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Finding closeness in the glass barriers between us. irector and author Claude Sautet is best known in the U.S. for his Oscar-nominated film A Simple Story, but the Frenchman made several stunners over his career (including Un cœur en hiver and Vincent, Paul, François, et les Autres). Many of these films contain a moving visual […]

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Chicago – The Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago is in the midst of a series called “Journeys Through French Cinema.” The theme is based on filmmaker/film historian Bernard Tavernier’s documentary “My Journey Through French Cinema,” and highlights his experiences with the rich cinematic influences of French film. The series, which runs through August 2nd, 2017, is putting the spotlight on “La Choses De La Vie” (The Things of Life) on July 24th.

The 1970 film places a man named Pierre (Michel Piccoli) at a literal crossroads in his life. He had recently left his wife Catherine (Lea Massari) for a new love, Helen (a young Romy Schneider), but is having second thoughts about their coupling. En route to a business trip, he smashes his automobile and is thrown from the car. The film begins with the accident, and reconstructs his life’s dilemma...

“I’m battling a 1,400-year-old culture!” lead actor Kumail Nanijani yells amid an emotional dispute with his girlfriend in the Sundance-praised film The Big Sick. This culture he’s specifically referencing is the Pakistani-born, Muslim belief household that believes in arranged marriage with another woman from his own country. And yet, this culture can also allude to the romantic-comedy genre that American filmgoers are used to viewing on the big screen. It’s not every day where a Middle Eastern actor gets top billing in a motion picture released across the country, and it’s quite another thing to see that someone play opposite a blonde-haired, blue-eyed American woman. The genre tends to skew predominantly white across the board. So, it’s with great fortitude that Kumail is willing to put aside his personal fears and squash cinematic norms to share a story about his and screenwriter Emily V. Gordon’s real-life romantic courtship.

By William Dass

“But, Thor is my hero.”

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There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when Jon Stewart took the stage after a screening of the Oscar-nominated short film “Joe’s Violin” in New York on Monday, but Stewart quickly had the crowd in stitches — all at President Donald Trump’s expense.

“Joe’s Violin” tells the story of a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor who donates his violin to an instrument drive and later connects with the 12-year-old schoolgirl from the Bronx who receives it.

The improbable friendship between the Polish refugee Joe Feingold and Brianna Perez, whose family is from the Dominican Republic, feels especially timely in light of the Trump administration’s continued efforts to turn away refugees and crack down on immigrants entering the U.S.

Read More: Denzel Washington Is Serenaded by Teen Violinist Brianna Perez, the Subject of ‘Joe’s Violin’ — Watch

“It’s a shame that a film like this — in...

The journey to Sundance is an all-consuming endeavor and most filmmakers don’t lift their heads until they land in Park City with their Dcp in hand.

For some filmmakers, this year was different. The election of Donald Trump, which snapped so many into a new reality they hadn’t imagined, came just two weeks before most Sundance directors received their golden ticket to the festival. So we asked this year’s directors: Did the election change how you thought about your film, and your career as a filmmaker?

Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Sundance Bible – Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival

John Trengove, “The Wound:” The Us election was a big reason why we chose to premiere in Sundance. With race and Lgbt rights being such heated issues in the Us, we thought it would be meaningful to bring a queer film from South Africa, together...

(It almost would end up on my list of "ten things to bring with you if you went to a deserted island"...) It's been a few years already since we got the news that Studio Ghibli was mothballing itself with regards to feature films, and thankfully rumor has it that Miyazaki Hayao is feeling mighty restless again. but regardless of all that, there was actually a Studio Ghibli film in cinemas this year, albeit not an anime one. Co-produced by Suzuki Toshio and with art direction by Takahata Isao, we got the French-Belgian film The Red Turtle, helmed by dutchman Michaël Dudok de Wit. A simple story stunningly told, the film has netted critical acclaim and awards from all over the world. In his review...

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Always with a soft touch for the nuances of love in its many forms, Joe Swanberg’s filmmaking career is dotted with contemplative explorations of how individuals find happiness through each other. So it makes sense his first foray into serialized television — as a creator, writer and director of all episodes — combines the best of both worlds, films and love, all told within his favorite city. From a lovingly-captured Chicago, “Easy” functions as a series of short films, 25-30 minutes apiece, with each episode tracking a new couple’s singular journey.

