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. @SirajHSyed
Begin Again
Almost all the characters in Begin Again are losers, and in the end…sublime love prevails…no spoilers here!
The film has an Adults Only rating in India, which seems a bit harsh. Some...
CommunicAsia-BroadcastAsia diary, Singapore, June 2014 --A revisit 12 years later, to a block-buster event
V: 4k resolutions up to 1,000 fps, HD up to 3,000 fps
Prime Focus was the first familiar...
CommunicAsia diary, Singapore, June 2014 --A revisit 12 years later, to a block-buster event
IV: HD going, UHD coming Intelsat to spread 4K UHD 60 fps broadcasts
One of the events I could not...
CommunicAsia diary, Singapore, June 2014--A revisit 12 years later, to a block-buster event
III: 58,500 sq metres, Names and numbers
Incorporating CommunicAsia, BroadcastAsia, EnterpriseIT,...
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Apes more human than homo sapiens, humans decimated by a simian flu, their two kingdoms separated by a boundary bridge in the USA, clichés that crossover from human...