Dennis Bartok
For many years I was the head of film programming for the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles, a non-profit film group that currently runs the Egyptian and Aero Theatres. As part of my job I tried to keep my finger to the pulse of national cinemas from around the globe, both new and old, by combing through festival catalogues, talking to other programmers and watching as many movies as I could get my hands on (much of these in the old VHS days!)
In the 1990s and early 2000s I saw the rediscovery of some amazing bodies of world cinema such as Italian Horror and Giallo Cinema from the 1960s & 1970s by directors like Mario Bava and Dario Argento, and Japanese Outlaw Cinema from the same period by hard-hitting genre filmmakers like Kinji Fukasaku, Seijun Suzuki and Kihachi Okamoto. But one thing I didn’t see, in repertory film calendars,...
For many years I was the head of film programming for the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles, a non-profit film group that currently runs the Egyptian and Aero Theatres. As part of my job I tried to keep my finger to the pulse of national cinemas from around the globe, both new and old, by combing through festival catalogues, talking to other programmers and watching as many movies as I could get my hands on (much of these in the old VHS days!)
In the 1990s and early 2000s I saw the rediscovery of some amazing bodies of world cinema such as Italian Horror and Giallo Cinema from the 1960s & 1970s by directors like Mario Bava and Dario Argento, and Japanese Outlaw Cinema from the same period by hard-hitting genre filmmakers like Kinji Fukasaku, Seijun Suzuki and Kihachi Okamoto. But one thing I didn’t see, in repertory film calendars,...
- 8/18/2014
- by Dennis Bartok
- DearCinema.com
The upcoming Ladakh International Film Festival (Liff) will host a Retrospective on poet, lyricist and director Gulzar curated by filmmaker Vishal Bharadwaj. The Retrospective will screen Mere Apne, Achanak, Ijazat, Khushboo, Angoor and Machis.
The festival will held in Leh, Ladakh from July 5-7, 2013. It will be inaugurated by Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Omar Abdullah and I&B Minister of India Manish Tiwari will be the Chief Guest for the closing ceremony.
Directorate of Film Festivals has curated a special section of women oriented films made in India. This section will screen Diamond Queen by Homi Wadia, Meghe Dhaka Tara by Ritwik Ghatak, Mirch Masala by Ketan Mehta, Dasi by B. Narsing Rao, Dahan by Rituparno Ghosh, Chandani Bar by Madhur Bhandarkar, Mee Sindhutai Sapkal by Anant Mahadevan and Byari by Suveeran.
The green carpet premiere at Liff 2013 will be Teri Mc Luhan’s documentary Frontier Gandhi, on the forgotten freedom fighter,...
The festival will held in Leh, Ladakh from July 5-7, 2013. It will be inaugurated by Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Omar Abdullah and I&B Minister of India Manish Tiwari will be the Chief Guest for the closing ceremony.
Directorate of Film Festivals has curated a special section of women oriented films made in India. This section will screen Diamond Queen by Homi Wadia, Meghe Dhaka Tara by Ritwik Ghatak, Mirch Masala by Ketan Mehta, Dasi by B. Narsing Rao, Dahan by Rituparno Ghosh, Chandani Bar by Madhur Bhandarkar, Mee Sindhutai Sapkal by Anant Mahadevan and Byari by Suveeran.
The green carpet premiere at Liff 2013 will be Teri Mc Luhan’s documentary Frontier Gandhi, on the forgotten freedom fighter,...
- 6/18/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
May 29, 2010:Ashok Chakra- An Insult To The Martyrs
Rating: 1 out of 5*
Starring: Introducing Rajan Verma, Aroon Bakshi, Ashok Samarth, Mushtaq Khan, Homi Wadia, Sudesh Berry and Amit Behl
Director: Sp Muneshwar
The first question that comes to your mind in the first 10 minutes of the film is for whom this film is made. Who is the target audience? The makers claim the film to be dedicated to the martyrs of the 26/11 carnage but in execution it is nothing but an insult to those who laid their lives on that black day.
The film chronicles Ajmal Kasab (Verma) and his journey from the.
Rating: 1 out of 5*
Starring: Introducing Rajan Verma, Aroon Bakshi, Ashok Samarth, Mushtaq Khan, Homi Wadia, Sudesh Berry and Amit Behl
Director: Sp Muneshwar
The first question that comes to your mind in the first 10 minutes of the film is for whom this film is made. Who is the target audience? The makers claim the film to be dedicated to the martyrs of the 26/11 carnage but in execution it is nothing but an insult to those who laid their lives on that black day.
The film chronicles Ajmal Kasab (Verma) and his journey from the.
- 5/29/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
A film based on terror attack in Mumbai on 26th November 2008 is completed and ready to be released in December 2009. The film is titled “Total Ten” is Produced by Hariom Sharma and Sugastam Kotta (Kumar) under the banner of Sapna Filmms Production House, Co-Producer is Sangeeta Jaywant with screenplay and dialogue by Sartaj Mani and Music by Sunil Patni. The main characters have been played by Sudesh Berry, Ashish Vidyarthi, Sangeeta Jaywant (played role of a muslim widow), Rajan Verma, Homi Wadia, Aroon Bakshi, Ashok Kulkarni, Shiva, Adi Irani, Mushtaq Khan, Rishi, Yograj Singh, Anand Kaushik (Munna).
- 11/24/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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