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Chinese students flock to U.S. film schools to develop their creative voices

Oct 14, 2011

Born in northern China and raised in Beijing, Sally Liu came of age in the 1990s and dreamed of becoming a filmmaker. With the world’s most populous nation swelling with thousands of new cinemas, big-budget productions proliferating and box-office grosses multiplying, the movies in China aren’t just
London Film Festival opens with Law, Weisz in ‘360’

Oct 13, 2011

LONDON (AP) ― The London Film Festival, an international cinema showcase, opens Wednesday with “360,” a fittingly globe-spanning drama that moves from London to Vienna, Rio de Janeiro and Denver, Colorado.The film by “City of God” director Fernando Meirelles stars Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law and Rache
Girls’ Generation to release new single in U.S. and beyond

Oct 13, 2011

Hallyu girl group Girls’ Generation will release their latest single “The Boys” in the U.S. and other countries, through Interscope Records, an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. The record label is home to many big-name stars, including Lady Gaga, Eminem and the Black Eyed Pe
Michelle Yeoh, Luc Besson laud Myanmar releases

Oct 13, 2011

BUSAN (AFP) ― Actress Michelle Yeoh, who plays Aung San Suu Kyi in a new biopic of the Myanmar activist, said Wednesday that the release of jailed dissident and comedian Zarganar was “joyful news.”Zarganar, one of Myanmar’s most celebrated satirists who had been incarcerated since 2008 for his polit
Hollywood hacking case victims include Johansson

Oct 13, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A man was charged with hacking into celebrity email accounts in a computer invasion scheme that led to the posting of private and revealing information, including nude photos of actress Scarlett Johansson, on the Internet, federal authorities said Wednesday.Scarlett Johansso
Memories keep missing Cambodian films alive

Oct 12, 2011

BUSAN (AFP) ― When filmmaker Davy Chou began to research the history of Cambodian cinema he found the films themselves had almost vanished amidst the devastation of war but that memories were keeping them alive.“The Khmer Rouge marched into Phnom Penh in 1975 and the film industry just simply vanish
China’s thirst for blockbusters worries country’s filmmakers

Oct 11, 2011

BUSAN (AFP) ― The growing power of China’s cinema industry is on show at Asia’s top film festival, but some filmmakers worry that a thirst for blockbusters is hurting quality and creativity.“It’s a big population and a big market and a lot of opportunity to increase that market,” independent Chinese
Myanmar film in running for BIFF award

Oct 11, 2011

BUSAN (AFP) -- A movie shot secretly in Myanmar is in the running for a major award at Asia’s top film festival this week with its director saying he wanted to portray the “real” state of life in the country.“It is about the truth of Burma,” said Myanmar-born director Midi Z of his first full-length
Asian moviemakers embrace 3-D revolution

Oct 10, 2011

BUSAN (AFP) ― A 3-D horror movie set in a public toilet block is part of a revolution underway in the Asian film industry as low-budget 3-D productions take on the big studios at their own game.At the 16th Busan International Film Festival, audiences have been lining up to see the likes of multi-mil
Isabelle Huppert teams up with Asian directors

Oct 9, 2011

French actress Isabelle Huppert poses for a photo during the opening ceremony of the 16th edition of BIFF at the Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae, Busan, on Thursday. (Yonhap News)BUSAN, South Korea (AP) ― French actress Isabelle Huppert says curiosity has drawn her to Asia and helped her discov
Santa Fe welcomes world‘s newest movie studio

Oct 9, 2011

SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) -- This historic state capital and artistic enclave, long a favorite vacation and second home destination for celebrities, is expanding its star power this month with the opening of the world’s newest movie studio.But the development on 26 picturesque hectares southeast of
Box Office

Oct 7, 2011

Sleeping Beauty (Australia) Opening Oct. 20Thriller. Directed by Julia Leigh. Lucy (Emily Browining), an attractive university student, takes many part-time jobs to pay her expensive tuition and rent. While working as a server for a sex-themed party hosted by high-earning figures in town, Lucy is as
‘Real Steel’: Rock ‘em, sock ‘em robots

Oct 7, 2011

“Real Steel” used real robots.Oh, there are computer-generated robots as well, of course, in this film, opening Friday, about bot boxers in the near future. But for most scenes outside the bouts themselves, the movie crew built 26 (and a half) of what the press materials call “animatronic robots” ―
BIFF opener conventional, yet charming

Oct 6, 2011

The 16th Busan International Film Festival opens with Korean tearjerker “Always” BUSAN -- Two young souls with traumatic pasts fall in love. While the man is a former prisoner, the woman is losing her eyesight. As conventional as it may sound, this year’s BIFF opener on Thursday turned out to b
U.S. offers movies at home ― for $60

Oct 6, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Movie studio Universal Pictures and its new parent, cable TV giant Comcast Corp., will try giving film buffs a chance to watch a movie that’s still in theaters from the comfort of their living rooms. But the price tag for a single movie could have consumers spitting out their popc