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Samagama’ Kannada Movie Review - Real Bollywood

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:22 AM PST


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ARTS BEAT: Library, USI have abundance of movie screenings - Evansville Courier-Press

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 01:12 AM PST

Even without 3-D, the price of a movie can be an expensive proposition in today's uncertain economy.

In Evansville, there still are plenty of free screenings, however, at the public library and the University of Southern Indiana.

Central showings

Central Library will show "The Country Teacher," an unrated 2008 dramedy by Bohdan Slama of the Czech Republic at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the library's Browning Room B.

Like all the big-screen DVD showings in the series, Wednesday's will conclude with a representative from the Tri-State Cinema Society leading an informal discussion of the movie. Minor children must come with a parent to see all the movies.

Other screenings will include:

n Feb. 10: "The Window," an Argentine feature about an octogenarian who decides to leave his sickbed to experience the world outside one last time.

n March 10: "Munyurangabo," a feature about the lessons learned when a Rwandan sets out to avenge family members killed in his country's genocide.

Some movies will screen in original language with English subtitles. For more on the series, go to www.t-scs.org or send e-mail to tristatecinemasociety@gmail.com.

Class screenings

Anyone who knows how to turn off a cell phone and keep quiet during a movie may sit in on instructor Eric Braysmith's screenings and discussions for Introduction to Film classes at the University of Southern Indiana this semester. The list of titles includes contemporary, classic and foreign titles, all shown in 35mm projection on a wide screen with Dolby sound in USI's Forum 1, a comfortable auditorium with stadium seating. Foreign films play in original language with English subtitles.

Unless otherwise noted, movies play at 1:30 and 6 p.m. on each screening date. Here's the lineup:

n Jan. 19: "Snatch," Guy Ritchie's movie featuring boxing promoters, bookmakers, incompetent thieves and others trying to get a stolen diamond.

n Jan. 26: "Sunshine Cleaning," Christine Jeffs' 2008 dramedy about a plucky, underemployed young woman's attempt to open and operate a company that cleans up gruesome crime scenes.

n Feb. 2: "The 5th Element," a 1997 futuristic fantasy battle story by director Luc Besson.

n Feb. 9: "Lyrical Nitrate," a 1991 film put together from salvaged archival silent films.

n Feb. 16: To be announced.

n Feb. 23: "Young Mr. Lincoln," director John Ford's 1939 biodrama about Abraham Lincoln.

n March 2: "Kiss of Death," a 1947 crime drama directed by Henry Hathaway.

n March 16: "The Searchers," director John Ford's classic 1956 Western about a Civil War veteran sent to rescue a young woman from the Indians he hates.

n March 30: "Lola Montes," director Max Ophuls' 1955 biodrama about an adventurer circus star and her conquests.

n April 6: "8½," Frederico Fellini's 1963 self-referential story about a frenetic, neurotic movie director caught in a stream-of-consciousness flood of reality and memory.

n April 13: "Lars and the Real Girl," director Craig Gillespie's 2007 feature about a shy, obsessive young man whose life changes when he brings home a life-sized doll.

n April 20: "Nine," director Rob Marshall's 2009 version of Fellini's "81/2"

n April 27: "Slipstream," writer/director Anthony Hopkins' 2007 film about a screenwriter's existential encounter with fate.

Forum Fridays

USI's Friday in the Forum series opens March 26 with "Lola Montes." Others in the series include "81/2" (April 2); "Manufactured Landscapes," (April 9) Jennifer Baichwal's 2006 film following Edward Burtynsky on a tour of giant slag heaps, industrial waste dumps and other "manufactured landscapes"; "In the Loop" (April 16), a 2009 feature about international relations between England and the United States and the United Nations; "Girl on a Bridge" (April 23), a 1999 feature about the complicated relationship between a suicidal girl and the knife thrower who persuades her not to take the leap; and "Slipstream" (April 30).

All the Friday in the Forum movies will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Forum 1, with informal discussions afterward.

Talent finals

Fourteen acts will compete before a live audience at 6 p.m. Thursday at Washington Square Mall in the finalists' round of Tri-State's Got Talent.

The winning act will join the lineup Feb. 13 for The Really Big Show, a talent show benefit for Evansville ARC.

Thursday's finalists made the cut in a preliminary round conducted through an online competition.

Admission is free and open to the public for the live competition, hosted by Diane Douglas and Dennis Jon Bailey of WIKY (104.1 FM). Anyone attending may register to win four VIP tickets to The Really Big Show. The VIP passes ensure the best seats for the show as well as admission to the Curtain Call Reception following the show.

Registrants must be at the drawing Thursday to win the package, valued at $400.

The Really Big Show is a community variety program featuring comedy, songs and dance performed by local residents. Hosted by Jeff Lyons, chief meteorologist for WFIE-NBC14, the show is written, created and produced by a nearly all-volunteer cast and crew.

