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Sunday, August 24, 2008

71. Indian director Feroz Abbas Khan's Hindi/English film "Gandhi, my father" (2007): A super-human father and his prodigal son

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“He is the greatest father you can have, but he is the one father I wish I did not have”— Harilal Gandhi, son of Mahatma Gandhi “The grea...
Sunday, August 03, 2008

70. US film director Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" (1957): Rich in content and relevance

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The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave, Awaits alike th’inevitable hour. The pa...
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Sunday, July 27, 2008

69. Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s US/Mexican/French film "Babel" (2006): Lack of empathy or a problem of communication?

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T here is a revival of interest worldwide in making feature films that comprise several disparate stories that link up with a common though...
Sunday, July 20, 2008

68. Georgian (former Soviet) filmmaker Tengiz Abuladze’s “Monanieba (Repentance)” (1984): Can you bury past evils?

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And art made tongue-tied by authority And folly, doctor-like, controlling skill And simple truth miscall’d simplicity And captain good a...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

67. Russian (former Soviet) director Elem Klimov's "Agoniya (Agony)" (1981): An intriguing film

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T here is much that would intrigue a viewer of Agoniya . Many may not be aware that this film was considered “worthless” in the Soviet Un...
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

66. German filmmaker Christian Petzold’s “Yella” (2007): Life beyond death

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G ermany’s Christian Petzold belongs to the new breed of European directors that loves to make films layered with meaning for the astute vi...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

65. Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" (1964): Unusual Hitchcock—where marriage is preferred over jail by a strong-willed woman

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T his is NOT the stuff that director Hitchcock usually dealt with. The subject and the treatment of the subject are different from most of ...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

64. Russian (former Soviet) director Grigory Kozintsev’s "Korol Lir" (King Lear) (1971): An unsung masterpiece on "civilization heading to doom"

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T ime and again people have asked me which movie is my all time favorite. I have often said without much hesitation: the Russ...
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

63. Spanish director Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo’s feature debut “La noche de los girasoles (The night of the sunflowers)” (2006): A fascinating thriller

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H ere's a thriller with an interesting title that seems to query: Where do sunflowers face in the night? “ When the sunflower pla...
Friday, April 11, 2008

62. Haitian director Raoul Peck's US/French film "Sometimes in April" (2005): Remarkable feature film on the Rwandan genocide

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“ I n the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." Martin Luther King, Jr. (Opening q...
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Sunday, March 30, 2008

61. Iranian director Jafar Panahi's "Dayereh (The Circle)" (2000): Interesting cinema that calls for close evaluation

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A fter making two feature films and many short films on children, director Jafar Panahi made a third feature film, The Circle, where he de...
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Saturday, March 22, 2008

60. Spanish director Carlos Saura’s stunning documentary on the Portuguese folk song tradition "Fados" (2007): Direction upstaging the song and singer

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S eventy-six year young Carlos Saura charmed film lovers with several melancholic dance, music and song styles: flamenco in Flamenco (1995...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

59. Veteran Czech director Jiri Menzel's "I Served the King of England" (2006): Social and political satire at its best

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T he works of Czech director Jiri Menzel constitute a tasty cocktail of humanism and laughter. In I served the King of England this cockta...