China's monumental showcase, the Olympics, begins on the auspicious Chinese "eighth of the eighth" - August 8, 2008, at 8 pm. Since it won the Olympic bid in 2001, it has pulled out all the stops......
My exposure to cinema was by watching mainstream Hindi films, with occasional big budget Hollywood products thrown in. It was not until I was in my late teens that I was introduced to world cinema,......
The 14th Mumbai Film Festival, organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI), was inaugurated on October 18 at the National Centre of Performing Arts (NCPA) on October 18 amidst much......
We are living in an age when desi celebrities mark their calendars for global appearances several times in a year. The year 2012 was no exception. We spotted several Bollywood divas making......
There are films that appeal for its story line while others impress with the performances.Some simply blow your mind with their riveting visual palette. Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower,......
Apart from awe-inspiring fights and intriguing plot twists, what makes Zhang Yimou's new film House Of Flying Daggers even more likeable than his previous hit Hero is the touching melodrama.Using......
IMAGE: Fireworks explode over the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, in Beijing, China, on Friday. Photograph: Aly......
IMAGE: Volunteers pose for photo next to the installation of Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon, mascots of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters......
Beijing's Olympic opening extravaganza drew rave reviews on Friday from media around the world, awed by rich displays of Chinese culture that eclipsed controversy that has surrounded the city's......
Opening ceremony images Resurgent China opened the Olympics on Friday with a burst of fireworks at a spectacular ceremony that wove ancient Chinese history with modern wizardry and aimed to draw......