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
Invitation to a first look
Saturday evening, four days after my return from Singapore. A call on my mobile phone. Some young woman said she was calling from Spice Bhasha. No, not a restaurant chain...
'Communicasia diary, Singapore, June 2014--A revisit 12 years later, to a block-buster event
II: Changi-Marina Bay-Kallang
Who do you blame for choosing a terribly timed flight? AI342 landed at...
Wadjda
A title that reminds us of the great Polish film-maker (Wajda), a subject that revolves around a bicycle (Italian master De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves comes to mind) and a director whose first...
First feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia by the Kingdom's first (woman) director
Communicasia diary, Singapore, June 2014--A revisit 12 years later, to a block-buster event
I: Prologue
Films, television, radio, internet, mobile phones, satellites…Communicasia has a wide ambit....
Grace of Monaco
Where would you hope to find the Prince of Monaco, the Oscar-winning actress Grace Kelly, Charles de Gaulle, Robert McNamara (former US Defense Secretary), Maria Callas (legendary...
