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Kaleem Aftab

Kaleem Aftab

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Kaleem is the author of an authorised biography of Spike Lee titled Spike Lee: That’s My Story and I’m Sticking To It. He selects films for the East End Film Festival and gives programming advice to festivals around the globe. He has been working as a freelance journalist specialising in Arab, European and American indie cinema since 1999.
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Vinay Pathak, right, in a scene from Island City, which consists of three loosely connected short comedies. Courtesy National Film Development Corporation
Ruchika Oberoi’s first film is surrounded by stories

A film with three loosely linked black comedies that reflect on freedom, control and the isolation that pervades Mumbai.

September 06, 2015
Film review: He Named Me Malala - a snapshot into the life of an extraordinary human
Film review: He Named Me Malala - a snapshot into the life of an extraordinary human
September 06, 2015
Ed Skrein as Frank Martin in The Transporter: Refueled, part of a prequel trilogy to The Transporter series. Courtesy EuropaCorp
Ed Skrein talks about taking on the lead role and working with Luc Besson in The Transporter: Refueled

He is an actor on the rise – he has already appeared in HBO’s smash-hit TV drama Game of Thrones and will soon be seen as the villainous Ajax, in Marvel’s eagerly awaited X-Men spin-off, Deadpool.

September 02, 2015
Huma Qureshi who stars in Zahhak.
Zahhak aims to give Indians a real fright

The brother-and-sister stars of the upcoming movie Zahhak hope to breathe life into the genre in India.

August 23, 2015
Vanessa Bell will be portayed in a three-part BBC drama series. She also features in a new book by Priya Parmar. Getty Images
Bloomsbury-group artist Vanessa Bell finally steps out of the shadows

The least celebrated member of the Bloomsbury group is outshining her peers.

August 08, 2015
Merzak Allouache, director of Madame Courage. Courtesy twofour54
Sanad helps showcase Arab talent at Venice film festival

Two of its films, Madame Courage by Merzak Allouache and Leyla Bouzid’s As I Open My Eyes, will be premiered at the festival.

August 01, 2015
Paul Rudd, left, and Michael Douglas in Any-Man. Zade Rosenthal / Marvel
Ant-Man – Marvel’s latest box-office smash that has been 10 years in the making

We talk to the Marvel film's stars Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas.

July 25, 2015
A scene from the cricket documentary Death of a Gentleman, by sport journalists Sam Collins and Jarrod Kimber. Courtesy London Indian Film Festival
Documentary film Death of a Gentleman hits on bigger story than just cricket

Death of a Gentleman is a new documentary that sets out to explore the impact of all those who watch the new, short version of cricket, T20, but stumbles onto a much bigger story.

July 13, 2015
Top 5 picks from the London Indian Film Festival
Top 5 picks from the London Indian Film Festival
July 13, 2015
The stage adaptation of the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham, which has Natalie Dew in the lead role of Jess. Ellie Kurrttz / Getty Images
Gurinder Chadha on the challenges of getting musical adaptation Bend It Like Beckham on stage

Gurinder Chadha talks about the popular stage adaptation of her hit film Bend it Like Bechkam.

July 12, 2015
Rose Byrne, left, and Melissa McCarthy in the spy-movie spoof. Larry Horricks / courtesy Twentieth Century Fox via AP Photo
Film review: Mediocre spy flick is saved by comedic turns from Melissa McCarthy

Spy shines whenever Melissa McCarthy allowed to do what she does best – situational comedy and smart one-liners.

June 03, 2015
The Arab Indo Bollywood Awards will be Salman Khan's first international engagement since his conviction for culpable homicide. AFP
Salman Khan and other stars who have thrived despite their crimes

Justice often seems to work differently when celebrities are involved. We look at the case of Salman Khan and other guilty stars who have come out on top.

May 27, 2015
From left, Teri Schwartz, Hani Farsi and Annemarie Jacir announced the winners at the Cannes Film Festival last week. Courtesy MSFF
UAE resident among three Arab women filmmakers to win UCLA scholarship

The Hansi Farsi Graduate Schilarship Fund for Arab women filmmakers granted graduate scholarships for the school's master of fine arts in directing course.

May 24, 2015
Soria Zeroual, left, and Zita Hanrot in Fatima. Courtesy Pyramide Films
Fatima gives first-time actress starring role as an immigrant mother in France

When Soria Zeroual was first asked to be in the film, she declined. But after reading the script, she changed her mind because of how touched she was and how closely it resmbld her life.

May 23, 2015
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with her husband Abhishek Bachchan, far right, Amitabh Bachchan, far left, and Jaya Bachchan. Indranil Mukherjee / AFP photo
Exclusive: catching up with Jazbaa star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

The 41-year-old Bollywood actress, who hasn't been seen on the big screen since 2010's Guzaarish, tells The National about her much-anticipated comeback film, her career, and how motherhood has changed her.

May 23, 2015
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