Archive for Nikhil
Nikhil Charan is currently buried under back issues of NME, Wallpaper and GQ. He aims for total world domination, writes one too many passive aggressive notes, drinks too much, swears too often, and rocks back and forth to the annoyance of everybody. He loves metafiction, and Fellini's 8 ½ tops the list.
Kashmir goes into production
Jean-Jacques Annaud has signed on to direct Kashmir. The director wants to get the best out of D. B. Weiss’ script, starting with location.
11Mar2009 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
Talkbox: World Cinema Series
The National Museum’s movie-man, Warren Sin, answers our questions about the on-going World Cinema Series.
10Mar2009 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
Trailer: Inglorious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino’s biggest, meanest, bloodiest, nazi-wiping epic will be ready in time for Cannes in May 2009.
20Feb2009 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
World Cinema Series: Macunaima (1969)
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade’s Macunaima marks a watershed in Brazilian filmmaking. The film is grotesque and absurdly outrageous. But don’t let that fool you. What it is, unmistakably, is an allegorical representation of Brazilian life and politics in the sixties.
14Jan2009 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
Oscars: Foreign Film Shortlist and Nominees
The nine shortlisted films for our favorite Oscar category were announced today. No Gomorra.
14Jan2009 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
66th Annual Golden Globes: a revival
This year’s Golden Globes restores the lost faith in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Here are the winners:
12Jan2009 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
Bergman and the Women - The Arts House
Aside from his grand achievements in theater and cinema, Bergman was known to be a notable commentator on human nature. One of his favourite subjects—whom he studied, interpreted and beautifully captured—were the womenfolk.
12Jan2009 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
Prix Louis Delluc: unexpected winners
The two winners of the top French prize are both documentaries, and both dealing with rural farming communities.
17Dec2008 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
European Film Awards 2008: the winners
The best films from Europe were featured, and Matteo Garrone’s Gomorra (Gomorrah) swept the stage clean.
7Dec2008 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
Film Independent’s Spirit Awards 2009: the nominees
The Spirit Awards will be held, as always, in the ‘big tent on the beach’ in Santa Monica on February 21st, a day before the Oscars.
5Dec2008 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
Sundance 2009: Line-Up Announced
Sundance reveals its entire line-up for 2009 that will take Park City, Utah by storm come January 15th.
5Dec2008 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
NBR Awards 2008
The award ceremony will be held on January 14th 2009, and will be tied with their centenary celebrations.
5Dec2008 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
In Retrospect: 2008 in Film Posters
We pick and list 10 of the creme de la creme of film posters in 2008 that we turned around to looked at, twice.
4Dec2008 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
Film Independent’s Richard Raddon quits
His orthodox views on gay rights, his ‘yes’ vote and his donation towards Proposition 8 causes him to step down.
1Dec2008 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
Int’l Press Academy: Satellite Award nominees
The press honors the year’s most promising offerings in film, television and new media - complete with 6 DVD categories to boast.
1Dec2008 | Nikhil | Comments Off | Continued
