Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: May 1, 2009
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A Lawyer, a Journalist, a PR Manager and a Politician – four young Pakistanis feature in director Nasir Khan’s topical documentary, ‘Made in Pakistan’, produced and released under the banner of ‘Talking Filmain’ (a production house in Lahore), this year.
Shot over a span of a few months, ‘Made in Pakistan’ features Waleed (a lawyer), [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: September 4, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
“You have to see the new Batman movie when it comes in the theatre”, gushes a friend of mine over the phone. She’s been living in New York City for the past few years and recently got to watch the much-hyped, ‘The Dark Knight’.
“It was brilliant”, she gushes again followed by a generous [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: August 2, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
This year, three freshly baked cartoons – popped right out of the oven of animation – come as a breath of fresh air to the world of Computer Generated Imagery (CGI).
And what’s interesting to note is that over the past couple of years, 3-D animated features have risen in popularity to a rather [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: April 13, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
Starring Christina Ricci, James (drool) McAvoy and Reese Witherspoon, ‘Penelope’ has to be this year’s most sensationally creative, movie endeavour.
But that’s just it – ‘Penelope’ truly is more than any old, Hollywood-churned-out flick.
This is because director Mark Palansky weaves together reality along with silver threads of fantasy into a captivatingly pretty piece of [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: December 7, 2007
By Sonya Rehman
A recently released film called ‘The Kingdom’ – starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner – seems to be Hollywood’s latest addition to its ever-increasing number of ‘war on terror’ (yawn) action flicks.
Basing itself around the terrorist bombings that took place in Riyadh (in 2003 – where over thirty people were killed with more [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: November 10, 2007
By Sonya Rehman
Are deliciously vintage anime flicks your cup of tea? Does dark animation spike your interest? If so, Instep highlights three of the best vintage, and contemporary animated must-sees ever made.
Grave of the Fireflies
I stumbled across this gem a few weeks ago, whilst searching through a list of vintage, Japanese anime films online. The [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: November 4, 2007
Tag line: ‘Close your eyes. Open your heart’.
Written and Directed by: Michel Gondry
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Release date: 2006
Language: English, French and Spanish
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
By Sonya Rehman
‘La science des reves’ (‘The science of sleep’) has to be one of the most enjoyable, over-the-top, surrealist, dream-like fiction films ever made. Remember the whacked-out, hit flick, ‘Stranger [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: October 22, 2007
By Sonya Rehman
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s French film, ‘Amelie’, truly was a work of art. From the tiniest of details, to the film’s overall execution – the concept, the script and the storyline is just about stunning – making ‘Amelie’ today, one of the finest, contemporary foreign films ever made.
And then there is the glorious fantasy/adventure/drama best-seller [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: September 19, 2007
By Sonya Rehman
The first time I’d ever heard Fawad Khan’s name was a little over five years ago – when amidst a succession of harrowing A’ level days between ‘all-nighters’ – that involved law and literature, syllabuses and timetables – two of my batchmates confessed to having serious crushes on “that EP guy”.
Fast forward a [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: August 27, 2007
By Sonya Rehman
A journalist beheaded, a mujahaideen killed, a government overthrown and a race exterminated…these are the stories, of people and nations that are kept alive via documentaries, docudramas and feature films. And for years, filmmakers have produced works – of their very own individual accounts of a historical and/or political event. You will notice, [...]