A favorite among the independent film community, Swanberg has gathered a consummate group of actors with various degrees of experience to give life to each of his stories. Orlando Bloom and Malin Akerman, for instance, only appear in one episode, while Aya Cash, Dave Franco, Michael Chernus and a few others pop up a few times. Yet very little...

Love’s Connections: Sautet’s Frustrating, Savvy Love Story

Out of the many representations of cinematic emotional complexities French filmmakers master over most is the messy actuality of that thing called love. Director Claude Sautet went on to make Cesar and Rosalie in 1972, his third consecutive film with star Romy Schneider (they would work on five films together, all told) and also his first union with frequent collaborator Yves Montand. An attempt to portray the complicated elusiveness of loving the one you’re with, at its core the film is about a love triangle, with a beautiful woman as the ever shifting apex. Its title is actually misleading, and could easily have been called Rosalie.

Rosalie (Schneider) is currently dating Cesar (Montand), a wealthy scrap metal dealer with significant business connections. As they get ready to attend a wedding, we get the sense he loves her more than she does him,...

Last week, #lovewins was the hashtag heard around the world when the Supreme Court ruled gay marriage was a Constitutional right. And the timing couldn't be better for "Jenny's Wedding," which takes on the topic head on and a new trailer has landed for the film. Written and directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue (who also penned "Beaches," "White Oleander," and "Veronica Guerin"), and starring Katherine Heigl, Alexis Bledel, Tom Wilkinson, Linda Emond, and Grace Gummer, the story follows Jenny, who comes out of the closet to her family and announces that she will be marrying her partner Kitty, and must deal with consequences of disappointment and surprises that follow. The dramedy doesn't feel particularly groundbreaking in a narrative sense, but the emotions ring true, and the cast looks pretty solid all around. A simple story, well told and with a bit of heart looks to be goal and "Jenny's Wedding" aims to hit it.

Next month, Corey Stoll will transition into blockbuster mode with a key role in Marvel's "Ant-Man" as Darren Cross, aka Yellowjacket. But if you're eager to see more from the talented actor in a movie driven more by character than by explosions, then "Glass Chin" will fit the bill, and today we have an exclusive clip. Undersung filmmaker Noah Buschel ("Sparrows Dance," "The Missing Person") directs this story story following Bud Gordon, a washed up boxer who in looking to mount one last comeback makes a deal with a shifty restaurateur and finds himself in way over his head. As you'll see in this clip, Bud can't seem to escape one of his most embarrassing moments in the ring. Read More: Hamptons Film Fest Review: 'Sparrows Dance' A Simple Story Delivered With Affecting Charm   Co-starring Billy Crudup, Yul Vazquez, Marin Ireland, David Johansen and Katherine Waterston, "Glass Chin" opens.

Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #1

Written/drawn by David Petersen, Mark Buckingham, Skottie Young, Hannah Christenson

Published by Boom!/Archaia

At the June Alley Inn, should you lack the funds to pay for your food, drink, or lodging you can open a tab. Should that tab remain unpaid, the Proprietor will propose a trade. A tale in exchange for a clean bill. But not just any tale will do. It must be an original story, and best tale you’ve ever told.

This is the premise for the four volume Mouse Guard: Legend of the Guard, and volume three does not disappoint.

Everyone has a story to tell. Stories are part of our past, present, and future. At one time, storytelling was the only form of entertainment. With the rise of technology, the tradition of storytelling has faded into legend. So it’s nice to see the idea of...

Catherine Deneuve: César Award Besst Actress Record-Tier (photo: Catherine Deneuve in 'In the Courtyard / Dans la cour') (See previous post: "Kristen Stewart and Catherine Deneuve Make César Award History.") Catherine Deneuve has received 12 Best Actress César nominations to date. Deneuve's nods were for the following movies (year of film's release): Pierre Salvadori's In the Courtyard / Dans la Cour (2014). Emmanuelle Bercot's On My Way / Elle s'en va (2013). François Ozon's Potiche (2010). Nicole Garcia's Place Vendôme (1998). André Téchiné's Thieves / Les voleurs (1996). André Téchiné's My Favorite Season / Ma saison préférée (1993). Régis Wargnier's Indochine (1992). François Dupeyron's Strange Place for an Encounter / Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre (1988). Jean-Pierre Mocky's Agent trouble (1987). André Téchiné's Hotel America / Hôtel des Amériques (1981). François Truffaut's The Last Metro / Le dernier métro (1980). Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Le sauvage (1975). Additionally, Catherine Deneuve was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category...

