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Song of Sparrows, an exellent movie by Majid Majidi! I happened to watch it on UTV World Movies. The lead performance by Mohammed Amir Naji (character name: Karim) delivers an equally fantastic performance!

Considering the level of media control in Iran, I am very surprised that it keeps dishing out World Class movies while over here, [...]

Up in the Air is a very good movie by Jason Reitman. Jason succeeds in combined screenplay and in his Directorial ability. I liked his other movies, Juno and Thank You For Smoking, the latter *in particular*. I would say Thank You for Smoking and Up in the Air deal about individuals, their professional practice [...]

Check out the documentary Bomb Hunters. Their site has more information. The documentary is about the Lives of people that hunt unexploded ordnance (UXO) for a living. Their only interest is to separate the scrap metal from the detonator and TNT (or other explosive chemicals) and sell it to a middle man.

Farmers in north and [...]

In the early-90s, when Terrance Malick decided to adapt James Jones 1962 novel, “Thin Red Line”, as a movie, Hollywood’s A-list expressed its interest in working on a Terrance Malick’s project. It didn’t matter if their appearance was just few frames. It took 20 years of research for Terrance Malick before he decided to go [...]

“Childhood is measured by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows”

– John Betjeman

Subtle and Powerful!

“The Kingdom” turned out to be quite an intense movie. If you like Geopolitical movies, like Syriana (more from the secretive Ops side), Charlie Wilson’s War (more from the Capital Hill side), then I would recommend you this one (from the Federal Agents side) . This movie also documents the cultural differences in work environment [...]

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra does it again with Delhi-6. Not as path breaking as his earlier Rang De Basanti, but it is still worth a watch. The best part that I like about his script and direction is his intention to lace a social message. In Delhi-6, he provides a light hearted treatment to a flaring [...]