The Yemeni government Wednesday defended its efforts to end the practice of young girls marrying, citing last week's death during childbirth of a 12-year-old Yemeni. In a statement this week, UNICEF director Ann Veneman assailed the "deplorable" violations of children's...
Two of the Philippines' leading independent directors urged young Asian filmmakers Monday not to let thoughts of overseas festival accolades cloud their artistic vision. While both gained international attention with film festival awards, Nick Deocampo and Raymond Red said directors...
Sanaa :: Yemen
| updated Mon Nov 16 06:30:40 -0800 2009
| entertainment-news
Today the Post columnist opines on the woman who was disfigured by a chimp. See if you can guess in which way she gets it subtly wrong and is slightly enraging to read. At the opposite end of the spectrum...
An Iraqi-Kurdish drama centered around a wartime football match and a South Korean film about the wanderings of a third-rate poet took top honors at Asia's premiere film festival Friday. Shawkat Amin Korki's "Kick Off" and So Sang-Min's "I'm In...
Johnnie To says it took him years to find the right balance between art and commerce, as the Hong Kong director known for his stylish gangster thrillers reviewed his 30-plus year career at one of Asia's top film festivals. Speaking...
Būsān :: Yemen
| updated Sat Oct 10 03:42:00 -0700 2009
| entertainment-news
Josh Hartnett charmed one of Asia's top film festivals on Friday with his knowledge of Korean food. The 31-year-old "Pearl Harbor" star was at South Korea's Pusan International Film Festival promoting his new thriller "I Come with the Rain."
Būsān :: Yemen
| updated Sun Oct 11 04:22:19 -0700 2009
| entertainment-news
Bryan Singer said Sunday he's interested in making another "X-Men" movie and has discussed the possibility with Twentieth Century Fox. The American director made "X-Men" and "X2: X-Men United," but passed on the third installment so he could make "Superman...
Būsān :: Yemen
| updated Sat Oct 10 08:03:01 -0700 2009
| entertainment-news
The changing film environment is dampening employment prospects for Korean staff on the set. In a seminar “The Bright and Dark Sides of Korean Film Industry” held Friday, heads of film unions, legal advisors and policymakers stated various factors that...
Būsān :: Yemen
| updated Sun Oct 11 06:43:33 -0700 2009
| entertainment-news
In the same style as the anthology films "New York, I Love You" and "Paris, I Love You," two Chinese filmmakers have profiled a Chinese city that was hit by a massive earthquake last year. "Chengdu, I Love You" was...
Shawkat Amin Korki spent more than two decades in exile from his Iraqi homeland, dreaming of the day he could make a film for his long-suffering compatriots. But now that film is finally finished, the Kurdish director says there are...
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