Can two people fall in love in the same place, two years apart? Of course they can, through the magic of proper architecture

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With it's soft-focus, cheesy-wedding-photo shot of the two leads, even the DVD cover of time-travel romance The Lake House is enough to make most red-blooded males a little queasy. But I'm ashamed to say the film exerts a terrible power that has me returning to it, like a junkie, again and again, to the extent that I felt compelled to shamefacedly purchase said DVD.

A simple story of time-crossed lovers (Ok, not so simple), The Lake House ticks all the usual chick flick boxes – the presence of Sandra Bullock, a handsome but still everyman-ish male lead in the shape of Keanu Reeves, a resolutely middle-class world (Keanu plays an architect, Bullock a doctor), faintly disharmonious family relationships (Christopher Plummer plays Keanu's overbearing,...

Last week we stuck you with the Biggest Movie Bummers of the Year, so I thought I’d lighten things up a bit and take a look at the bright side – after all, while movies have the power to move, challenge and gut us like freshly-caught grouper, they also can lift our spirits like nothing else can.

In that light, let’s share some of the best times we had at the movies this year. Whether it was singing along with an animated musical, jumping in your seat during a cinematic thrill-ride, or getting up to no good in the back row, we want to hear about it (and if it’s the last one, we want photos). I’ll share a few of my most memorable good times to kick things off, then we want to hear from you!

The Conjuring

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I had so much fun getting my...

Two music-themed films and a love story from The Rocket director Kim Mordaunt are among the 15 features to secure new development money from Screen Australia.

The Musician, produced by Brian Rosen and Su Armstrong, is about how Richard Goldner, a violinist who arrived in Australia from Vienna as a refugee, set up Musica Viva, one of the largest presenters of chamber music in the world.

Clara, which is being developed by producer Sue Maslin and writer/director Jocelyn Moorhouse, tells of the deep bonds between Clara Schumann, one of the foremost classical pianists of the Romantic era, her husband, the composer Richard Schumann, and their protégé Johannes Brahams – and that included a love triangle.

“Jocelyn has wanted to tell this story for years,” Maslin told ScreenDaily, adding that the film is set in Austria and Germany.

“It is a very international film, with great music and a story that’s little known.”

Maslin and Moorhouse...

Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 12 Dec 2013 - 05:49

The year of Baggins, Potter and Spider-Man also had a wealth of lesser-known movies. Here’s our pick of 2002's underappreciated films...

At the top of the box office tree, 2002 was dominated by fantasy and special effects. Peter Jackson's The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers made almost a billion dollars all by itself, with Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets taking second place and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man not too far behind.

In many ways, 2002 set the tempo for the Hollywood blockbuster landscape, which has changed relatively little in the decade since. A quick look at 2013‘s top 10, for example, reveals a markedly similar mix of superhero movies, with Iron Man 3 still ruling the roost at the time of writing, followed by effects-heavy action flicks and family-friendly animated features.

As usual in these lists, we're looking...

A simple story of a street gang terrorizing a soon-to-be abandoned police station while the inhabitants within fight for their lives, Assault on Precinct 13 is surprisingly touching and a great example of Carpenter’s economy as a filmmaker, as the film is lean and packs quite a punch. While the plot sounds flimsy, it’s Carpenter’s care for his characters, creating real people we care about, in extraordinary circumstances that make it work on so many levels rather than becoming a mindless action film.

Officer Bishop (Austin Stoker) has been assigned to watch the titular precinct for the evening until it can be officially closed down and emptied out the next day. For one night of terror, along with a couple of convicts en route to another facility (Martin West and Tony Burton) and the precinct’s remaining staff (Nancy Loomis and Laurie Zimmer), Bishop and the others...

