Posts tagged world
4 great World War I films
Apr 23rd
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)The film begins with a scene at a German high school, where a teacher is talking about the virtues of serving the fatherland.
The boys eagerly step up to join the army. Midway into their training, they are shifted to the frontlines. Paul (Lew Ayres), More >
World cinema picks
Mar 27th
A Screaming Man (Chad) A Screaming Man invokes the deep and often painful connection between the personal and the political. Adam, a 60-something-year-old man, is the pool attendant at an upscale N’Djamena hotel in present-day Chad. When the hotel is taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to More >
Special: The overblown world of Oscars
Mar 3rd
This year’s Academy Awards are a salutary lesson to anyone who has ever complained that Hollywood does not do enough to celebrate world cinema. Providing that piece of world cinema is an hour-and-a-half-long celebration of Hollywood, it might even win Best Picture.
In pictures: Full list of Oscar winners
In pictures: Memorable More >
Dance to a new world record
Mar 3rd
Terence Lewis, accompanied by Remo D’Souza broke his own record for the World’s Largest Bollywood Dance at a Mumbai college ground. Terence and Remo choreographed 4,428 people, who had practiced for days, to the beats of Dhinkachika, dhinkachika. The crowd needed to gyrate in-step for three minutes after which Guinness More >
World cinema picks
Feb 16th
DNA helps you choose some interesting world cinema films.
I soliti ignoti I Soliti Ignoti, the 1958 criminal-comedy film, is considered to be among the masterpieces of Italian cinema. Directed by Mario Monicelli, this Italian farce tells the story of a group of small-time thieves who bungle an attempt to burglarise More >
Grammy awards: Adele welcomed voice rest from a ‘noisy’ world
Feb 15th
Adele performs ‘Rolling in the Deep’ at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 12, 2012
Grammy winner Adele, who swept the awards show with best album, record and song of the year, told reporters backstage that being forced to rest her voice after recent surgery was a More >
Madonna to kickstart next world tour in May
Feb 10th
Madonna has announced the dates for her latest world tour, which is set to start from Israel on May 29.
The 53-year-old singer will play two dates in the UK, while the tour will also visit South America and Australia, where she has not performed in 20 years.
The announcement comes days More >
Will Oprah Winfrey introduce Beti B to the world?
Feb 4th
The Bachchan family till now has successfully managed to keep Beti B away from the paparazzi. And almost two-and-half months since her birth kept mum about her name, which is generating a massive interest in the newborn. Adding to the many rumours around the baby is the latestthat involves chat More >
AR Rahman rues lack of world class concert halls in India
Jan 28th
Having performed at many major venues abroad, music maestro AR Rahman rues that India lacks state of the art concert halls and auditoriums where world class performers can entertain audiences.
Citing two of his personal experiences in India where the venue was not equipped enough to accommodate the audiences as well More >
Here’s The Biggest Louboutin Shoe In The World
Jan 10th

