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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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Manolete is another disappointing choice by Adrien Brody

Surprisingly for a story about bullfighting and love, there is a distinct lack of passion and drama.

March 22, 2012
The actor Dominic Cooper of the film The Devil's Double.
The actor Dominic Cooper on capturing Uday Hussein's vast extremes

In The Devil's Double, the director explores the reportedly weird and excessive side of Saddam Hussein's son Uday.

March 15, 2012
Anton Yelchin as Jacob and Felicity Jones as Anna in Like Crazy.
Like Crazy explores the raw realities of long-distance love

The film is a powerful directorial debut, with strong acting that packs a huge emotional punch.

March 08, 2012
Amy Jackson in Ekk Deewana Tha. Courtesy Fox Star Studios
Amy Jackson, an English rose plucked by Bollywood

Meet India's latest leading lady: an English beauty queen turned Bollywood hot property.

February 28, 2012
Ignorance is bliss for US director of Bollywood film

Making a documentary on Indian cinema, the producers turned to American filmmaker Jeff Zimbalist, best known for his excellent 2010 documentary The Two Escobars.

February 28, 2012
The controversial Death of Klinghoffer opera returns to the stage

The English National Opera is putting on seven performances of The Death of Klinghoffer at the London Coliseum over two weeks, starting Saturday.

February 23, 2012
Raj Kapoor. Pramod Pushkarna / The India Today Group / Getty Images
Raj Kapoor: a legend of the movies

In time for this month's Kapoor retrospective at the BFI in London, we look back at the career of one of India's greatest showmen.

February 13, 2012
People line up to buy tickets for the 62nd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin on Monday. The February 9-19 Berlinale kicks off the European festival season. Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
The Berlinale film festival begins

The Arab Spring steals the show at the Berlin Film Festival, where esoteric flicks go head to head with Hollywood fare.

February 09, 2012
Still from Faouzi Bensaidi new film titled Death For Sale. Photo Courtesy Berlin Film Festival
Moroccan director finds inspiration on home soil

Filmmaker Faouzi Bensaïdi, whose Death for Sale is screening at this week's Berlinale film festival, describes the tone of dissatisfaction permeating his film, echoing the Arab Spring.

February 09, 2012
The Iron Lady

While Streep's performance is outstanding, this biopic feels misguided and cowardly in its avoidance of offence

February 09, 2012
Dream House

In an effort to make good on a preposterous twist, the plot is lost and the talent wasted.

February 02, 2012
Gina Carano stars in Haywire.
Haywire

Its plot is pure popcorn fodder, but the film suffers from a lack of gloss.

January 26, 2012
Trust

Whom are your children talking to on the internet? Director and former Friends star David Schwimmer plays on a parent's worst fears.

January 19, 2012
Leonardo DiCaprio as J Edgar Hoover. Courtesy Warner Bros
J Edgar is a bland biopic of a fascinating life

The fact that it's not in the awards running is testament to this film's mediocrity.

January 12, 2012
Bollywood delivers a wild, fun ride with Players
Bollywood delivers a wild, fun ride with Players

Bollywood's turn to put a spin on The Italian Job proves to be a fun romp.

January 09, 2012
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