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Donald Richie: A legend who brought Japan to the world

Donald Richie

An American who moved to Japan after World War II and stayed on there to become the most significant interpreter of Japanese culture and its cinema to the world outside, Donald Richie has just left this world that will remain beholden to him for “opening up” Japan more than half a century ago.

Film fests testify to cinema’s role as excellent carrier of cultures

Moulay Rachid greets Shah Rukh Khan at a royal dinner at the Marrakech International Film Festival—AP

The Marrakesh Film Festival this year sparkled with the presence of Shah Rukh Khan among a galaxy of international stars from Hollywood and Bollywood, and the big films of the year

Another Ray, through a wife’s eyes

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So many autobiographies and biographies have been written, so many descriptions of life with great men and women of all persuasions and pursuits.

Another Ray, through a wife’s eyes

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So many autobiographies and biographies have been written, so many descriptions of life with great men and women of all persuasions and pursuits. Among them Francois Gilot’s Life With Picasso remains memorable because of the honesty and directness of the man himself, warts and all, and of the stormy relationship he had with the author.

Cinema in the heartland of ancient civilisations

Chilean movie No won the Best Film award at the Malatya International Film Festival.

I had never heard of Malatya in Turkey. Having travelled to and around Istanbul, Ephesus, Izmir, Antalya but never to Ankara, I had the impression that Malatya was a district in Ankara.

Keeping date with a historic city

In October 2010, Hanoi celebrated the 1,000th anniversary of its birth. And in continuation of the city’s the week-long celebrations came the First Vietnam International Film Festival.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.