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"Slumdog Millionaire" might mean a grittier Bollywood.
Mon, Oct 19 2009 11:56 AM
Ready or not, Bollywood, here comes the sex, drugs and violence. At the Guardian, Nirpal Dhaliwal gives a qualified thumbs-up to "Ride the Wave Johnny," a new Mumbai-based melodrama about a boy who...okay, I can't paraphrase this: The Johnny of the movie is a coffee-boy who also delivers cocaine for his gangster boss, Chutta, while nursing dreams... Read More...
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Paul Schrader goes Bollywood.
Mon, Oct 12 2009 10:48 AM
It's been a rough decade for Paul Schrader. Writing "Taxi Driver" only gets you so far -- his last two films ("The Walker," "Adam Resurrected") received token releases met with widespread critical indifference, and his "Exorcist" prequel was reshot by Renny "Deep Blue Sea" Harlin. For a guy who takes himself... Read More...
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A fine romance, with no kisses.
Wed, Oct 7 2009 1:00 PM
When making a romantic movie, you traditionally have to include, at the very least, either some lip-locking or use of the word "love." Which could be a problem for "Atonement" director Joe Wright, whose next project is an adaptation of "Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire" by Alex von Tunzelmann. Though it sounds... Read More...
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Monday morning massacre?
Mon, Sep 21 2009 12:45 PM
The recession is officially fading and box-office grosses are as strong as ever, but the entire film industry seems to contracting in pain today, from major to micro. Variety reports that Universal has frozen development for the rest of the year -- if your project wasn't already realistically getting made, there'll be no more cash for rewrites and meetings... Read More...
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Yay! Awards!
Thu, Dec 4 2008 2:37 PM
Courtney Hunt's "Frozen River" may turn out to the year's big winner, at least in the indie film award ghetto -- it won Best Feature at the Gothams on Tuesday, with star Melissa Leo taking the Breakthrough Actor award, and it's been nominated for seven Spirit Awards. "Trouble the Water" took the Best Doc prize, Lance Hammer was... Read More...
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"I'm going to Bollywood!"
Tue, Nov 25 2008 11:31 AM
Paul Schrader, who actually has a movie coming out this year -- "Adam Resurrected," whose circus/Holocaust combo dooms it to "The Day the Clown Cried" associations -- is going with the latest trend and heading to Bollywood. "I've been getting indie movies made for 20 years," he told the Hollywood Reporter. "But I take a... Read More...
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Critic wrangle: "Slumdog Millionaire."
Wed, Nov 12 2008 4:39 PM
Half grimy portrait of Mumbai poverty, half fable by way of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," Danny Boyle's new film "Slumdog Millionaire" was a hit at Toronto, where it won the Audience Award, and is a solid candidate for a sleeper hit in the new "Juno" sense of the term, given that the film's from an established director... Read More...
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Odds: "Slumdog Millionaire" finds a distributor, Todd Solondz makes a sequel.
Thu, Aug 28 2008 5:47 PM
Danny Boyle's new film "Slumdog Millionaire," a comedy about a Mumbai orphan who gets on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?", was set to premiere at Toronto in distribution limbo after Warner Independent Pictures went away. No longer -- Fox Searchlight is partnering with Warner Bros. to give the film a theatrical release... Read More...
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