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International Cinema Retrospectives

Rithy Panh films
A Memory for the Present

Standfirst: Most directors take their entire career to finally break the mold of their signature style. Perhaps in a moment of unconscious enlightenment, Cambodia’s master documentarian, Rithy Panh, decided to break his yet-to-be-defined mold at the beginning of his career.

Of Film Festivals and Jury Duty
Of Film Festivals and Jury Duty
High school student Aineesh...
A Memory for the Present
A Memory for the Present
Standfirst: Most directors...
Lasting Music Pieces in Films
Lasting Music Pieces in Films
Some of the finest music in films...
In Defense of Literature: An Open Letter to Ingmar Bergman
In Defense of Literature: An Open Letter to Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman had written an essay ‘Film...
Andrzej Wajda (6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016)
‘To live, is to forget’ – the Cinema of Andrzej Wajda: Recollections, Personal
Andrzej Wajda is one of the leading film directors...
5th Dharamshala IFF 2016 to Throw Spotlight on Docu-features and Shorts
5th Dharamshala IFF 2016 to Throw Spotlight on Docu-features and Shorts
5th Dharamshala...
Margaret Lockwood: Queen of the Silver Screen (Pic courtesy: Lyndsy Spence)
Margaret Lockwood: Queen of the Silver Screen
Margaret Lockwood...
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin at Keystone Studios
Charlie Chaplin was only...
Sergei Paradjanov
Why Sergei Parajanov and His Films Matter
Sergei Parajanov...
James Dean
The Lasting Appeal of James Dean
James Dean acted in only 3 films before he died...
Madeleine Carroll in The 39 Steps
Alfred Hitchcock’s Early Career
Alfred Hitchcock made his directorial...
The juxtaposition of identities in Persona.
The Cinema of Bergman and Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni...
Into the mind of the child - Boy Upside Down
A Microcosm of Different Cultures: 20th European Union Film Festival of India
The...
Cinema Made in Spain: A Historical Outline 1896-1980
Cinema Made in Spain: A Historical Outline 1896-1980
Oscar Awards'...
Abbas Kiarostami won Golden Palm award at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival for Taste of Cherry.
Kiarostami, A Man Whom Iranian Cinema Is Proud Of
Abbas Kiarostami proved...
An Attempt At Understanding Woody Allen
An Attempt At Understanding Woody Allen
Allen however imbibes some...
Chinese Cinema: Then and After
Chinese Cinema: Then and After
The phenomenal burgeoning of Chinese Cinema...
Theo Angelopoulos And Greece
Theo Angelopoulos And Greece
Theo Angelopoulos ushers in his films...
Films in Transition, Generations in Flux: China on the Move
Films in Transition, Generations in Flux: China on the Move
Chinese films have a long history. The...
My Neighbor Totoro
Hayao Miyazaki: A Master of the East
Miyazaki alone drew 80,000...
In Search of New Genres and Directions for Asian Cinema
In Search of New Genres and Directions for Asian Cinema
One...
Family Values and Tradition: Perspectives of Three Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers
Family Values and Tradition: Perspectives of Three Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers
The...
From the Director to the Protagonist: Displacement in the Cinema of Peter Weir
From the Director to the Protagonist: Displacement in the Cinema of Peter Weir
It...
An Overview of American Movies of 1958
An Overview of American Movies of 1958
Most movies that were...
Tribute to Bette Davis and James Stewart
Tribute to Bette Davis and James Stewart
Davis, now Warner...


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