When was the last time you watched a silent movie? Exactly. Aside from good old classics, most of us don’t really think about silent movies. They are now just a page in the history of cinematography, an important page, but one that has been turned over long enough for us to forget about it. Read more »

Directors’ Guild of America (DGA) announced the nominees competing for the annual award for outstanding directorial achievement. Read more »

Gwyneth Paltrow is rumored to be kicking off the New Year as “The Blue Angel”, Marlene Dietrich. She is reportedly set to portray the legendary German actress and chanteuse in a two-part TV movie produced by Luc Besson’s newly-acquired EuropaCorp TV. Read more »

Venice Film Festival has opened with the thriller Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman graced the red carpet for the premiere of her latest film Black Swan, which had the honour of opening the Venice Film Festival.

The US actress was joined by the film\'s director Darren Aronofsky, who won the Italian film festival\'s top prize in 2008 for The Wrestler.

This year\'s jury, which awards the Golden Lion trophy, is headed by Quentin Tarantino.

Some 79 movies are expected to premiere over the festival\'s 11-day run.  Read more »

The 63rd Cannes Film Festival could not boast the glamour and luxury of the preceding years. Nor were there many star directors in the competition. Until the very end, there was no obvious winner. Yet, the absence of cinema monsters allowed for less prominent artists to catch the attention of the jury and the critics. Read more »

A strong determined woman can achieve anything, even if she has to compete in the men dominated field. This is what Katheryn Bigelow demonstrated at the 2010 Academy Awards ceremony. Her film The Hurt Locker received most of the awards, including the top honors – for the best film and for the best director. A war-thriller, a masculine film about classical embodiments of masculinity – the soldiers, it made Bigelow the first woman in the long history of the Awards to receive the Oscar for the best director. Not only is her victory an inspiring exemplar for female directors and other women who are not afraid of difficulties and competition, it also carries a significant connotation with regard to the contemporary filmmaking, as well as the meaning and purpose of the cinema in modern culture. Read more »