Porn Stars, Clad? They Seem to Appeal to Indonesian Filmgoers
It was a cloak-and-dagger moment in Indonesia's culture war between peddlers of titillation and Islamist conservatives. In a run-down maternity hospital...
Japan crisis evokes comparisons to its pop culture disaster narratives, historic events
Like Hollywood in the 1970s, with its queasy procession of upside-down ships, crippled airplanes and towering infernos, postwar Japanese popular culture...
Kim appointed chairman of KOFIC
Kim Eui-suk has been appointed as chairman of the Korean Film Council. The appointment was announced by the Ministry of Culture...
Cloud over 3-D erotic film’s fate
SINGAPOREANS thinking that the eye-popping 3-D remake of the 1991 Hong Kong erotic classic Sex And Zen will be screened here...
Dain Said Talks BUNOHAN
Malaysia's Dain Said first appeared in the pages of Twitch with Dukun. The debut feature from the prominent commercial director was...
Can 3-D technology save the moviemaking business?
2-D or not 2-D? That question - whether movies are worth the multimillion-dollar investment to become three-dimensional - has split filmmakers,...
Hollywood makeover for YouTube
Google is deepening its ties with Hollywood by enlisting top stars to supply original content for YouTube in a bid to...
Crime beat in Singapore
T he story opens on a Monday at the Changi Prison in Singapore. A woman, the mother of two young boys,...
Chinese Period Film ‘Empire of Silver’ Melds History, Art, Business Ethics
Christina Yao's "Empire of Silver" is a foreign-language financial drama about the challenges that war and political turmoil pose to ethical...
Richard Leacock dies at 89; documentary filmmaker pioneered cinema verite technique
Richard Leacock, a documentary filmmaker and pioneer of the unobtrusive cinema verite camera technique, has died. He was 89. Leacock died...
Filmmakers: Indian market not ready for animation films
Filmmakers feel that there is no viable market for animation films in India and it is difficult to market them abroad...
China misses WTO deadline
China appears to have missed the deadline to comply with a World Trade Organisation (WTO) decision that it must loosen controls...