Video games have a way to suck away your free time and make the world seem like its moving at triple speed. Since the first console made it into our homes (the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972), making the trip to the arcade redundant along the way, the video game industry has grown leaps and bounds in the past four decades, becoming the most financially profitable area of entertainment in the world.

And that doesn’t happen by accident. Flagship titles have proven that video games can provide ample entertainment to consumers of all ages, and the most some the most recognizable of titles have been the ones that take the video game concept and add a crucial element to it, namely replay value and longevity.

A simple story based linear storyline in a game can be a fun way to kill a few hours, but it’s the games that rewarded players for their curiosity,...

A simple story about two road workers trying to make repairs after a devastating fire might not seem like the most logical next step in the career of a director who spent most of the last five years directing irreverent comedies like Pineapple Express and "Eastbound & Down," but that's where director David Gordon Green decided to go with his latest Prince Avalanche , another tonal departure in what's turning into an incredibly diverse career. It stars Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch as the two unlikely partners who spend their days fixing up roads, and though much of the film involves the two guys talking, it's the scenes where they're not talking that makes it such an introspective film. Not that it would be too surprising for anyone who has followed Gordon Green since...

Today we have the trailer for "The Best Offer," starring Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Donald Sutherland and Sylvia Hoeks. Check it out below. Plot: A simple story of a solitary, cultured man, no longer young, whose reluctance to engage with others is equal only to the obsessiveness with which he practices his profession of art expert and auctioneer. Requested to handle the discharge of the artistic wealth of an old building, the antiques dealer finds himself in the middle of a passion that will change his existence forever. The new movie is directed by Italian helmer Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso) and was already released in Italy earlier this month. Sony Classics has now acquired it for Us distribution and will appear at the Berlin Film Festival next month. Trailer:...

Thanks to Rome-based production company Paco Cinematografica it’s now foreign films’ turn: we have our first look at The Best Offer (La Migliore Offerta) trailer in English.

Brought to the screen by the acclaimed Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso), an English-language affair stars Geoffrey Rush, with Jim Sturgess, Donald Sutherland and Sylvia Hoeks as the supporting cast.

Shot all over northern Italy, Vienna and Prague this dead-serious fairy tale is worth watching for Rush’s ‘sensitive, never pandering performance as an effete master auctioneer who gradually discovers he has a heart’ and becomes obsessed with an extremely reclusive heiress who collects fine art (Hoeks).

The film was released in theaters on January 1st in Italy and talks for U.S. distribution with Sony Classics are in the advanced stages. The Best Offer will have a special gala screening at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival next month.

For now,...

Title: The Raid: Redemption Director: Gareth Evans Cast: Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Yayan Ruhian and Ray Sahetapy The complexities of storytelling and audience engagement are in the narrative’s simplicities. A simple story can draw and audience in while a driving direction can move them along. “The Raid: Redemption” is the perfect example of how this is true. By not being weighed down by exposition or world building, the film shines at what it does best, delivering heart-stopping and thrilling action. “The Raid: Redemption” is a triumph of stunt work and action filmmaking at its best. The story is very simple. A group of elite cops must capture a crime lord [ Read More ]...

Declaration Of War is the most exuberant, music-filled film about a toddler with brain cancer I’ve seen. France’s submission for the foreign-language Oscar (though it was not nominated) and the recipient of many French Cesar Award nominations is a heartfelt exercise in sadness, hope, and stress, but it’s also awkward and overdirected. A simple story, Declaration Of War tells of the gorgeous Juliette (director/co-writer Valerie Donzelli) and the handsome Romeo (co-writer Jeremie Elkaim) who meet in a club, fall in love and have a baby boy, all in the movie’s first five minutes. The boy begins showing unhealthy signs and is diagnosed with a brain tumor that will require risky surgery. For the next several years, battling the boy’s cancer will define the lives of this couple and the “war” of the title is how they deal with the disease, which they label as the enemy.

“What’s in the basket?” is the constant refrain of Frank Henenlotter’s feature directorial debut, Basket Case, a cult film from 1981. Duane Bradley and his brother Belial are in New York City on a mission: to get revenge on the doctors who separated them as children.

No, they weren’t put into different foster homes. They were conjoined twins, and at the behest of their father were surgically separated. Did I mention that Belial is just a mass of flesh with two arms and a face that used to grow out of Duane’s side? And now Duane keeps him in a basket?

