Spills and omissions

Celebration of life

In a first, a Bollywood commercial flick delves into a differently abled person's sexuality

A not-very-subtle environmental message

The film should communicae its environmental message far more effectively than the dozens of inept documentaries that have been made on the subject.

Many hands in media

Documentaries>> Charpashe Films by Children A project of Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata

How did the Rebels beat the Empire in Star Wars? The answer is closer to home than you think

The fate of the galaxy was decided not by light sabres — but by concrete

Racial undertones

Movie>> Cultural Bias • Italy

Hollywood, the second largest polluter in Los Angeles

Blood Diamond shames the diamond business in Sierra Leone

Guns are too large

Girish Karnad: A not very subtle environmental message

Noted theatre and cinema auteur Girish Karnad died June 10, 2019 morning; here's looking back at his film Cheluvi

Unjust and inaccurate?

Popular cinema, Hollywood and Bollywood, should be sensitive and truthful while portraying wild animals

‘Farmers are not casino players’

Micha X Peled, US-based Israeli filmmaker, has won 22 international awards for his globalisation trilogy, the last of which was a film on …

Hackers—good and bad

Documentary>> We are a legion • directed by Brian Knappenberger

Salwa Judum: Nemesis of Chhattisgarh's tribals

Film>> India's Hidden War Directed by James Brabazon Produced by Sandra Jordan 30 minutes

Real Hunger Games

Film>> Marketing Strategy • US

For love of Amazon

Film>> RAINFORESTS • Peru/France

Review of film The name of the disease

Comic film on workings of big-business tobacco industry

Documentary on post-tsunami situation in Sri Lanka

Vatavaran film festival

Review Blood Diamond

Sherni: A Bollywood film that knows its environmentalism well

Every scene is finely etched in this very accurate portrayal of how India’s forest service actually works

We are pirates all

Film>> Partners in Crime • Directed by Paromita Vohra • Produced by Magic Lantern Foundation

Coal storage

Book>>Report>>A moving story, but sans villains--humankind is pitted against nature's fury. But the Centralia inferno was created by …

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