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'When you grow up your heart dies': how the coming-of-age film got smart

Edit The Observer 29 Apr 2018
with a teen film what you remember is the funny teen stuff, with a coming-of-age film you remember the emotions ... There was the now unwatchable but then mega-hit Porky’s in 1981, which largely consisted of boys spying on girls getting changed, followed by Risky Business in 1983, which taught ......

World Dance Day: Get footloose and fancy

Edit DNA India 29 Apr 2018
People say dance is a way to find yourself and lose yourself at the same time ... Here’s looking at some movies that showcased different dance forms through the ages ... FLASHDANCE (1983) ... BREAKIN (1984) ... It’s also remembered for Ice-T’s acting stint, which began with this film ... Set to the tune of Time After Time, there’s a Ballroom dance sequence on a rooftop that is also one of the most romantic scenes in the film ... ....

A mission to save over 100 years of cinema and the many hurdles on the way

Edit Indian Express 29 Apr 2018
On Friday, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry set up a five-member committee to assess the functioning of the Pune-based National Film Archive of India (NFAI), following a series of reports in The Indian Express that had revealed missing film reels, poor conditions for storage of film materials, and negligence that put valuable film heritage at risk....

Interview: It's every citizen responsibility to make 'Swacch Bharat' movement a success – Varun Mehta

Edit Merinews 29 Apr 2018
Recently, Varun was honoured at the 10th International Children's Film Festival in Lucknow that was organized by CMS. His short film 'Environmental Festival' was screened at the festival in the 'Swacch Bharat' category. Apart from this he has also won an international film contest based in US for his short film 'Diwali ? The festival of Lights'. We spoke to Varun about his experiences in both the films....

Film festival wraps up with shorts, feature

Edit Lewiston Sun Journal 29 Apr 2018
LEWISTON — Portland filmmaker Mackenzie Bartlett’s short film, “Baptism,” was shown during the fifth annual Emerge Film Festival at the Franco Center on Saturday. The 22-minute film was about a woman living in a religious cult who is blamed for the group’s rotten harvest ... Portland filmmaker RJ Wilson showed two of his “under a minute” horror films ... with the first of four sets of short films....

THE ICON INTERVIEW: ‘I JUST WANT TO TELL GOOD STORIES’

Edit Dawn 29 Apr 2018
Rarely does one come across a successful debut film producer, director, actor and screenwriter who is self-deprecating, pragmatic and critical of his own work ... He talks of his successful debut film about a forgotten boxing legend, Shah, with wonderment as he is aware of its technical shortcomings, and at the same time isn’t amazed by the positive reviews it received ... Have you given importance to music in this film?....

Sherri and Thomas Corban

Edit Lima Ohio 29 Apr 2018
Corban and the former Sherri Pack were married April 30, 1983, at Lima Missionary Baptist ......

Woody Paige: Denver Broncos draft best since John Elway's first, and could pass that

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 29 Apr 2018
The Edge for the Broncos could be the most exceptional since the U2 guitarist played Red Rocks in 1983 when John Elway was a rookie quarterback ... ....

Victims' families speak against killer's release

Edit Beauregard Daily News 29 Apr 2018
Cutline.A hearing was held on Thursday at the Beauregard Parish Courthouse in order to hash out whether a man who murdered two people in 1983 when he was 17-years-old should be released due to recent changes in prison reform. Photo by KEVIN STEWART Family members ... ....

Meenakshi Shedde: Can Indians handle nudity?

Edit Mid Day 29 Apr 2018
A still from the film Nude. Ravi Jadhav's film Nude (Chitra), in Marathi, was released all-India and worldwide on Friday - with English subtitles everywhere, according to the producers. It is a bold and important film, with a tortuous history of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) dropping the film (along with Sanal Kumar Sasidharan's S Durga), from IFFI's Indian Panorama last year ... Don't miss this important film....

‘To Dust,’ ‘United Skates’ Win Tribeca Film Festival Audience Awards

Edit The Wrap 29 Apr 2018
The narrative feature “To Dust” and the documentary “United Skates” have won the top audience awards at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, TFF organizers announced on Saturday ... Tribeca Film Festival ... Films in Tribeca’s U.S ... Audience members at the festival used the TFF app to rate the films they’d seen ... 'Love, Gilda' Film Review....

Kolkata: Director of film on S P Mookerjee to move HC, police say ‘no ban’

Edit Indian Express 29 Apr 2018
The director of a film based on the life of Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee is planning to move the high court after a number of cinema hall owners across the state “refused to screen it under pressure from local administration and police”. The Kolkata Police, however, said there was no ban from the government on the film ... Despite certificate from CBFC my film has been blocked from screening ... The Govt hasn’t banned the film....

Hollywood strangulates Bollywood...

Edit DNA India 29 Apr 2018
No wonder then, Hollywood films are now staking a huge claim in the box-office pie.  ... While industry folks have been aware of the growing business of Hollywood films, the figures of Avengers ... Says Rajender Singh Jyala, Chief Programming Officer — INOX Leisure Ltd, “These films have definitely seen a substantial growth in the Indian market....
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