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...dying father's bedside. Since the man is played by Suleiman, 42, and his lover by his ex-lover, Palestinian journalist Manal Khader, and since Suleiman's father did die as he was writing the screenplay, this is clearly a kind of autobiographical satire. "Cinema is a form of striptease for me," says Suleiman. "I jot down very personal moments of everyday life when they tickle me. There is no message. The minute I try to preconceive one, I have failed...
From Oscar's point of view, 2002 was a banner year for international cinema. When the five Best Foreign Language Film nominees are announced this week, they'll be chosen from a record 54 movies from as many countries. The list includes strong entries from such cinematic hotbeds as France and Iran, as well as first-time entries from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Chad. But some of the world's best films aren't even in the running. A thicket of obscure, often contradictory Academy rules have kept critical and box office favorites from being considered. The strict and sometimes nonsensical...
KENDALL SQUARE CINEMA...
...quintessential documentary on red-neck Americana and its political basis has turned more heads in curiosity than a gun show in Harvard Square would. Criticized for its self-indulgence and questionable objectivity, Bowling for Columbine is nonetheless a dazzling example of the power of politically charged cinema. Probably the most talked-about film of the year, Columbine effectively condenses nearly a decade of American history into a digestible, moving meditation on the sources of American gun violence. That’s no small feat. Bowling for Columbine screens...
After a relaxing weekend, we resumed our tour early on Monday morning with a trip to the University of Southern California’s Graduate School of Cinema and Television. After being introduced to the Stark Producing Program, we were shown around the Zemeckis Digital Studio Building, where we were allowed to look at the Avid editing systems and other multimillion dollar toys...