Movie Review | 'Eastern Promises': On Londonâs Underside, Where Slavery Survives
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Even as the turns of its narrative and the contours of its characters are recognizable, very little about âEastern Promisesâ feels predictable or secondhand.
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In a market in which each thriller seeks to outdo the last, âThe Orphanageâ relies on implication rather than evisceration.
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The story of an enslaved African royal who became a key figure in the abolitionist movement has remained largely obscure. But a new documentary has rediscovered it
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An enthralling documentary follows the Afghan politician Malalai Joya through the final months of campaigning for her countryâs National Assembly in 2005.
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James LongleyÂs haunting, oblique film, ÂIraq in Fragments,Â presents a collage of images, sounds and characters in an intimate, partial portrait of an unraveling nation.
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âThe Last King of Scotlandâ depicts an era Ugandans prefer to forget, but they are proud that the movie is about their country and was filmed there.
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Oscar winning British actress Emma Thompson is campaigning to raise awareness of the   evils of sex slavery in Britain.
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Overseas is the most lucrative territory today. But not many are aware of the business potential of their films in one of the largest markets -- U.K.
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A paper-thin wall within a grungy East Village apartment building separates good and evil, hope and despair and Eastern and Western practice in this generally affecting debut feature.
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The film will go as an independant entry.
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Giving âinspirationalâ a good name, Matt Ruskinâs vibrant and soulful documentary âThe Hip Hop Projectâ sets its universal message to an inner-city beat.
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Anthony Minghella's new film, "Breaking and Entering," focuses on the clash of cultures that churns beneath the surface of contemporary London.
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Director James Cameron announces a documentary that he believes will shake the underpinnings of Christianity
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In âEastern Promises,â David Cronenberg delivers the human body in all its ugliness and glory, part and parcel of a violence mediated by nothing, not even clothing.
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Gideon Mendel's pictures of flooding in east and west reveal striking contrasts and unexpected resonances
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Natalie Portman and the Inquisition-- they don't always mesh, but Milos Forman's film has its rewards
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After Khel, which he directed for Suniel Shetty three years ago, thereÂs plenty of  ÂconfusionÂ in director Yusuf KhanÂs mind and life. And why not? ThatÂs the title of YusufÂs next film.