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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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Cannes: Copie Conforme

Kiarostami's venture into Europe is ultimately rewarding.

May 20, 2010
From left, Oliver Stone, Carey Mulligan, Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf in holiday mood in Cannes, where their film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps was screened at the 63rd international film festival.
Cannes: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Gordon Gekko comes out of jail a disappointingly reformed character.

May 20, 2010
Cannes: You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Woody Allen loses his sense of direction in Britain.

May 20, 2010
Cannes: A Screaming Man

A moving account of the effect of civil war on ordinary lives.

May 20, 2010
From left, Edward Borgerding, the chief executive of Imagenation Abu Dhabi, Daniela Tully of Imagenation, Nawaf al Janahi, the Sea Shadow director, and Stefan Brunner, also of Imagenation, at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday.
Emirati film-making comes of age

A local production company hopes to make the worldwide movie industry 'sit up and take notice of what we're doing here in the Emirates'.

May 15, 2010
Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams and Pierce Brosnan star in The Ghost Writer.
Pierce Brosnan: just the ticket

As the United Kingdom goes to the polls, the actor speaks about playing a former British prime minister accused of war crimes in The Ghost Writer.

May 06, 2010
A star in the making: Liam Hemsworth

The Australian actor Liam Hemsworth is creaing a fuss in Hollywood with his latest film The Last Song, starring Miley Cyrus.

April 29, 2010
Kaleem Aftab in costume on the set of It's A Wonderful Afterlife.
Making the cut: my small part in Gurinder Chadha's new movie

For her newest movie, the director Gurinder Chada set out to make a British comedy - and our critic ended up with a tiny role.

April 22, 2010
Richard Gere gives his all to an underwritten role in Brooklyn's Finest.
Brooklyn's Finest

A convoluted and far-fetched storyline is partly redeemed by strong performances from the cast.

April 15, 2010
Jude Law and Forest Whitaker as body-part repossession agents in Repo Men.
Repo Men

A story that could have made a great comedy is an utter failure as a futuristic action adventure.

April 08, 2010
Stiller plays it straight

In Greenberg, Ben Stiller shows his serious side, portraying a man struggling to make sense of life after his 40th birthday.

April 05, 2010
Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee in the apocalyptic thriller The Road.
The Road: lost for words?

Bleak landscapes are depicted well in this adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel, but sparse dialogue makes the transition from book to screen difficult.

March 25, 2010
Cherien Dabis says she became a filmmaker "to change the world - as naive and idealistic and cliched as it sounds."
Life on the outside: Amreeka

The director Cherien Dabis on growing up as an Arab in America during the first Gulf war and how the experience influenced her debut feature film.

March 25, 2010
A scene from Lotte Reiniger's 1926 animated feature The Adventures of Prince Achmed, which pioneered the use of filmed silhouettes to tell the story.
Shadows of the past: an 84-year-old cartoon film

The story behind the brilliant 1926 animated feature The Adventures of Prince Achmed.

March 24, 2010
In Green Zone, Matt Damon stars as a soldier charged with finding weapons of mass destruction.
Green Zone

Green Zone is an effective thriller but its attempts to condemn the American government result in clichéd characters.

March 18, 2010
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