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Monday, May 25, 2009

And so it ends...

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The prizes have been handed out and another Cannes Film Festival enters the history books. Even though I am not sure when I will get to se...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

And so it begins...

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The Cannes Film Festival officially kicked off today and another year of debates and mud slinging can start. The festival started with an...
Saturday, May 09, 2009

London out, Manchester and Barcelona in

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Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United Chelsea 1-1 Barcelona Both London clubs exited the Champions League this week in different circumstances. Ars...
Saturday, May 02, 2009

The Beautiful game, Barcelona style

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Real Madrid 2 - 6 Barcelona pic: ©Getty Images, www.soccernet.com Vintage football! The El Clásico in La Liga was everything that it w...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Good vs Inept

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Man Utd 1-0 Arsenal , Champions League, Semi-Final, 1st Leg pic: ©Getty Images, www.uefa.com Before the Champions league game at Old Traffor...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Beauty vs Boring

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Barcelona 0-0 Chelsea, Champions League, Semi-Final, 1st Leg pic: ©Getty Images, www.uefa.com Watching Chelsea play is more boring than ...
Monday, April 27, 2009

Revisiting Mumbai, RGV style

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While Indian crime films has been around for a few decades, they remain relatively unknown in North America outside of the Indian communit...

A Rivalry rekindled

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The wait is almost over. The intense rivalry of Arsenal vs Man Utd has graduated from the domestic game to take center stage on the European...
Sunday, April 26, 2009

The Ghost who Walks...

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Even though The Phantom comic strip was created in USA, it is much better known in India, Australia and some parts of Europe. Name this co...

The lost art of editing

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At the core of Rushdie’s Shalimar the Clown lies a simple story of love and revenge. 4 characters -- a husband, a wife, a lover and a ch...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Cannes 2009 line-up, still in awe...

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I am still awe-struck by the complete line-up. Plus, I had not even looked at the Un Certain Regard category which has new films by Bong Jo...

Cannes 2009: Dancing in the snow

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Gasp. Breathe in, breathe out. Pause. Excitement building. No..must breathe again. Who am I kidding.... YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Perceptions...of

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One film -- three short stories, three directors. Segment 1: Interior Design directed by Michel Gondry Gondry’s film starts off simpl...
Thursday, April 16, 2009

When the dust has settled...

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For the third straight year, there will be three English teams in the Champions League semi-finals. And for the 2nd straight year, Barcelona...
Monday, April 13, 2009

Coming up: Alfred Hitchcock spotlight

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Alfred Hitchcock directed about 56 features plus quite a few tv serials and shorts, with about half of the tally directed in the UK and the ...