Profits from the show go to Evansville ARC, a nonprofit agency dedicated to advancing independence for individuals with disabilities.

For more information about The Really Big Show, contact Evansville ARC at (812) 428-4500 or go to www.evansvillearc.org.

Artists' retreat

Area artists will gather for commentary, camaraderie and inspiration in the next artists' retreat, running 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the John James Audubon Museum in Audubon State Park in Henderson, Ky.

Registration is $15 for the monthly retreat.

For reservations or more information, call Kim McGrew at (270) 827-1893 or via e-mail at kim.mcgrew@ky.gov.

Arts Beat looks on the scene and behind the scenes of the Tri-State's cultural landscape. Call Roger McBain at (812) 464-7520 or via e-mail at mcbainr@courierpress.com.

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Movie location Zen moment and travel idea - Examiner

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 01:40 AM PST

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Do you recognize the backdrop for this wind chime Zen moment?

It's Cathedral Rock on Oak Creek, one of four rock formations in Sedona, Arizona believed by New Age adherents to contain a power vortex. They believe Cathedral Rock contains feminine or magnetic energy, which encourages relaxation.

This location, also known as Red Rock Crossing, has served as a movie location for countless westerns, including:

Blood on the Moon (1948) starring Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes and Robert Preston

Broken Arrow (1950) starring James Stewart and Jay Silverheels

Gun Fury (1953) starring Rock Hudson and Donna Reed

The Rounders (1965) with Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda and Peter Fonda

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This 1,700-square-foot center, named for the seven chakras that influence health and well being, emphasizes different aspects of the science and art of yoga. Yoga classes include Hatha, Kundalini, Chakra and Five Elements, as well as pre/postnatal yoga instruction. Two- to three-day transformational intensive retreats include meditation, yoga and organic meals. In the evenings, you will enjoy Tibetan and Indian chanting and can learn about topics like sound therapy, solar nutrition and astrology at a selection of workshops.

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Movie may spur visits to California city - Reading Eagle

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:24 PM PST

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - If you liked the backdrop for "It's Complicated," the new comedy about love and divorce starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, you might enjoy a visit to Santa Barbara, where parts of the movie were set.

Santa Barbara's Conference and Visitors Bureau has set up a dedicated Web site for fans of the film at www.santabarbaraca.com/static/index.cfm?contentID=1008.

In addition to scenes filmed in residential areas of Montecito, about 5 miles from Santa Barbara, other scenes were shot in front of downtown landmarks including the Santa Barbara County Courthouse and historic El Paseo, California's first shopping center, which dates to the 1920s.

Santa Barbara is also celebrating a century of filmmaking this year. An early silent movie studio called the Flying A opened there in 1910, and many movies have shot scenes in the area over the decades, from Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" (1923) to "Sunset Boulevard" (1950) to "Sideways" (2004). For detailed information on local movie sites and history, visit www.SantaBarbaraCA.com/filmtour.

In addition, the city hosts the 25th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival Feb. 4-14, when Oscar contenders and other folks from the industry will gather for 10 days of screenings, tributes, panel discussions and parties. A special historic series featuring three shorts filmed in 1910 will be screened in honor of the city's 100 years of movie-making. Tickets and passes are available from sbiff.org/main.

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Samagama’ Kannada Movie Review - Real Bollywood

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 01:05 AM PST

Film: 'Samagama'; Director: Kasthuri Jagannath; Cast: Vishranth, Vidya, Ramakrishna, Manjunatha Hegde, Shivaji Rao Jadhav, Aruna Balaraj and others; Producer-Writer: Andani Gowda; Camera: Suresh Babu; Rating: **

'Samagama' is a film that is made with honest intentions. The film does not have any double meaning dialogues, violence or sex scenes which have become part of many youth-oriented love stories. It is a clean film that focuses on three youngsters who are in love with each other.

But the problem with the film is that writer Andani Gowda has inserted too many things in the script which director Kasthuri Jagannath has not been able to translate on the screen.

Jagannath has followed a regular pattern in narrating the love story. He has some stereotyped comedy sequences which fail to evoke laughter. Likewise, romance and fight scenes too fail to make any impact.

In short, the film's script is old-fashioned and narration is formulaic.

Gowda, also the producer of the movie, has tried to convey too many things with the film. Being new to the film industry, he has tried to include too many things in his screenplay as a result it ends up as a preachy exercise.

The best example is the scene where the heroine's friend explains to her the meaning of love and romance. The whole sequence is preachy and boring. Added to that Gowda has used bookish language.

Coming to the positive elements of the film, two songs are well placed and well choreographed.

Debutante actress Vidya shows some promise. She has done her best with her expressive eyes. She appears confident throughout the film.

Vishranth has tried hard to act, but doesn't impress. Veterans Ramakrishna, Jadhav and Manjunatha Hegde carry off their roles with much ease.

'Samagama' could have been a good attempt. But it has too many loop holes to sustain the interest of the audience.

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