ON THE SCREEN: CHRISTOPHER ROBIN GROWS UP BUT WINNIE’S STILL A “SILLY OLD BEAR”
MARCUS CHEONG watches Winnie-the-Pooh’s latest cinematic outing…
Thai fishing boat slavery in spotlight at Toronto film festival
Thomson Reuters Foundation The plight of workers trapped in slavery on Thai fishing boats has been cast in the spotlight at the Toronto International Film Festival, with the screening of a documentary aimed at making people think twice about the seafood they consume. Ghost Fleet, a 90-minute film backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, follows […]
IDENTITY: ‘THE HEART OF MAN’ CONFRONTS TOUGH ISSUES IN A BID TO HELP PEOPLE FIND THE FATHER’S LOVE
DAVID ADAMS speaks to producer and writer Jason Pamer about how the movie ‘The Heart of Man’ is impacting lives…
STRANGESIGHTS: FILM APPEAL TO KIM; LEGAL AID FOR LEMONADE; AND, WORLD’S BIGGEST PAPER PLANE?…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
“No one wanted to make this film”: India’s Pinto stars in sex slave’s tale
Thomson Reuters Foundation A new film starring Slumdog Millionaire‘s Freida Pinto and Demi Moore, about the real-life story of a young Indian girl who gets trapped in the global sex trade, struggled to get funding because it was too controversial. The gritty movie Love Sonia, which also features award-winning Anupam Kher, will premiere in June […]
Award-nominated film spotlights trauma of Calais ‘Jungle’ kids
Thomson Reuters Foundation The director of an award-nominated film about a traumatised boy stuck in the Calais “Jungle” camp has urged Britain to take in more lone child refugees stranded across Europe to prevent them falling prey to traffickers. Vika Evdokimenko’s film Aamir is loosely based on the story of a boy her husband met […]
FILM: EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING, NEW MOVIE AIMS TO CAPTURE JOURNEY TO FAITH OF MYURAN SUKUMARAN AND ANDREW CHAN
DAVID ADAMS reports on the making of a new film about the ‘faith journey’ of executed Bali Nine members Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan…
Now heard in 1,500 different languages – ‘JESUS’ film celebrates milestone in bid to take Gospel to the world
The film JESUS, which holds the record for the being most-watched film in history, has now been translated into 1,500 languages, it was announced at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in the US this week. The 1,500th language is that of Daasanach, which is spoken by an ethnic group in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and […]
FILM: AUTHOR LEE STROBEL’S ‘THE CASE FOR CHRIST’ NOW A MOVIE
US journalist turned pastor, Lee Strobel, speaks with Religion News Service’s EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER about The Case for Christ and its transformation into a film…
ON THE SCREEN: ‘LA LA LAND’ REACHES FOR THE STARS
LINDA ADAMS spends a couple of colourful hours in La La Land…