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‘I am spontaneous and not a method actor.’ Rishi Kapoor Stella Adler teaching her Method of acting in the 60s What does acting mean for...
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Jun 8, 20223 min
I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites. (Kurt Russell)
“Cult movies are basically movies Hollywood missed the first time - that they should have gotten - and then the fans got it and made it...
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Apr 27, 20222 min
A diversity and inclusion moment: AN ACT OF ART
It is not news, but it has become a conversation to have recently. Otto Preminger did it in 1954 with Carmen Jones, an American musical...
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Apr 13, 20223 min
And the winner is…
So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year? Christina Aguilera Would you like to work in the film industry? Would you...
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Mar 2, 20222 min
“Even miracles take a little time.” — Fairy Godmother, Cinderella
All children, no matter where they are in the world, grow up listening to stories. A lot of these stories are based on traditional oral...
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Feb 18, 20222 min
From Feuillade to Netflix... Nothing is new!
Before Netflix produced series that are very popular, Television was producing them (soap operas, Dallas, Coronation Street, Plus belle...
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Dec 16, 20211 min
"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air." – W.T. Ellis
Photo credits: Adobe Stock Screenshot - 'It's a Wonderful life' 1946 Scrooge - poster Walt Disney
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Dec 8, 20211 min
Season Greetings Quiz
'Hitchcock, the practical joker. Upon my arrival in Beverly Hills during the Christmas season in 1973, I found this card, which I...
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Oct 21, 20212 min
The Name’s Bond, James Bond!
James Bond, 007 has been with us since 1962. He is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in his novel Casino Royal in 1953. This...
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Sep 29, 20212 min
Cinema and video games: parallel universe!
Are cinema and video games competing, complementary or totally distinct? Cinema has evolved constantly towards new technology used by the...
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Jul 14, 20213 min
SCARY MARY..."I never explain anything!"
When you hear the name Mary Poppins, you probably think of Disney’s lighthearted musical movie. Mary Poppins descends from the sky to...
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Jun 23, 20213 min
No industry unashamedly celebrates youth over age quite like show business.
The University of Lausanne, Switzerland, held a special workshop in 2014 exploring the old age phenomenon that Hollywood Stars, and film...
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May 19, 20212 min
Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it*
Slapstick comedy movies have been around since the days of the black and white silent films. With films going back as far as the 1910’s,...
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Mar 29, 20212 min
Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.
Just as there are many sequels and remakes of older films, the film industry in many countries looks to books for inspiration. This makes...
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Mar 19, 20212 min
‘Just keep swimming’ – Finding Nemo
Stories can teach us so much about life and about ourselves, they teach us to love, to be just and fair and to show us that we can...
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Feb 22, 20212 min
'To be an actor you have to be a child!' Paul Newman
We remember them when they were only 13, 10, 8 or even 5 years old. What happened to them? How did they manage to get out of the focus of...
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Feb 9, 20212 min
‘If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic’ Liev Schreiber
Why remake? Film studios around the world often remake classic children and adult films this has become an ongoing tradition – using new...
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Jan 14, 20212 min
'A day without laughter is a day wasted' Charlie Chaplin
As a tribute for the 100th anniversary of The Kid (made in 1919 and presented to the public in 1920), ICFFCY wanted to screen it and make...
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Dec 30, 20201 min
Kidnap the Sandy Claws, beat him with a stick. Lock him up for fifty years, see what makes him tick!
“'Twas a long time ago, Longer now than it seems, In a place that perhaps you've seen in your dreams. For the story that you are about to...
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Dec 4, 20201 min
If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story (Wells)
Orson Wells -The visionary Born in 1915, Orson Wells is famous for his first feature film Citizen Kane. He was only 25 when he made it....
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