Movies and Films

Haneke among names in frame for Cannes film awards

25 May 2012

CANNES, France (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival enjoyed cheers and jeers in equal measure this year, leaving its famously passionate and picky audiences with plenty to love, loathe and laugh about. With two days to go before the close of the 12-day movie marathon, it also pulled off a balancing act between championing independent films from around the world and luring enough stars to the red ...

Unique fest is a showcase for Asian films

25 May 2012

Some of the movies shown at the Asia As Our Society Film Festival at Shangri-La last week were rough around the edges. But the Asia Society, which aims to build cultural bridges between Filipinos and their Asian neighbors, deserves to be lauded for exposing local cineastes to a plethora of cultures and issues relevant to [...]

Movies I like–and disdain

25 May 2012

Now that I’m older and more conscious of time well-spent and time wasted, there are movies I would gladly buy—and those I wouldn’t. I hate silly romances and comedies that feature the Marx Brothers, Red Skelton and Jerry Lewis. I like the early films of Tom Hanks and the sophisticated comedies of William Powell and [...]