party won once again with even more votes than last time (that means the government is socialist yet again).
A lot of interesting news reports came up during this time. On the one hand, there [...]

Myanmar (Burma) is one of the worst totalitarian regimes in the world. Getting reasonable media coverage from the country is very difficult and so, even though I don’t think this is the best of news reports, I thought I’d link to it. Just seeing footage from Burma is special in itself. I wonder how Al [...]

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 [...]

{FILM DIARY}
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 [...]