My Leftover Ladies

In China the word ‘Sheng nu’ means ‘leftover women’ and is a derogatory term made popular by the All-China Women’s Federation that classifies women who remain unmarried after they are 28 years old.  It’s part of the pressure that their society place on women to conform and accept that marriage is the only goal they … Continue reading

My Life With James Dean

My Life With James Dean is one of those idiosyncratic French oddball comedies which are very much an acquired taste, which very, fortunately, we absolutely love.  It’s the tale of a  filmmaker Géraud Champreux (Johnny Rasse) who has been invited to a small Northern town by the local film curator to screen his latest indie film.  … Continue reading

MY NAME IS KHAN

And I am not a terrorist’ proclaims the hero in this highly emotional well-meaning Bollywood response to the paranoia that Asian Moslems faced in the US after 9/11.  Rivran Khan is a simple and innocent man with Asperger’s Syndrome who unnerves the immigration officials when he first arrives in San Francisco chanting his mantra.  He … Continue reading

My Old Lady

Mathias Gold thinks his luck has finally changed when he inherits an imposing apartment in the center of Paris from his late father who he was estranged from for decades. Approaching his 60’s, Mathias is a recovering alcoholic and after three failed marriages and three unpublished novels, he hasn’t a cent in the bank, and had … Continue reading

MY PERESTROIKA

If you are ever in Russia and suddenly every TV channel starts showing ‘Swan Lake’ continuously, then look out of the window as there is a bound to be a Revolution going on. That’s not a myth, but a reality and one of the many unlikely facts we learn from this enthralling documentary that traces … Continue reading

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