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· February, 2006

Stories about Film from February, 2006

Jamaica: Say no to Brokeback

“Now before you gay advocates out there start posting hateful comments, understand that Jamaica is a very conservative country,” says Leon, in defense of the anti-Brokeback Mountain outcry in Jamaica.

Written by Georgia Popplewell
25 February 2006

Chile: French Indie Musicians Visit

For all you fans of floating canines and euro-techno, this is one post that can't be missed. The Chilean music blog, Super 45 – Blog System says that various French...

Written by David Sasaki
23 February 2006

All Quiet on The Chinese Front

The topic of Internet and press censorship in China continued to draw heated debate after the US congressional hearing on this issue last week. Rebecca MacKinnon wrote a comprehensive review...

Written by Tian Yi
20 February 2006

Guatemala's Gay Porn Uproar

Commenting on the political uproar which has followed the shooting of a series of homosexual pornographic films in Antigua, Guatemala, El Blog Diablogico writes from the colonial city: It's not...

Written by David Sasaki
19 February 2006

Russia: Film Industry Revival

Snowsquare.com writes about the revival of Russia's film industry: the opening of Dnevnoi Dozor (Day Watch, a sequel to Nochnoi Dozor, Night Watch) in the United States today, and the...

Written by Veronica Khokhlova
17 February 2006

Palestine: Ali Suliman in the Hot Zone

Will of kabobfest says that Yahoo's Indiana Jones-journalist Kevin Sites is slowly getting on his good side. “I blogged about him in critical and in not-so-critical ways. But his interview...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
16 February 2006

The Famous Director Goes to Court

Chen Kaige, one of the most prominent Chinese film directors, is suing a young man for making a video spoofing the director's latest martial arts fantasy epic, The Promise. Chen,...

Written by Tian Yi
16 February 2006

‘Singing Revolution’ in Estonia

Bonjour l'Estonie points to a documentary about a predecessor of the recent bloodless revolutions in the former Soviet Union – Estonia's Singing Revolution. The documentary's website is here.

Written by Veronica Khokhlova
15 February 2006

In Defense of Piracy

Beijing Loafer defends the role of piracy in media-controlled China. Without piracy, Chinese audiences “would only get the likes of Titanic, Backstreet Boys and Batman with no shoulder exposed, products...

Written by Tian Yi
15 February 2006

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