KERALA 2017 REPORTS   THE BLACK JEW -- Karutha Joothan -- INDIA       by Alex Chaim Deleon-Sinha             <filmfestivals.com>   Karutha Joothan (The Black Jew)  is a 2017 Malayalam film...

ALEX Calling from Kerala Namaskor. Best film festival ever. Tops. Adipowli !!!! Awesome. The Best. Top Prize  film  Wajib, from Palestine, was Awesome But overall best film and Audience prize...

My Top Seven from the festival were: 1. A mon âge je me cache toujours pour fumer -- ALGERIA 2.  Newton --HINDI 3. Two  Persons, Malayalam 4. Heart of a Dog --Malayalam 5.  Black...

by Alex Deleon      <filmfestivals.com> BUDAPEST NOIR is a murder mystery set in the German influenced Budapest of 1936 with Antisemitism on the rise. Superbly directed, acted, and...

"To Be or Not To Be", Lubitsch, 1942. by Alex Deleon This film came out at the height of German conquest in Europe when it looked like Germany under Hitler was well on the way to winning...

Highlights of Films seen at Festival of Restored Classics, Budapest  by Alex Deleon   Moszkva Tér 2001 ~ Hungarian rebels without a cause Moszkva Tér, (Moscow Square) is the busiest transportation...

        By Alex Delon-Oroszlányi   Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the establishment of the Hungarian Film Archive an important part of whose work is the restoration of...

The Weinstein Revelations: I'm shocked -- shocked -- to find that sexual harassment has been going on around there  ...  

By Alex Deleon Deepika Padukone as Mastani in "Bijirao-Mastani" This was the prestige opening film of the Budapest Bollywood Film Week.   Sanjay Leela Bhansali, known as the author of...