If I were to read this film’s synopsis I would instantly think that’s it’s nothing but campy fun, but it is surprisingly more than that. Kevin Van Hentenryck plays Duane with a great deal of care, that isn’t typical of this kind of production.

A hero of the indie circuit with a legitimate knack for homing in on the current American spirit, filmmaker Kelly Reichardt has become recognized by many as tragically overlooked by many, many others. Well look over no longer, Toronto, as this week the Tiff Bell Lightbox begins a retrospective on the filmmaker, screening her catalog of films from the past two decades, including Wendy and Lucy, Rivers of Grass and her latest, Meek’s Cutoff. I had the pleasure of watching a selection of some of the films to be played and can give you an idea of why the Lightbox is deeming her qualified for the title of New Auteur.

Meek’s Cutoff, 2010

Her first period piece and easily most ambitious feature to date, Meek’s Cutoff is a film that wraps its style of narrative not only around a core themes of hope, trust and ambiguity, but the hindrance of limited perspective.

.Understand the possibility.. A common phrase that is applicable to almost any situation in films or real life. .The Fighter. takes a gritty story of a brutal sport and produces a resplendent film that encircles the audience with authenticity. Director David O. Russell (Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees) himself takes on the task of .understanding the possibility. of the greatness of this film by adhering to a simple story told with honesty and emotion that allows the spectators to embrace the characters for who they truly are, not who they should be. The dialect and dialogue uttered is very heartfelt and genuine by the entire cast.

The narrative revolves around two brothers and their relationship to each other and to the sport of boxing which is based on a true story. Mark Wahlberg (The Departed, The Lovely Bones) is at the helm as the main character .Irish. Mickey Ward, who...

[1] Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark had its first preview performance on Broadway Sunday night. So how did Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor's (Titus, Frida, Across the Universe) $65 million big stage comic adaptation hold up? Find out after the jump. Disclaimer: It should be noted that a preview performance is not final, much like a test screening of a feature film. The performers are basically putting on a dress rehearsal, and the director uses the audience to tweak and make changes before opening night. The show proper is set to open in January 11th 2011, giving them six weeks to get it right. Thus, please do not take these reader reviews as an accurate representation of the final stage performance. The consensus is that it is a visually stunning with major story issues and lackluster music, but still shows potential. New York Times [2]: The show stopped five times, mostly to fix technical problems,...

I came across Time Out New York’s list of their top 50 foreign films of all time. Although a very good list, I felt, personally, there were some omissions. I decided to come up with my own top list. 50 is a huge number for me to tackle so I also decided to scale it down to 10. Seems to be a good round number. Most of these films are in the Criterion Collection but there are a few on my list that are not, but I do feel that these few should be.

I’m also going to follow Time Out New York’s guideline of no silent film (although I do love silent films) and no films from England, Australia or any other English speaking countries.

Also, my list is going to gravitate to more contemporary films rather than classics. That’s just the way I roll!

My Favorite Foreign...

Bruno Cremer, best known for playing Georges Simenon‘s Inspector Jules Maigret in the long-running (1991-2005) French television series Maigret, died in a Paris hospital on Saturday, Aug. 7. Cremer, who had been fighting cancer for a number of years, was 80. Cremer’s acting career spanned half a century. He began appearing in bit parts in films in the ’50s; following a slow ascent, he landed several major roles in French productions of the ’70s. Most notable among those was Claude Sautet‘s Academy Award-nominated drama A Simple Story (1979), co-starring Romy Schneider and Claude Brasseur. Cremer kept himself busy in the ’80s, but from the early ’90s on his film/TV work was almost exclusively restricted to playing the pipe-smoking Maigret.

Silent sorrow. This is a constant and heartfelt thematic device throughout the film Mademoiselle Chambon, the new film by director Stephane Brize. A simple story about a man named Jean (played wonderfully by Vincent Lindon) who has a happy life with his beautiful wife and son. He’s a working man, a builder who helps create homes from scratch, which is what he tells his son’s class in a great scene, at the behest of the homeroom teacher, Mademoiselle Chambon (played exquisitely by Sandrine Kiberlain). And when they meet for the first time, Jean doesn’t realize his world will be flipped upside down.

