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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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French star Jeanne Moreau no more • Aug 01, 2017 at 04:27 PM
by Siraj Syed

French star Jeanne Moreau no more Jeanne Moreau has died at her Paris home today, aged 89. She leaves behind a legacy of memorable films, including classic vehicles of Louis Malle and François...

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Amos Gitai
Anatole Moreau
Collège Edgar-Quinet
Conservatoire National d’Art Dramatique
Dernier Amour
Desengagements
Diary of a Chambermaid
European Cinema Prize
François Truffaut
Ilmar Raag
Ismail Merchant
Jean-Louis Richard
Joseph Losey
Jules et Jim
Katherine Buckley
L'Adolescente
Les Amants
Louis Malle
Luis Buñuel
lumière
L’Ascenseur Pour L’Echafaud (Lift to the Scaffold/Frantic
Manoel D'Olivera
Marcello Mastroianni
Marguerit Duras
Mata Hari
Michelangelo Antonioni
Querelle
Reiner werner Fassbinder
Seven Days Seven Nights
The Bride Wore Black
The Exorcist
The Great Catherine
The Immortal Story
The Last Tycoon
The Lovers
The Proprietor
The Yellow Rolls Royce
Theo Angelopoulos
Waris Hussain
William Friedkin
Wim Wedners
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Dunkirk, Review by Siraj Syed: 300,000 stranded soldiers--Between certain death and uncertain rescue, a movie to cling on to • Jul 31, 2017 at 08:33 PM
by Siraj Syed

Dunkirk, Review by Siraj Syed: 300,000 stranded soldiers--Between certain death and uncertain rescue, a movie to cling on to It really happened. Give or take a few details, it really happened....

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Hollywood
Aneurin Barnard
Barry Keoghan
Christopher Nolan
Dover
Dunkirk
Fionn Whitehead
Hans Zimmer
Harry Styles
Hoyte van Hoytema
Jack Lowden
James D’Arcy
Kenneth Branagh
Lee Smith
Mark Rylance
Messerschmitt
Michael Caine
perimeter
Spitfire
Tom Glynn-Carney
Tom Hardy
Winston Churchill
World War II
WWII
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Review by Siraj Syed: Mind-boggling 2,734 VFX shots in 136 mins • Jul 28, 2017 at 11:37 AM
by Siraj Syed

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Review by Siraj Syed: Mind-boggling 2,734 VFX shots in 136 mins French director Luc Besson has made the most expensive French/European film ever. It is...

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humanoid
clive owen
Rihanna
Ethan Hawke
Herbie Hancock
Sam Spruell
Rutger Hauer
John Goodman
Elizabeth Debicki
Ameyline Valade
Alain Chabat
Dane DeHaan
cara delevingne
james cameron
avatar
luc besson
Valerian and Laureline
Pierre Christin
Jean-Claude Mézières
The Fifth Element
Julien Rey
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“Film is the most regulated medium in India”—Uday Singh, MD, Motion Picture Distributors’ Association • Jul 22, 2017 at 12:41 PM
by Siraj Syed

“Film is the most regulated medium in India”—Uday Singh, MD, Motion Picture Distributors’ Association Copyright, intellectual property and piracy issues were discussed at the one-day conference on...

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Copyright and the Creative Economy
Sofitel Hotel
Ameet Datta
intellectual property
Indian Copyright Act 1957
Aditi Maheshwari-Goyal
Torrents Morghulis
Valar Morghulis
HBO
Game of Thrones
Torrent Must Die
Vikas Gupta
Wiley India
Vani Prakashan
Jagdeesh Swaroop
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)
OTT
rotee
kapda aur makaan
copyright
GDP
Hotstar
star tv
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Fox Star India CEO Vijay Singh calls films a ‘recession proof’ industry: FICCI Conference on Copyright and the Creative Economy • Jul 21, 2017 at 08:58 PM
by Siraj Syed

Fox Star India CEO Vijay Singh calls films a ‘recession proof’ industry: FICCI Conference on Copyright and the Creative Economy A day-long conference was held on 21 July, Friday, on the subject of...

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Astrum
Aurangabad
Aurum Media
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)
Goods and Services Tax
Jolly LL.B.
Nanded
remakes
Sofitel Hotel
unauthorised
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