More an experience than a film, Avatar is a must see. A must see for the big screen and in 3-D. Trust me, you could have the best Blue Ray and home entertainment system...

Have you ever had a conversation with someone over, say, a film or book and the person kept on referring to the movie as “great” and why it was so good?;...

The Israeli anti-war film “Lebanon” won the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice film festival. The award was handed out by president of the jury filmmaker...

The 34th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has come under boycott for its efforts to celebrate the city of Tel Aviv, Israel. This year the Festival...

Thanks to the wisdom of the late Saudi Mufti Bin Baz, cinemas are banned is this awfully repressive Kingdom. Photo Credit: www.benettontalk.com The Wahhabi clerics...

I just saw Waltz with Bashir. I had low expectations, but it managed to even be worse still. There is in Israeli and American “liberal” culture an...

It is not that Pakistan had not inherited a rich cultural past but the excellence has continued to diminish from the gamut and all forms of art and culture have...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button dominated the Oscar nominations today as the film received 13 nominations; including Best Picture and Best Actor for Brad Pitt. I...

Nepal, known for its picturesque valleys and landscapes, is wooing Indian film producers to shoot their movies in the Himalayan country, a decade after they stopped...

Import/Export is a bizarre, horrifying, challenging work, often brilliant and spectacular, often troubling and indeed objectionable.

After a hard day’s toil at the office and entering my house with full of hunger and tiredness, I was shocked when I got a call from an erudite school friend. I picked...

Despite touting its war on terror credentials, The Dark Knight has absolutely nothing to say about the age we live in.

“In the history of Indian cinema are a few filmmakers who, by virtue of their creative ability, intense labour and extraordinary perseverance, have come to be...

If a politician running for office can raise money via the Internet, then why not for a filmmaker who wants to see his film made.

I am amazed at the number of film people turning ‘political’. Anybody can become a politician. But nobody will invite a beggar on streets to lead the country if he...

Makkal Tv a Tamil regional television channel, is an interesting channel for all those folks who are bored with just the usual film programs and dragging serials. This...

If there’s one thing that movies tell us about life, it’s that our existence is a Hobbesian gamble: Nasty, brutish, and short. In any given U.S. film, death...

Tom Cruise’s 13-year-old son Connor is set to follow in his father’s footsteps, making his film debut in the upcoming Will Smith drama “Seven...

An American expert in torture techniques has denounced his government for allowing “waterboarding” to be practised against terror suspects, just as a...

The Dutch government is bracing itself for violent protests following the scheduled broadcast this week of a provocative anti-Muslim film by a radical right-wing...