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We’ve seen him dozens of times before, saying any damn thing that comes into his head (because living on the planet for 70 or 80 …
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Egypt filmmakers defy taboos – Qumra commences in Doha, focuses on nurturing new talents
CAIRO, March 12, (Agencies): Filmmakers in Egypt are defying a largely conservative society with television series and movies that deal with modern relationships between men …
Read More »Fantasy rules in ‘Ready Player One’ – Virtual is clever and spellbinding
In “Ready Player One,” Steven Spielberg’s dizzyingly propulsive virtual-reality fanboy geek-out, Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan), a teenager living in a dystopian trailer park in the …
Read More »Riveting exploration of adolescent psychosis in ‘Shock Waves’ – A fact-based story of a veteran French teacher
The schoolroom drama genre is heavily populated with impassioned, benevolent literature teachers who don’t play by the book, looking on as young minds expand and …
Read More »Oscars shine spotlight on Latinos – ‘Is Hollywood Mexican enough?’
NEW YORK, March 10, (Agencies): The 90th annual Academy Awards were, by any definition, a moment of triumph for Latinos. Guillermo del Toro became the …
Read More »Mad rush for power in ‘Stalin’ – ‘I could never reach giddy heights of Trump’
TORONTO, March 10, (Agencies): How different was Stalin-era 1950s Russia to the Washington DC of “Veep”? For “Veep”-creator Armando Iannucci, there were more similarities than …
Read More »Cohen cooks up perfect storm in ‘Heist’ – ‘Creating action film in hurricane a delicious challenge’
This year, the US Federal Reserve will shred an estimated 5.6 billion damaged, out-of-date or just a plain grotty banknotes worth a combined $175 billion …
Read More »Kuwaiti film chosen for La Spezia film fest in Italy – ‘Serb Al-Hamam’ successful
KUWAIT CITY, March 7: The trailer of “Al-Juza’a Khair Al-Mufkood” (The Not- Missing Part) directed by Ahmad Al-Khadari has been chosen as one among the …
Read More »Ava’s unprecedented journey to ‘Time’ – ‘Wrinkle in Time’ looks to lure children
LOS ANGELES, March 7, (Agencies): Ava DuVernay didn’t pick up a camera until the age of 32. It’s an extraordinary fact, considering the trajectories of …
Read More »Mixed reactions in Kosovo to Slobodan Milosevic musical
A musical about the late Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic was staged in Kosovo on Tuesday, drawing strong emotions in the nation still reeling from a …
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