Festivals: LIFF
Lineup Announced for London Indian Film Festival 2017: BLACK PRINCE and SEXY DURGA as Bookends
The lineup of the 8th annnual London Indian Film Festival has been announced and the programming is as strong as ever. The full press release appears below, but there are several films in the program about which Londonders should be...
London Indian Film Festival Kicks Off 14 July With a Killer Lineup
The 7th annual London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) kicks off this week spreading ten days of excellent films over two cities in Europe's largest festival dedicated to the films of South Asia. I am fortunate to have seen several of...
London Indian 2014 Review: HANK & ASHA, A Romance Interrupted
I didn't join the ScreenAnarchy team to write about romantic comedies. I'm more of a genre film guy with a particular slant toward Indian flavored cinema. However, I've seen James Duff's Hank & Asha appear on the rosters of enough Indian...
London Indian 2014: ANIMA STATE Is A Transient Trip Through Modern/Medieval Pakistan
Every country, every civilization, and every culture deals with its own set of crises of faith, crises of identity, and the clash between reactionaries and radicals. Pakistan's struggles are no different, although what exactly those struggles are will change depending...
London Indian 2014 Review: AS SEEN BY THE REST Presents An Intricate Puzzle Box For Movie Buffs
A thrilling mystery in several parts, As Seen By the Rest (Ulidavaru Kandante) is a bold leap forward for the cinema of Karnataka, India. The film is both completely comfortable in its own skin and with its identity as popular...
London Indian Film Festival 2014 Unveils Full Lineup
One of my favorite film festivals has unveiled their 2014 lineup and it looks like a good one. We've been covering LIFF for the last couple of years and every year they come up with some great features, and this year...