We’ve all experienced a love at the wrong place and the wrong time. Something that you know you shouldn’t try to attain but yet still want so badly, on both sides of the table, because there’s this connection you can’t refute.

First the history, then the list:

In 1969, Jerome Hill, P. Adams Sitney, Peter Kubelka, Stan Brakhage, and Jonas Mekas decided to open the world’s first museum devoted to film. Of course, a typical museum hangs its collections of artwork on the wall for visitors to walk up to and study. However, a film museum needs special considerations on how — and what, of course — to present its collection to the public.

Thus, for this film museum, first a film selection committee was formed that included James Broughton, Ken Kelman, Peter Kubelka, Jonas Mekas and P. Adams Sitney, plus, for a time, Stan Brakhage. This committee met over the course of several months to decide exactly what films would be collected and how they would be shown. The final selection of films would come to be called the The Essential Cinema Repertory.

The Essential Cinema Collection that the committee came up with consisted of about 330 films.

One of the most versatile actors of his generation and any generation since, to be honest, Jean-Paul Belmondo has entertained for decades and for good reason.

He’s famous in the art house circuit by being one of the main protagonists within the French New Wave movement of the 1960’s but has also done some rather wonderful slapstick comedies as well. Somehow he has done both with such ease, always interweaving between the two and making the most of his on screen time.

A renaissance man of sorts on film, he could be having a normal conversation while battling super-spies with a telephone and doing it with a straight face the whole time, smoking a cigarette and just looking cooler than SteveMcQueen while doing it.

Yes, I just said he was cooler than Steve McQueen.

If you’re asking me who Jean Paul Belmondo is, you might be on the wrong site.

Genre: SocialDirector: Amit RaiCast: Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Pawan Malhotra, Javed SheikhSynopsis: A simple story of a God-fearing, devout Muslim mechanic named Hashmat Ullah (played by Paresh Rawal), who has been entrusted with the job of repairing an old V8 Ford engine. He does not know the car’s historic significance — it once carried the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi, which were immersed in the holy river Sangam. Hashmat is caught in a complex situation after a powerful bomb explosion rocks his town, leading to the arrest of innocent Muslim youths. A strike to work is called by prominent leaders of ...

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It's hard to fault George Lucas. It's been oft reported that he had the entire 'Star Wars' saga in his head when he made the first film, but I doubt if it was more than a bunch of wafting brain farts floating around in his cerebral cortex. He was, after all, just struggling to get the first movie in the can and had no idea that his little sci-fi movie would become the ginormous juggernaut that would take over the world.

But now that it has (sorry, there's no going back, despite what sf would have us believe), Lucas has had the good fortune to be granted near-total autonomy in whatever project he wishes to pursue. He has built his Empire and rules it with nary a dissenting voice ("I find your lack of faith disturbing..."). Whatever your...

Road to Sangam is making waves on the International Festival scene and hopes to make even more when audiences get to experience the story of Road to Sangam. Starring Paresh Rawal and directed by Amit Rai the film has a story line steeped in the past but set today.

Synopsis: A simple story of a God fearing, devout Muslim mechanic named Hashmat Ullah (Paresh Rawal) who has been entrusted the job of repairing an old V8 ford engine, not knowing the historic significance that it once carried the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi which were immersed in the holy river 'Sangam'.

He is caught in a complex situation after a powerful bomb explosion rocks his town leading to the arrest of innocent Muslim youths of his locality. A strike to work is called by the prominent Leaders played by Om Puri and Pavan Mallhotra, of his community to protest against the...

Movie Review: Aamras; Star cast: Vega, Natasha, Maanvi, Aanchal, Zarina Wahab, Reema, Ajay Singh Choudhury, Sunil Sinha and Manoj Pahwa; Director: Rupali Guha; Rating: ** - Is without raas!

Aamras takes one back to the carefree days of life when one does not have anything to worry about. When one is a teenager and is on a threshold to explore the life coming ahead. Writer-director Rupali Guha is quite impressive in the first half but loses track in the second.

A simple story of four inseparable friends Jiya (Vega), Pari (Natasha), Rakhi (Maanvi) and Sanya (Aanchal),.