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Siraj Syed

Siraj Syed is the India Correspondent for FilmFestivals.com and a member of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. He is a Film Festival Correspondent since 1976, Film-critic since 1969 and a Feature-writer since 1970. He is also an acting and dialogue coach. 

 
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New Year Greetings, 2018: Let’s begin with a few laughs from films & comedians • Jan 01, 2018 at 12:42 PM
by Siraj Syed

New Year Greetings, 2018: Let’s begin with a few laughs from films & comedians Dialogue ֍ "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room."      -Dr. Strangelove: Or, How I Learned to...

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A Fish Called Wanda
A Hard Day's Night
Annie Hall
Ben Bailey
Cars 2
Conan O'Brien
Dr. Strangelove: Or
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Jay Leno
Larry David
Riaz Syed
Rodney Dangerfield
Steven Wright
The Big Year
THE PINK PANTHER
woody allen
Zelig
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The Greatest Showman, Review: Also fraudster, huckster and the King of humbug! • Dec 30, 2017 at 05:51 PM
by Siraj Syed

The Greatest Showman, Review: Also fraudster, huckster and the King of humbug! Hollywood’s great showman Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) was a grandiose, over-the-big-top...

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Hollywood
Benj Pasek
Justin Paul
Academy Award
LA LA LAND
John Debney
The Passion of the Christ
Yahya Mateen II
Paul Sparks
Eric Anderson
hawaii
Sam Humphrey
Keala Settle
Lettie Lutz
Rebecca Ferguson
Zendaya
zac efron
charity
Michelle Williams
Hugh Jackman
Loren Allred
Jenny Lind
Tom Thumb
Michael Gracey
James Mangold
Logan
Wolverine
Cooper
P.T. Barnum's Great Traveling Museum
Menagerie
Caravan
and Hippodrome
Barnum's American Museum
freak menagerie
conjoint twins
P.T. Barnum
Jenny Bicks
Bill CondonScudder's American Museum
Ringling
The Greatest Show on Earth
Cecil B. DeMille
Bailey
Kennet Feld
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Jumanji-Welcome to the Jungle, Review: You only live thrice • Dec 29, 2017 at 04:36 PM
by Siraj Syed

Jumanji-Welcome to the Jungle, Review: You only live thrice If you happen to get your hands on a board-game called Jumanji, you and all within range will be transported to a virtual jungle, where...

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Rohan Chand
Mowgli
Rhys Darby
Alex Wolff
Ser'Darius Blain
Madison Iseman
Marc Evan Jackson
Morgan Turner
Bobby Cannavale
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
Kevin Hart
Jack Black
Karen Gillian
Lawrence Kasdan
The Empire Strikes Back
Jon Kasdan
Jake Kasdan
Chris McKenna
Erik Sommers
Scott Rosenberg
Jeff Pinkner
Chris Van Allsburg
Robin Williams
microsoft
Jumanji
PlayStation
Zathura: A Space Adventure
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16th Third Eye Asian Film Festival: IV • Dec 27, 2017 at 08:48 AM
by Siraj Syed

16th Third Eye Asian Film Festival: IV Screenings continued on Day 4, 5 and 6, and two films were memorable. One was a blast from 1956, made by an all-time great, and the other a laudable 2011...

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Wang Shin-Hong
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Poor Folk
Ice Poison
Korhinta
storm
Fourteen Lives Saved
Imre Sarkadi
Hungarian National Film Fund
Eszter Fazekas
Csárdás
Mari Törőcsik
Imre Soós
Gérard Philipe
Mrs. Dery Where Are You?
Ravindra Natya Mandir
Prabaht Chitra Mandal
Zoltan Fabri
Midi Z
François Truffaut
Asian Film Foundation
cannes
Hungary
Myanmar
Burma
Taiwan
malaysia
Return to Burma
Merry Go Round
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16th Third Eye Asian Film Festival: III • Dec 23, 2017 at 04:48 PM
by Siraj Syed

16th Third Eye Asian Film Festival: III Of the 10 feature films screened at the 16th Third Eye Asian Film Festival (TEAFF) during the first three days, I caught four and opted out of a fifth because...

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Zoltan Fabri
Two Half-times in Hell
Nadiyude Moonnam Kara
Menna Shalabi
Tahrir Square
Bing Du
Kerala
Hala Khalil
Joao Guimaraes Rosa
Hosni Mubaarak
Nawara
Midi Z
EGYPT
Hungary
Ziprya
Kedar Vaidya
Arun Sadhu
Jabbar Patel
Simhasan
Mumbai Dinank
Fowzia Fathima
Third Bank of the River
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