A press conference and reception was held at the Indian Consulate in NYC tonight to celebrate Santosh Sivan’s film Before the Rains, which is playing at the Tribeca Film Festival, and will open in New York on May 9th.   You can see a trailer here.   The film stars Linus Roche, Nandita Das and […]

Finally, a 2008 release that had some excitement, fun and good looks.   Tashan opened today and the cinema where I saw it in New York was full.   Though Saif and Kareena have been a couple now –  publicly at least – since last October, there is also a gossipy frisson  of “So, this […]

  For anyone who missed the first movie, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay quickly sketches out the differences between the two friends in the opening scene, while setting up the movie’s raison d’etre. It’s a few hours since the end of Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.   The boys have had […]

Some images from this weekend’s press day for Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.   (Stay tuned for a review shortly.)   The movie opens April 25. Kal Penn: Neil Patrick Harris: Swag from the bag of promotional materials:

  …well, in April anyway.   April 25th, to be exact.   (Except if you’re attending the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Tejas, where it will screen on March 8, or the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, where it will be shown on March 15.) But in the meantime, there are […]

  Somewhat rude awakening this afternoon in Edison, NJ: the cost of a ticket at Movie City has gone up to $12. At that price, now I really am sorry I missed the opening credits of Bheema, so I could have squeezed every bit of entertainment from my twelve bucks’ worth of the experience. Sadly, […]