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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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Siraj Syed’s diary of IFFI 2016: Thrillers from South Korea • Dec 18, 2016 at 07:28 PM
by Siraj Syed

The Office Five South Korean thrillers of various sub-genres were part of the Country Focus at IFFI  2016. They included two films that were shown at Cannes. Culled from latest releases, the...

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Alone
Horror Stories
Inside Men
Office
South Korea
The Wailing
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Siraj Syed reviews Shut In: Stephen was a happy shut-in, until Tom had to butt-in • Nov 19, 2016 at 04:53 PM
by Siraj Syed

Walk-in, run-in, let-in, give-in, turn-in, move-in, sit-in...now comes shut-in. “A shut-in is a person who, due to physical, mental and/or emotional reasons, is not able to leave his or her home....

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Alex Braunstein
Alfred Hitchcock
CharlieHeaton
Clémentine Poidatz
Crystal Balint
Ellen David
HodsonFarren Blackburn
Jacob Tremblay
Maine
Naomi Watts
Oliver Platt
stephen king
Tim Post
Yves Bélanger
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Siraj Syed reviews Billy Lynn’s Long Half-Time Walk by Ang Lee • Nov 17, 2016 at 07:56 AM
by Siraj Syed

Siraj Syed reviews Billy Lynn’s Long Half-Time Walk by Ang Lee >“Americans are children, who must go somewhere else to grow up, and sometimes die.” > “How does anyone ever know anything—the past is...

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amazon
Ang Lee
Beyonce
Bill Fountain
CATCH 22
chris tucker
Garrett Hedlund
Hemingway
Hillary Swank
Iraq
Jean-Christophe Castelli
Joe Alwyn
Jon Toll
Karl Marlantes
Kirsten Stewart
Makenzie Leigh
Steve Martin
texas
Vin Diesel
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I, Daniel Blake, Salesman & 10 other Cannes award-winners at IFFI Goa 2016 • Nov 10, 2016 at 04:00 PM
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I, Daniel Blake, Salesman & 10 other Cannes award-winners at IFFI Goa 2016 A dozen Cannesy films are found in the selection for the 46th International Film Festival of Goa, 2016. Six months after...

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IFFI: 1,000 entries from 100 countries • Nov 09, 2016 at 07:44 AM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI: 1,000 entries from 100 countries Ten days to go for the commencement of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), and there is no confirmation for media accreditation as yet. This...

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Prbahu
Yogi
Allama
T.S. Nagabharana
Dhananjaya
Sanchari Vijay
Meghana Raj
ICFT
Unesco
gandhi
A Real Vermeer
Beluga
Cold of Kalandar
exiled
Harmonia
The Apology
The Family: Dementia
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