Stories about Film from February, 2008
China: Box Office
Latest statistic of the China box office shows that 3,527 screens worth 5.1 billion RMB. Sun bin believes that the bloom can even be bigger if the ticket fee is reduced by 30% in major cities.
Iraq: New Crush
Iraqi blogger Abbas Howazin has a new crush. Click here to check out who the dumb girl he can't take his eyes off is.
India: The Male Gaze
The Culture and Politics of Tamil Cinema on how actresses in Tamil film industry are subject to the male gaze off screen.
Japan: Evil Mickey Mouse Invasion
Edo from Pink Tentacle introduces an old propaganda animation (1934) about the future (1936) invasion of evil mickey mouse. The film is available in youtube.
Czech Republic: Markéta Irglová Gets an Oscar
The Reference Frame posts a note on Markéta Irglová, the first Czech female Oscar winner.
China: Hu Jie
Zhai Minglei posted an interview with Hu Jie (zh), a documentary film maker, who lives with the poor with his camera.
Trinidad & Tobago: Cultural Preservation
“Even as we fret about the loss of our historic architecture, we are losing the architects of our history”: Blogging from Trinidad & Tobago, The Liming House writes about the importance of preserving “our collective memory.”
Sudan/Uganda: African Rebels on YouTube
Chris Blattman writes about African rebels on YouTube: “YouTube is turning into a surprising source of archival videos on rebels and rebel leaders. Tim Allen, a friend and anthropologist at LSE, shares with me his collection of links to short films and reports on the wars in Sudan and Uganda.”
Tanzania: Tanzanian actor in Bongoland II
Bongoland II blog writes about the Tanzanian actor, Shafii Abdul: “As we await the release of Bongoland II, we thought it is only appropriate to tell you about some of the special actors from Tanzania who were part of this amazing production. Meet Shafii Abdul a resident of Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania.”
Colombia: Movie About Pablo Escobar
In Colombia, Reticente [es] reviews the latest movie about Pablo Escobar called “Angel or Demon,” and recommends not to take a date because the movie is bad.
Iran:No beautiful faces please
Kamangir writes when Iranian Fars News wanted to publish pictures from a meeting in a film festival in Tehran, they had no othere choice than to focus on the name-tags and blur out the ladies.You can see several photos here.We should say that Fars News in another photo collection did...
Saudi Arabia: Home – The Aramco Brats’ Story
Mochness from Saudi Arabia discusses a new documentary on living in the Kingdom, entitled: Home – The Aramco Brats’ Story.
Russia, Ukraine: Bond Girls
Siberian Light posts “a brief rundown of every Russian Bond Girl, ever” – which includes at least one Ukrainian girl.
Brazil: Bahia Afro Film Festival
Altino Machado [pt] says that everything is ready for the Bahia Afro Film Festival, which takes place in Salvador, Brazil from November 18 through 28. “The main goal is to spread the word, to integrate and to promote debates about the films and video production, on a national and international...
Myanmar: Rambo Vs Junta
The Burmese people now ally in their struggle against the regime.
Iran:A documentary about Tehran
In You Tube, we can find a trailer of “Tehran: Another Side”, a documentary produced & directed by Sam Ali Kashani. The film explores the streets of Tehran, exposing a side of the people and culture that we don't usually see in western media.
India: Eastern Promises and Bollywood
A wonderful set of photographs at Trivial Matters – focusing on women from Russia and Eastern Europe who work in the Bollywood film industry in India.
Kenya: Music for peace
Kenyan musicians make a music video for peace: “Musicians from around Kenya join to create a music video and song to help stem the violence in Kenya.”
Nepal: Kite Runner
Kathmandu Speaks on watching Kite Runner – the film
Iran:Marjan Satrapri, the author of Perseopolis on Colbert Report!
Omid Memarian says that while some of the Iranian, and Iranian-Americans criticize Marjan Satrapi for presenting a black and white image of the Iranian society and give warmongers an excuse to do whatever they want to do with Iran, she says that she has tried to humanize the Iranian people...
Kuwait: Crazy Month Rolls By
It's been a 'crazy' period of life at the Kuwaiti blogosphere, reports Abdullatif Al Omar - from crazy weather patterns to nutty Internet connections and price hikes.
