Stories about Film from October, 2006
Indian Bloggers on Technology, Ram Lila, Ayudha Puja, Food, Films and Photos
Technology and festivals, somehow those two are the dominant themes for this week's round-up about India. Of course, the round-up is peppered with some great recipes and that all favorite Indian pastime: movies. We round-up our review with some real great visual images of the "Big Apple," or New York. It somehow...
Bolivia: Recommended Links and Movies
Eduardo Ávila recommends three Bolivia-centered links. Jim Shultz reviews the film Quien Mato a la Llamita Blanca? (Who Killed the Little White Llama?) by Rodrigo Bellott and links to its trailer.
China: internationalization of movie
Feng Xiao-kang's latest movie “the Banquet” is aiming at the international market, with many international stars, such as Zhang Ziyi. However, local responses of the movie have been rather negative. Lu Na in mindmeters comments that Feng has lost his style in the process of internationalization. Instead of taking advantage...
Tahitian Classic Cinema
Tahiti: Littérature, Musique et… (Fr) offers a primer on classic Tahitian cinema.
South Korea: foreign actors deported
South Korean immigration authorities have handed down deportation orders for actors David Anselmo and Clinton Morgan, both of whom appeared in blockbuster “The Host,” for violating Article 20 of Korea’s immigration law. Robert Koehler's advice is: next time you engage in activities outside of your visa status in Korea, make...
Voices from Kazakhstan
After a break in voicing the Kazakh bloggers, caused by neweurasia team doing outreach in Central Asia, we present you the newest roundup of online conversations in Kazakhstan. Several major news attracted media attention to Kazakhstan recently: the President of the country Nazarbayev visited the White House, Sasha Baron Cohen...
Russia: Two Film Reviews
The Accidental Russophile reviews Railway Station for Two, a 1982 Soviet movie. Russia Blog reviews a recent sequel to the Russian film Bumer.
South Korea: international film fest
Jodi in Asia Pages introduces some films at this years’ Busan international film festival.
Africa: a tip for African leaders
Kenyan Entrepreneur knows want it takes for an African leader to be remembered: “If your an African leader who wants to be remembered in history, you either have to be a complete nutcase like Idi Amin or Emperor Bokassa or you have to be a complete hero like Nelson Mandela....
The Kannada Context: “Gandhigiri”, nADahabba and Everything Else
Gandhi Jayanti (Gandhi‘s Birth Anniversary) was observed yesterday in India and elsewhere. It was celebrated the most by the electronic media, of course. What was different this time, however, was that, a lot of them talked about “Gandhigiri”, the new phrase, and supposedly the newly revived way of life. Curiously,...
Biracial in Nazi Germany
Musengeshi Katata writing at the Congolese blog, Forum Realisance (Fr), reviews the film Neger, neger, Schornsteinfeger, an illustration of “racism and its social and ideological absurdity” based on the true story of the son of a German nurse and a Liberian diplomat who grew up in Nazi Germany to become...
Kazakhstan: The Truth About Nomads
KZBlog has a detailed post about Nomad, currently appearing in theaters in Kazakhstan. The movie, as the blogger explains, is based on one part of a larger book telling the story of the creation of the Kazakh nation.
