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"To the Wonder" Rated R. At Kendall Square Cinema. Grade: C- The cheeky emperor known as Terrence Malick ("The Tree of Life," etc.) bares his rump once again to art-house audiences with "To the Wonder," a film that left me wondering, all right -- ...

Italian director of The Last Emperor to chair jury to award Golden Lion One of Italy's top directors, Bernardo Bertolucci, is to chair the international jury for the 70th Venice International Film Festival later this year. Bertolucci helmed The Last ...

I was in school when I had first read the famous fairy tale by Hans Anderson titled The Emperor’s New Clothes.  Anderson’s story was about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes which would be exceptionally beautiful and yet have the remarkable quality of being invisible to any one unpardonably stupid or then, incompetent for his office. Listening to the two weavers, who were actually swindlers, the emperor who was always fond of good and expensive ...

In this freeze-frame of 10 motion picture-perfect cities, David Whitley reveals why Italy is a cinema and holiday paradise. For centuries, visitors have flocked to Italy for its good looks and the attraction has been obvious for movie-makers as ...

To Hindi cinema, with love and exasperated fondness Vinod Khanna and Dharmendra in Raj Khosla's Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971). Photo courtesy: Subhash Chheda Also Read Updated: Sat, May 04 2013. 12 27 AM IST Clockwork clichés Or, the comfort that ...

Thor Heyerdahl was a childhood hero of mine, but it was only in 1996, when I met the Norwegian publisher and industrialist Johan Stenersen through my friend the actor Michael Douglas, that I began thinking about a film. Myself and Stenersen, the ...

As Indian cinema completes 100 years, here is a look at Bollywood's most iconic villains in 100 years. Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singhin Sholay The list undoubtedly has to start with Gabbar Singh, the biggest of all the bad man in Bollywood. Amjad Khan ...

MUSIC GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR KL Live, Jalan Sultan Ismail Kuala Lumpur APRIL 18: Acclaimed Canadian art rock outfit Godspeed You! Black Emperor, with its full nine-piece line-up, plays its debut concert in Kuala Lumpur tonight. Armed with a ...

The pair went on to compose music for over 700 films, churning out mellifluous hits after hits for over two decades. Playback singer P Suseela, who was a favorite of the duo for the female voice in their songs, told Express that Ramamurthy's ...