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...simmering with the feeling that things are not right. From public anger over Mumbai's botched response to the 2008 terror attacks, to rising alarm over the Maoist insurgency across a wide stretch of central India, to the frustrations expressed in the biggest Bollywood hit ever - a 2009 film, 3 Idiots, that skewers the grade-obsessed higher-education system - India is a country ready for unflinching points of view. "India is not a poor country," Bissell says. "It's a poorly managed country...
...wealth has allowed Qatar's rulers to chart a pragmatic and flexible foreign policy that has them making friendly with Iran and Syria while hosting American military forces. Now the country wants to become a regional cultural and media hub. Last year Qatar hosted a version of the Tribeca Film Festival, while private investors put together a $200 million fund to jump-start the local film industry. While there have been some cutbacks on salaries and benefits at state-run news network al-Jazeera, according to disgruntled employees, the operation continues to set the news agenda across the Middle East...
...Crazy Heart has passed $20 million at the domestic box office, and is the only indie film to get any monetary traction from its awards exposure. Sorry, The Last Station, An Education and A Single Man. As for Nine, the big-budget musical with bigger Oscar hopes, it did cadge a few nominations but has earned less than Crazy Heart, despite costing eight times as much to make. This weekend's take was a sad $19,000. The movie may as well have shuttered...
Chinese Literature 130: “Screening Modern China: Chinese Film and Culture?...
This is the perfect class for those looking to dive into something new. Designed to appeal to those with no prior background in Chinese cinema, the course will illuminate new ideas in a fun and film-tastic way. | T., Th. 1. Link...