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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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Star Wars, Episode 7-The Force Awakens, Review: But is still drowsy • Dec 14, 2017 at 09:47 AM
by Siraj Syed

Twice during the Mumbai première screening, entries were greeted with whistles—once when Harrison Ford (Han Solo) entered his spaceship, right of frame to left, accompanied by Chewbacca, and the...

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IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, XI: PornograIFFI • Dec 14, 2015 at 11:15 PM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, XI: PornograIFFI Highly erotic content is not unusual at IFFI, or, for that matter, any international film festival. But pornography? That’s not so common. Many years...

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A Bigger Splash
Aomi Muyock
danger
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Gaspar Noé
How to Make a Porn Film
Irreversible
Kala Academy
Karl Glusman
Klara Kristin
Lars von Trier’s
love
MFF (MAMI)
Monica Bellucci
Nymphomaniac
Vincent Cassel
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MFF 17, by Jio-MAMI, Festival Diary, V • Dec 12, 2015 at 05:35 PM
by Siraj Syed

MFF 17, by Jio-MAMI, Festival Diary, V Long festivals and so many films to watch, besides the regular weekly releases to see and review—not unexpectedly, festival diaries go into several parts, and...

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45 years
A Bigger Splash
Agnieszka
andrew haigh
Century Gowda
Charlotte Rampling
Dakota Johnson
Davod Constantine
Haraamkhor
Hildegard Schmahl
Ika
jacques deray
Karolina Gorczyca
La Piscine
Lorenzo Nedis Walcher
Luca Guadagnino
Matthias Schoenaerts
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Raam Reddy
Ralph Fiennes
Thithi
Tilda Swinton
Tom Courtenay
Tomasz Emil Rudzik
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Peanuts, Review: Dog and underdog • Dec 11, 2015 at 11:04 PM
by Siraj Syed

Peanuts, Review: Dog and underdog Undeniably, there is a large section of American comic-strip fans who are nuts about peanuts. There is a small section of Indians who feel the same, and have...

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3D
Bill Mendelez
Blue Sky Studios
cgi
Charles Schulz
Charlie Brown
fifi
Franklin Armstrong
Frieda
Ice Age
Leo Tolstoy
Linus
Lucy Van Pelt
Marcie
Patty
Peppermint Patty
Pig-Pen
Sally Brown
Schroeder
Snoopy
Steve Martino
The Little Red-Haired Girl
The Red Baron
War and Peace
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IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, X: NFDC and Incredible India’s Film Bazaar • Dec 09, 2015 at 11:18 AM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, X NFDC and Incredible India’s Film Bazaar This year, the Bazaar saw participation of more than 1,100 delegates, from over 38 countries. Approximately 157 new South...

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FTII
Loudspeaker Media
Marriott
Mauli Singh
Nina Lath Gupta
SRFTI
Taj Vivanta
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