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Freedom, redux

Edit The Hindu 20 Jun 2016
Roland Emmerich, the co-creator and director of the 1996 American science fiction disaster film, Independence Day , speaks to The Hindu a few days before the release of the film’s second instalment. There’s a huge market here for your kind of films ... His novel was about a good alien, and I was like, what about Steven Spielberg? His alien film came out earlier, didn’t it? But we have won the lawsuit....

Making the Cut

Edit Indian Express 20 Jun 2016
For a lesser film than Udta Punjab, the leak online would have been a shattering blow. After versions of his film surfaced online, director and producer Anurag Kashyap put out an impassioned plea on Facebook ... He urged, “Wait till Saturday to decide not to pay for the film.” ... The master of gritty realism, he has a history of run-ins with the Central Board of Film Certification....

Why movie stars don’t matter — and 25 film franchises that do

Edit The Oklahoman 20 Jun 2016
He’s got an Oscar under his belt and a string of critically acclaimed hit films — “L.A ... His latest film, “The Nice Guys,” opened at No.4, beaten by “The Jungle Book,” “Captain America. Civil War” and, yes, “Angry Birds.” Even Will Smith, who drew audiences around the world for films such as “Independence Day” and “Men in Black,” released two films last year (“Concussion” and “Focus”) that together barely topped $200 million worldwide....

Made for China: Having it both ways

Edit China Daily 20 Jun 2016
Conventional wisdom has it that China will overtake North America next year in the size of the film market－the theatrical part, that is. This was not the first time an American film performed better in China than on its home turf. Pacific Rim (2013) grossed 694 million yuan in China and a slightly lower $101 million across the Pacific ... The scathing reviews from the US somehow worked in the film's favor....

Baromas — movie set in Vidarbha captures plight of farmers, youth

Edit Indian Express 20 Jun 2016
A still from the film. SET IN Vidarbha region, the film opens with a shot that shows a social activist engaging in talks with farmers, who have innumerable worries written all over their wrinkled faces – from unpredictable weather to debts to low prices fetched by crops. Ten minutes into this feature film and one knows that Baromas has its heart in the right place....

Edinburgh works in progress include Suzi Quatro doc, Christian McKay love story

Edit Screen Daily 20 Jun 2016
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 15-26) hosted its first works in progress event on Sunday, presenting seven British features still in production. Films were looking for a combination of sales company representation, festival interest and final finance ... Festival representatives attended from Tallinn Black Nights and International Film Festival Rotterdam ... plc@pascallecomte.film ... “It’s a film that will make you think.”....

We need to come out of star kids culture: Kay Kay Menon

Edit Indian Express 20 Jun 2016
Kay Kay Menon thinks the Hindi film industry can do better and needs to stop giving preference to star kids. Actor Kay Kay Menon believes the Hindi film industry can produce better cinema only when it grows out of the culture of preferring star kids over outsiders ... “In cinema, everybody’s sons, daughters, nephews, nieces have the first right on films ... “Among my 80-odd films, there are 13-14 (films) which are memorable....

High on reality

Edit Indian Express 20 Jun 2016
But it has taken a feature film to show us in graphic detail just how deep the cut is ... My first reaction, when I finished watching the film, was that it does exactly what it sets out to do ... In fact, it is such a message-y film that it can and should be propagated as Bollywood’s version of the classic nostrum ... The last time a film spoke in such a robust tongue was the Anurag Kashyap-directed Gangs Of Wasseypur....

‘Andaz Apna Apna’ rights not sold to Phantom Films: Priti Sinha

Edit Indian Express 20 Jun 2016
Comedy Bolloywood film “Andaz Apna Apna 2”, star Salman Khan and Amir Khan, rights have not been sold to Phantom Films are false and the film remains with Vinay Pictures. “Andaz Apna Apna 2”, the film inspired by the 1994 Salman-Aamir starrer comedy of the same name, would go on the floors very soon ... Also, the film is not a ......

Dhanak released but where is Shah Rukh Khan?

Edit DNA India 20 Jun 2016
He has been inaccessible to promote Dhanak, a film that pays him tribute ... However, Shah Rukh is nowhere to be seen in the film ... Nagesh was keen to have SRK make a guest appearance at the end of the film....

'Borgen' star joins 'The Eternal Road'

Edit Screen Daily 20 Jun 2016
Ilkka Matila produces for Helsinki-based MRP Matila Rohr Productions while co-producers are Martin Person from Sweden’s Person Anagram and Kristian Taska from Estonia’s Taska Film. The film, which will shoot for about six weeks between now and January 2017, is based on Antti Tuuri’s bestselling book of the same name; Tuuri has written the screenplay alongside the director ... Annila’s previous films include Sauna and Jade Warrior....

Bollywood must better quality to match Hollywood: Rakeysh Mehra

Edit Indian Express 20 Jun 2016
Bollywood needs to focus on making better movies to tackle competition from “quality” films from Hollywood, National Award-winning filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra says. Bollywood needs to focus on making better movies to tackle competition from “quality” films from Hollywood, National Award-winning filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra says ... “They must be better films....

Angry, again

Edit The Hindu 20 Jun 2016
After a protracted battle with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), we catch Anurag Kashyap after the High Court cleared Udta Punjab for release. In the middle of answering a million calls, shooting selfies with a lady, and agreeing to watch the film of a young director, who claims to be Eklavya to Kashyap’s Dronacharya, he gives us time for a long chat the next day ... Your films are peopled with dark characters....
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