'Avatar' still China's favorite despite Oscar snub
Shanghai

Chinese netizens are in an uproar over the film's failure to
take the Oscar’s top prize On Sunday Chinese netizens were glued to their
sets for the 82nd Academy Awards. Not to see if HBO’s documentary “
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of ...
Mumbai International Film Festival starts today
Mumbai

And in other Mumbai news: Microsoft and IPL team Mumbai Indians
tie the knot and the women's commission wants female tourists to feel safer
in India Run by India's Films Division, MIFF may not be slickly marketed, but
it's a mecca for lovers of ...
Daily Hitlist: Haagen Dazs and homosexuality
Mumbai

Plus: Meet Raghava KK one of the brightest stars on the
contemporary Indian art map Raghava KK's back with the impressions of his new
environment. (Image: Untitled, Raghava KK, From Brooklynartproject.com) off
Must Do: Indian painter Raghava KK who ...
'Diamond in the Dunes' -- documentary explores baseball and racism in Xinjiang
Shanghai

A young Muslim Uyghur leaves his village to play college
baseball and accidentally becomes a star Sandlot special: The Xinjiang
University squad preps for a game with Qinghai Tibetan College. Although
baseball hasn’t been a purely American sport for ...
Interview: Firebrand filmmaker Anand Patwardhan

Anand Patwardhan It's been seven years since his documentary
"War and Peace" took apart Indian militarism, but the 59-year-old
director isn't through with the subject Anand Patwardhan at home in Mumbai.
Anand Patwardhan asks questions ordinary ...
Documentary films in Mumbai get big screen festival status

Thanks to a three-way tie-up, Mumbai’s first serious
documentary festival debuts this October "One Crazy Ride" is shot
without a back-up vehicle or film crew, in parts of India hardly seen, filmed
or explored, say the filmmakers. It’s a bit loosely ...

