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Departures is nakedly manipulative. Its director, Yôjirô Takita, doesn’t show any sensitivity to tone or ...
Ghost stories. They have haunted many genres – horror-slash-supernatural, comedy, romance,  fantasy. They have been ...
Hot Fuzz is the type of movie that offers up something for just about anyone, ...
"Are you my friend now?" Connor (Michael Fassbinder) asks Mia (Katie Jarvis) about mid-way through ...

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Tsotsi - Gavin Hood

Posted by Ankur Sharma On August - 3 - 2008 3 COMMENTS

The fact that the most touching stories come from some of the most chaotic places has almost become an established fact now in the world of cinema. So when a passionate and visionary filmmaker by the name of Gavin Hood from South Africa decided to make a movie on redemption, he was bound to make the world sit up and take notice. His Tsotsi, is not merely a thriller about a criminal’s transformation, it is a deeper realizations on part of a man, whose life is as much a turmoil from within, as it is on the outside.

  • On The Canvas - Vladimir Kush

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Police recovers Picasso’s Little Guitar

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The Roman police have recovered Picasso's Little Guitar, from a local businessman, CBC news reported. ...

Gold fresco by Richard Wright wins Turner Prize

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Glasgow-based artist Richard Wright, who created a gorgeous fresco in gold leaf, has won this ...

Nabokov’s unfinished novel reappears

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Vladimir Nabokov wanted it burned on his death, but The Original of Laura survived and ...

Paltrow joins Kidman’s transsexual film The Danish Girl

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Gwyneth Paltrow has signed on to The Danish Girl, a film chronicling the real-life story ...

Haitian-born Montrealer wins Blue Met writing prize

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Dany Laferrière, a Haitian-born Montrealer known for his provocative and thoughtful novels, has won the ...

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