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ANALYSIS cinema : Megaupload vs Sopa and Pipa: it'll be e-right on the night

Megaupload vs Sopa and Pipa: it'll be e-right on the night

Act one: stop online piracy. Act two: protect international property. Act three: shut down a famous file-sharing site. Act four: anti-counterfeiting trade agreement. We call for a bit of order in the debate on internet freedom versus intellectual property rights which has kicked off 2012

by bbecares @ // 31/01/12

cinema, freedom of opinion, downloads, techno-media, internet, music, media

INTERVIEW cinema : Arturo Ripstein: ‘Making films is like waking from a nightmare’

Arturo Ripstein: ‘Making films is like waking from a nightmare’

The Mexican director was the guest of honour at a French international festival of film schools in the town of Poitiers. Whilst he has been in the business for more than forty years, with twenty films under his belt and numerous Cannes appearances, the 68-year-old remains unknown for a European public

by Laurène Daycard @ // 16/01/12

cinema, culture, festivals, film festival, france

TESTIMONY cinema : ‘Desi Boyz’ and a German girl: am I now a bollywood star?

‘Desi Boyz’ and a German girl: am I now a bollywood star?

A European traveller who accidentally becomes an extra for the latest film of India's 'Tom Cruise', Akshay Kumar, winds up filming and reflects on her experience after watching the completed movie in the cinemas. Part II of a travel diary

by Lilian Maria Pithan @ // 16/01/12

cinema, mumbai, bollywood, culture, lifestyle, india, culture calendar

NEWS cinema : Dinner for one in 2012

Dinner for one in 2012

The Brits have spent the end of year in a 'lull' whilst the Germans are going through 'new year's fatigue'. In their new year's addresses at least, Europe's Franco-German leaders warned us it won't be getting any better this new year

by English language version of cafebabel.com @ // 09/01/12

cinema, tower of babel, christmas, germany, alcohol, languages, new year´s eve

INTERVIEW cinema : Steve James: 'In the 80s, I can’t imagine anyone wanted a documentary-making career'

Steve James: 'In the 80s, I can’t imagine anyone wanted a documentary-making career'

The American director perhaps best known for his 1994 film Hoop Dreams is in Amsterdam for the city’s international documentary film festival. We talk 'new media', starting out in the eighties and why an oscars snub doesn't matter when you've got good old Europe to fall back on

by Helene Bienvenu @ // 06/01/12

cinema, netherlands, brunch, documentary, culture, united states, film festival

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Image : ‘Babelians’ of 2011 (12 images)

‘Babelians’ of 2011 (12 images)

Another 'new wave' of young European cinema

Another 'new wave' of young European cinema

In the 1950s journalist Françoise Giroud coined the term ‘nouvelle vague’ in the columns of French weekly magazine 'l’Express' to describe a new group of insolent, revolutionary and incredibly talented directors. Now François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard are 'out of fashion', a new generation of directors are shaping the seventh art. These include a 22-year-old 'bobo' and pedantic Quebecer who is stirring up European cinema, whilst other French(wo)men jacks-of-all-trades act, produce, direct and sing in their own feature films. The award-winning Danes and Bulgarians pinpoint the problems of their times, be it about substances, sex or the sad end of the world, whilst one German director turns his nose up at the past and its worn-out refrains. Read the special edition (Image: © Kristof)

OPINION cinema : Tearjerker tips for Europe in crisis

Tearjerker tips for Europe in crisis

Read ‘em and weep: ‘tearjerker’ is a noun which translates practically perfectly into other European languages. It is used mostly to describe a film, book, play or song which moves us to tears. The entertainment industry gets an excessively sentimental Europe down, but these pearls could also abate our crisis-ridden depression

by English language version of cafebabel.com @ // 07/12/11

cinema, tower of babel, entertainment, languages, culture, love, music

INTERVIEW cinema : Documentary Italy: love it or leave it in a Fiat 500

Documentary Italy: love it or leave it in a Fiat 500

When the lease on their flat in Rome was up, film critic Luca Ragazzi convinced television journalist Gustav Hofer to spend a last six months touring their country and understand why they were moving abroad. Little did they know that those were the six months that changed Italy

by Nicola Accardo @ // 22/11/11

cinema, italy, germany, documentary, berlin, best of cafebabel.com, culture

FEATURE cinema : Silencio: Paris club where David Lynch is more Papa Smurf

Silencio: Paris club where David Lynch is more Papa Smurf

You certainly will not be greeted by 'Silencio, no hay banda…' upon entering David Lynch’s exclusive Parisian club, which opened in the French capital on 6 October. Although the name of the club is a tribute to his cult movie Mulholland Drive, don’t expect to find Rita, dead corpses or unresolved mysteries here, advises one Italian journalist

by maria cerino @ // 14/11/11

cinema, paris, david lynch, culture, lifestyle, culture calendar

INTERVIEW cinema : Spain: leaving crisis behind to find 'happiness' in and of Latin America

Spain: leaving crisis behind to find 'happiness' in and of Latin America

Valencian-born Ainara Aparici, who has lived in Italy and the US, has been travelling Latin America since March 2010 and has directed a documentary. She says the continent has much to teach us about things that we often overlook and forget about

by cafebabel.es @ // 17/10/11

cinema, documentary, travel, latin america, happiness, society

OPINION cinema : Heartbreaking Movies Of Staggering Bosnian Conflicts

Heartbreaking Movies Of Staggering Bosnian Conflicts

Sixteen years since the end of conflicts, Bosnia is becoming the ‘promised land’ for moviemakers from Hollywood and Europe starving for a real commercial war story. Is the tragic Bosnian story finally beginning to make money?

