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3RD I 2009: Michael Hawley Previews the Line-up

by Michael Guillen, November 5, 2009 5:12 PM

How fortunate can Twitch be to have two of the Bay Area's best film writers offer previews of what I consider to be this weekend's winner of--as Michael Hawley aptly terms it--November's "smackdown." Film festivalism has never been more... More >>
 
 

3RD I 2009: Frako Loden Previews the Line-up

by Michael Guillen, November 5, 2009 1:44 PM

[Our sincere thanks to Frako Loden for contributing her preview of this year's 3rd i line-up to the Twitch readership.] All the leaves are brown, and the skies are gray. November is here, and so is the most excellent... More >>
 
 

SAIFF 09: HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY Review

by Ben Umstead, November 4, 2009 5:12 PM

(Once again, thanks goes to Dustin Chang for the review)Harishchandrachi Factory, a first feature from Marathi theater director Pareshi Mokathi is immensely crowd-pleasing. It tells the story of the father of Indian cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke (Nandu Madhav), a Groucho Marx-esque,...
 
 

SAIFF 09: RAAT GAYI, BAAT GAYI?

by Ben Umstead, November 4, 2009 12:22 AM

A comedy of errors and manners, there's something very classical yet fresh about Indian director/actor Saurabh Shukla's new film. And while it doesn't bat one hundred percent, it's an honest little take on the breakdown of communication that can happen...
 
 

SAIFF 09: FATSO Review

by Ben Umstead, November 2, 2009 12:37 PM

Let me get this out of the way fast! Don't let the title fool you, it's kind of a misrepresentation of Rajat Kapoor's film, especially with such a limited meaning in English. In fact, Kapoor doesn't even like the title... More >>
 
 

SAIFF 09: THE LAST THAKUR Review

by Ben Umstead, November 1, 2009 12:18 AM

Shot through with Yojimbo like dynamics and seemingly Shakespearean family vendettas, Sadik Ahmed's debut feature is neither a wily commentary on violence nor an overwrought tragedy. It is a meditative, slow burn of a picture, of men drowning in... More >>
 
 

SAIFF 09: RED ALERT: THE WAR WITHIN Review

by Ben Umstead, October 31, 2009 12:30 AM

Ananth Mahadevan's political thriller exposes Westerners to a little known history of a decades long struggle that began in 1947 India, and escalated in '67 with the splitting of their Communist parties, and of the self proclaimed champions of the... More >>
 
 

SAIFF 09: MANJADIKURU Review

by Ben Umstead, October 30, 2009 5:50 PM

(Our thanks to Dustin Chang for the review) Manjadikuru tells a bittersweet story about a family getting together for the funeral of its patriarch, seen through a 10 year old boy named Vicky. While the grown-ups bicker and wait anxiously... More >>
 
 

SAIFF 09: Gonzo Trailer Extravaganza!

by Ben Umstead, October 29, 2009 6:30 PM

If you're in New York City this Halloween night and want to do something a little different, perhaps a bit nuts, a bit gonzo... Keep reading.Amidst the world premiere glitz and glamor of the South Asian International Film Fest, Omar...
 
 

SAIFF 09: ALADIN Review

by Ben Umstead, October 29, 2009 11:55 AM

(Our thanks to Dustin Chang for the review)As the 6th annual South Asian International Film Fest's opening night film, the world premiere of a Bollywood big budget, special effects driven fantasy, Aladin didn't disappoint the mostly Indian audience that...
 
 
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