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Thai ghost film remake appeals with funny twist
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BANGKOK — Thais' deep affection for ghost stories and laughter has brought a new phenomenon to movie theaters — comic touches added to an oft-told tragedy of true love, which have made the latest adaptation of the Mae Nak legend into the all-time …

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Merkel reveals politically explosive favorite film
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Merkel reveals politically explosive favorite film. The German Film Academy in Berlin invited prominent politicians to talk about the films that inspire them. Chancellor Angela Merkel's favorite is a cult work exploring the harsh realities of life and …

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Gender Progress in Popular Film? Paltry Numbers Suggest Problems Persist
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Our new study, released today and featured in the LA Times, demonstrates that there's still work to do for girls and women, at least where popular films are concerned. We examined five years, 500 top-grossing films, and more than 20,000 characters, and …

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Interview: Carla Rabinowitz, Chair of Mental Health Film Festival
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New York, New York, May 13, 2013 – On Sunday, May 5th, the NYC Mental Health Film Festival was held at St. Francis College, in Downtown Brooklyn. The Festival is an annual event co-sponsored by Community Access and The New York Association of …

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Saul Bass: Hitchcock's master of film titles celebrated in Google doodle
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Google has marked the birthday of Saul Bass with one of the search engine's most elaborate "doodles" yet – an animated sequence based on his designs for film title credits, film posters and corporate logos. Bass, who died in 1996, worked with film …

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“My Village, My Lobster” Film Exposes Extreme Danger Behind a Favorite Seafood
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We recently profiled the work of Stephen Box, a Smithsonian scientist who is working with Miskito fishermen to develop a sustainable, safer lobster fishery off Central America's Caribbean coast. Box told us that, over the past four decades, Miskito men …

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India's Popular Bollywood Film Industry Turns 100 – VOA
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NEW DELHI — India's hugely popular Hindi film industry known as Bollywood celebrates its 100th birthday Friday. With a loyal following not only in India, but several Asian countries, Bollywood is evolving from making extravagant, romantic films to …

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Deanna Durbin | Film favorite, 91 – Philly.com
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Her admirers included Churchill, who said she was his favorite star, according to biographer William Manchester, and Anne Frank, who had Miss Durbin's photo on the wall in the secret quarters where Frank and her family hid in Amsterdam. In 1938, Miss …

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