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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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      Tony Leung won Best Actor at the Cannes film festival for his performance here.
      In the mood for a blockbuster love story

      Film school A bluffer's guide to In The Mood For Love.

      December 25, 2008
      Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in Baz Luhrmann's Australia - an epic historical drama that the director shot three different endings for.
      The cruellest cuts

      Feature Rumours that Baz Luhrmann changed the ending of his latest movie as a result of adverse focus-group reactions underscore Hollywood's obsession with the test screening. But is this really good for cinema?

      December 25, 2008
      Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige employ a post-war aesthetic for their film.
      Mighty duo

      One to one The directors of Je Veux Voir explore cinema's role in explaining war.

      December 18, 2008
      Irene Jacob was allowed to choose her character's name in 1994's Three Colours Red .
      A colourful new language for cinema

      Film school A bluffer's guide to the Three Colours trilogy.

      December 04, 2008
      Dev Patel - of Skins fame - plays an uneducated young man who wins the popular game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in Slumdog Millionaire .
      A winning role

      Interview With Slumdog Millionaire being tipped for Oscar nominations, its 18-year-old star, Dev Patel, talks about his first big-screen appearance and this week's award win.

      December 04, 2008
      In a 1933 transcript of interviews printed by Univeristy Press of Mississippi, Chaplin said he added the moustache to his costume because it had a comical appearance and was small enough so as not to hide his expression.
      A picture to be remembered by

      Film school A bluffer's guide to The Gold Rush.

      November 27, 2008
      Martina Gedeck reunites with her previous co-star Moritz Bleibtreu for The Baader Meinhof Complex .
      A complex role

      One on one Martina Gedeck talks about playing the notorious Ulrike Meinhof.

      November 27, 2008
      Julianne Moore's face is familiar on the big screen but this is as "Hollywood" as she wants to go.
      A star that lives like an actress

      One on one Julianne Moore's approach to life and career make her an actress' actress.

      November 20, 2008
      Jules et Jim continues to influence modern cinema.
      Crest of the new wave

      Film school Francois Truffaut's cinematic love poem, Jules et Jim is arguably the best and most influential film of the French New Wave.

      November 20, 2008
      Faithful... Richard Gere and Diane Lane pair up for the third time in Nights in Rodanthe .
      Nights in Rodanthe

      This is adaptation by numbers, strangely presided over by one of the great theatre directors of our time.

      November 10, 2008
      The Rocker

      It should be a fun ride but the ­dialogue and plot are too predictable and Rainn Wilson has no fun with the old-fogey role.

      November 10, 2008
      Redline features fast cars and little else.
      Redline

      This has to be one of the worst acted movies of the year. It should come with red tape marked toxic.

      October 23, 2008
      The Strange Case Of Dr Jeckyll And Mr Hyde
      The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

      The director John Carl Buechler makes a monkey out of Robert Louis Stevenson's text.

      October 23, 2008
      Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson star in Woody Allen's latest film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
      Woody Allen

      Film interview The director talks about going back to New York for his next project.

      October 13, 2008
      The usual suspects: The cast of The Escapist .
      The Escapist

      Decidedly mixed results in its attempt to break out of the prison drama genre.

      October 07, 2008
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