SCTV Widely Criticized for Giving In to FPI
Harsh criticisms, including from moderate Muslims, of both the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and SCTV's decision to cancel broadcasting the controversial...
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People love movies about maids
I don't think anybody thought this weekend was going to be anything great in the first place, but with that bitch-and-a-half...
Tibaldo: Screen education and Luzon’s first cinematheque
ALMOST every child of the second half of the last century grew up in a world dominated by popular media such...
Roger Corman Presents ‘The Women in Cages Collection’ – Sex, Sadism, Group Showers & Pam Grier; or, WIP It Good
Can a film genre be disreputable, even reprehensible, yet beloved at the same time? Is "beloved" the right word? Does camp...
Besson’s Suu Kyi film “The Lady” to open Rome festival
Luc Besson's "The Lady," inspired by Myanmar pro-democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, will open the International Rome...
Twenty titles in the ”Digital Shadows: Last Generation Chinese Film” cycle at San Sebastian Festival
The cycle includes 18 features and 2 shorts by prominent contemporary Chinese filmmakers This year, the 59th edition of San Sebastian...
Key industry players to join SIFF animation symposium
This year, The 24th Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) will hold an animation symposium for the first time. Michael Lim, who...
Vladivosto finds focus in local community
Billing itself the "Vladivostok International Film Festival: Pacific Meridian," and setting on Russia's distant eastern coastline -- far closer to Tokyo...
CFG joins hands with Barco to digitalize Chinese cinema
Patrick Nijs, Belgium Ambassador (R2) shakes hands with Zhang Pimin (R3), Deputy Minister of State Administration of Radio Film and Television...
Asian film industry starts to prepare for Busan festival
The emerging links between Hollywood and China have been the main source of film industry headlines in Asia this week, but...
It’s Kukunoor Movies again, for better connect
Filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor has rechristened his banner Kukunoor Movies from Sic Production because he feels it will help audiences connect better....
Filipino or American? The strange provenance of silent film fest’s opening film
Now on its fifth year, The International Silent Film Festival continues this weekend with screenings of notable silent movies from Germany,...