We often hear that directing animals and children is hell on a filmmaker. So why is Jean-Jacques Annaud nostalgic about the 200 horses, 1,000 sheep, 35 wolves and smattering of young humans he worked...

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"The Second Mother" • Sep 10, 2015 at 11:57 AM
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Anna Muyleart's drama "The Second Mother" delivers the latest closeup of class and work relations in Brazil. See it this Labor Day or whenever. Here's why it shouldn't be...

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The Path of Zarathustra, Review: The temperature of departure To say that Parsees are a minority community in India, or, for that matter, anywhere in the world, might be an understatement. Official...

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    We will be screening at the 39th Montreal World Film Festival /Festival des Films du Monde de Montreal - FFM on September 3rd (9AM) and 4th (7PM)! If you're around, do join us!

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Chehere: A Modern Day Classic, Review: What’s in a name? Even seven years after it was shot, Chehere: A Modern Day Classic, was unlikely to see even the light of modern day. That it has managed to...

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Phantom, Review: RAW-hide Rambo • Aug 28, 2015 at 04:46 PM
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Phantom, Review: RAW-hide Rambo Saif Ali Khan comes in for Salman, Katrina stays put, so do the London locales and the secret agent assassin theme, as director Kabir Khan tries to go one up on his...

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2016 CALL FOR ENTRIES! • Aug 26, 2015 at 07:06 PM
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We're accepting films to our 3rd year!  We will boast 7 days of independent cinema from all over the world in a modern theater in the heart of the world-famous arts distrcit in North Hollywood,...

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6-day event features 27 screenings and 4 UK Premieres          BUFF 2015 begins on Wednesday 16 September with the pre-festival party at The W Hotel in Leicester Square.          The...

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Once again, recently closed Fantasia International Film Festival (19th edition, July 14 - August 5, Montreal 2015), the largest genre film festival in North America, has offered an incredible...

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Gour Hari Dastaan/The Freedom File, Review: His-story Described in the press as a Kafkaesque black comedy when it was launched in 2011, Gour Hari Dastaan is based on a true story, of Gour Hari Das...

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