In a China haphazardly completing its rapid economic transformation Cui Zi'en is an independent documentary filmmaker who braves censorship in order to represent societal changes through the eyes of the indigent. "We are a comic-heroic generation, a lost generation," a young man says in “Night Scene,” Zi’en’s documentary about Beijing’s young male prostitutes which is being shown here in Paris at the Forum des images, a multi-

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The film may have already convinced the Oscars jury, but internet users will now be able to make up their own opinion about it: "Paperman," a short film presented at the Annecy animad film festival last June, was added last week to Disney's Youtube channel.

The seven-minute film, which was screened in cinemas as the opener for "Wreck-it Ralph," will compete in the "Best Animated Short"

There won't be any showings of “Zero Dark Thirty” for Pakistan's audiences. That country’s government and the film industry has censored Kathryn Bigelow's latest film in order not create too much of a hoopla around the fact that the U.S. successfully took out the world’s most dangerous terrorist and leader of Al Qaeda on May 2, 2011. Despite the controversy over the perspective given by the film that torture is a justifiable means to an

Scared or turned on? A Reddit reader put together a composite picture of all the actors having interpreted the M.I.6 agent in an attempt at revealing the real face of James Bond. Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan are very recognizable, whereas Timothy Dalton and Roger Moore tend to get lost in the alpha-Brit melee. If nothing else, this fun project may help give some ideas to the producers of the

Betting on the fact that franchise fatigue is all in your head Disney is concretizing plans for "Star Wars," wagering that the Force is with them. After its acquisition of Lucasfilm last October for $ 4.05 billion, the group had announced the creation and addition of new episodes to the saga, an all-around miraculous money machine which has brought in $ 4.4 billion worldwide since its launching in the eighties. Just yesterday, the cartoon

Paris—From George Méliès to Jacques Demy’ “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” to “Pulp Fiction,” “The Matrix,” and “Mission Impossible” French circus troupe Cirque Alexis Gruss is not leaving anything to chance: they’ve got cinema covered. During a dazzling three-hour event called "Ellipse" which is playing in the French capital until March, the Gruss troupe, made up of a family of musicians, jugglers, dancers, trapeze artists and horsemen, will put

In an interview with German daily Bild Leonardo DiCaprio said […]

There has been some recent research by film historians, silent movie academics and classic comedy buffs who have explored the idea that Chaplin and his most enduring character and image, “The Tramp” may not have been his own concept. The theory is that it was, in fact, the brainchild of the most underrated film person in history, silent-movie actress and Hollywood's first female director and producer, Mabel Normand. It was true

French cinema's B.O. returns in 2012 have set a record with over $1BN in ticket sales, an increase of 88% compared to the previous year, according to a statement released Friday by Unifrance, the Paris-based lobby and trade representation group. This new record beats the previous one established in 2008, by a lot. According to Unifrance, which is also responsible for the promotion of French cinema abroad, record performance in 2012