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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. 

 

Back in the mid 90s, a group of Mumbai-based film-enthusiasts felt that it was time the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) stopped alternating every year between New Delhi and other metro...

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16th
2014
MAMI
MFF
Mumbai Academy of Moving Image
mumbai film festival

Of the 16 full films that I saw at MAMI's MFF, 5 ranked ***1/2 or more, which is my criterion for finding a film really above the cut. Five more scored ***, which is not bad at all. They are not...

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What If What If (alternate title The F Word) is the story of medical school dropout Wallace, who's been repeatedly scarred by bad relationships. So, while everyone around him, including his...

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Adam Driver
Daniel Radciffe
Michael Dowse
Oona Chaplin
The F Word
Toothpaste and Cigars
What If
Zoe Kazan

Left Behind A reboot of Left Behind: The Movie, Left Behind is an apocalyptic film, based on the New York Times’ bestselling novel, that brings biblical prophecy to life in the present day...

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Chad Murray
Jerry Jenkins
nicolas cage
Rapture
Second Coming
Tim LaHaye
Vic Armstrong

Annabelle: Baby, Doll and the possession In the milieu of The Conjuring, comes Annabelle. The film starts with the same opening scene from The Conjuring, in which two young women and a young man in...

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Alfre Woodard
Annabelle
James Wan
John Leonetti
Rosemary's Baby
The Conjuring
Wallis
Ward Horton