by sladana perkovic @ // 15/10/11

cinema, balkans, penélope cruz, bosnia and herzegovina, culture, jasmila žbanič, sarajevo

REPORT cinema : 'Hitler in Hollywood': American European cinema conspiracy

'Hitler in Hollywood': American European cinema conspiracy

Everyone knows it deep down inside; there's no way you can overshadow a Hollywood motion picture, it's pure utopia. But once upon a time European cinema had a glorious and prosperous future. So what happened? This Franco-Belgian docu-fiction tackles the question of a conspiracy

by Margaux Balériaux @ // 07/10/11

cinema, hitler, pedro almodovar, documentary, complot, culture, actors

PANORAMA cinema : Cinema psyche: the enemy is within us

Cinema psyche: the enemy is within us

Black Swan, Melancholia, A Dangerous Method; recent screen outings seem to feel the need to place psychological disturbances at the heart of their storylines. Depression, personality disorders, feelings of inadequacy and suicidal tendencies are but a few of the themes dealt with by the great Aranofskys, Von Triers and Cronenbergs of today

by Federico Iarlori @ // 29/09/11

cinema, depression, psychology, lars von trier, culture, sigmund freud

Best film at Venice film festival 2011: Sokurov’s Faust, Russian adaptation of German classic Watch the video

- Video Best film at Venice film festival 2011: Sokurov’s Faust, Russian adaptation of German classic

13/09/11

cinema, russian federation, venezia, venice biennale, film festival

FOCUS cinema : Malmo, London, Berlin, Glasgow: roller girls derby in Europe

Malmo, London, Berlin, Glasgow: roller girls derby in Europe

Cat fights on wheels? Or a sport to be taken seriously? In the run up to the first ever ‘roller derby’ world championships in Toronto in early December, the women’s team sport on wheels brought to the big screen in Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut ‘Whip It’ (2009) has been steadily sweeping through Europe. To mark the film's release in Germany, a German roller girl gets on the case

by Sandra Wickert @ // 12/09/11

cinema, sport, lifestyle, men and women, film, best of cafebabel.com, europe

FEATURE cinema : Digging out Macedonian documentary film and its female directors

Digging out Macedonian documentary film and its female directors

Did you know that it was a Macedonian team who did the visual effects for Martin Scorcese’s The Aviator? Or that the George Clooney-vehicle The Peacemaker was also partly filmed in Macedonia? Twenty years after Macedonia gained independence from Yugoslavia, we discover there are actually new angles on the Balkan country's claim to fame

by Christiane Lötsch @ // 29/08/11

cinema, balkans, filmmaking, culture, macedonia, skopje, orient express

INTERVIEW cinema : Sila Sahin, Turkish-German actress and first 'muslim playboy model'

Sila Sahin, Turkish-German actress and first 'muslim playboy model'

In May 2011 the 25-year-old posed on the cover of German Playboy, becoming the 'first muslim’ to pose nude for a glossy magazine. Her 'act of liberation’, as the tabloids called it, sparked religious outrage and divided the Turkish community from Berlin to Istanbul. Yet was it just a marketing coup, or even a daring act of integration? Interview

by Prune Antoine @ // 24/08/11

cinema, germany, sex, brunch, berlin, discrimination, turkish

FOCUS cinema : EU culture capital 2016 Wrocław: 'Bermuda' triangle between Germany, Ukraine and Poland

EU culture capital 2016 Wrocław: 'Bermuda' triangle between Germany, Ukraine and Poland

A snapshot from the Kino Lwów cinema, reflections on a city with various historical names and looking forward to the country's Euro 2012 football championships - debriefing on Wrocław

by Robert Kalimullin @ // 06/07/11

cinema, football, poland, european capitals of culture, culture, wrocław

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Glitter, glamour and bare skin: Welcome to Bollywood! (Part 1)

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IDFA 2010 - Portrait of Pirjo Honkasalo: "The more in the margin the better"

Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo is a rebel. You can tell immediately by her fierce blue eyes and determined walk. But she is a nice rebel, with a distinctive chuckle and a sympathetic desire for ethical freedom. She has been invited to the IDFA to introduce a retrospective of her work ...

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IDFA 2010 - Review of 'Napoli Napoli Napoli'

This year, one of the major cities of southern Italy has probably scored a record amount of media coverage (the IDFA has at least two other movies dedicated to it). Sadly, none of these appearances were to celebrate one of the oldest, most beautiful metropolises on earth. Quite the contrary ...

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IDFA 2010 - interview with Helena Trestikova, director of 'Katka'

__ Czech director Helena Trestikova is presenting her latest documentary at this year’s IDFA. After Marcela (2007) and René (2008), Katka represents the third part of a series of long-term observational films on women. Trestikova followed 14 years in the life of a young drug addict, and her desperate ...

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A simple question to Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise.

WHY that movie? I am refering to Knight and Day..sort of parody of action movie. if that was about..(!) I patiened enough, but after the break, as I was watching the movie one thought, question, was troubling my head: ''Why if you are Tom Cruise, so worldly famous, quite ...

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