投稿者: Peter Bradshaw

ActivismAfghanistanCultureDocumentary filmsFilmGlobal developmentMalala YousafzaiProtestSocietySouth and Central AsiaTalibanWomenWomen's rights and gender equalityWorld news

Bread & Roses review – Afghan women reveal crushing reality of Taliban rule

Made under dangerous conditions, this documentary charts how the lives of three women were turned upside down by Afghanistan’s overthrow in 2021Afghan film-maker Sahra Mani, creator of the rape-survivor documentary A Thousand Girls Like Me from 2018, b…

続きを読む
BollywoodBusinessComedyComedy filmsCultureDrama filmsFestivalsFilmFilm industryIndiaSouth and Central AsiaSuperhero moviesWorld news

Superboys of Malegaon review – boisterous heartwarmer about movie-loving underdogs

Inspired by a true story, this feelgood Indian film is about some Bollywood superfans making their own movies with a cheeky but admirable DIY ethosHere is a thoroughly enjoyable, big-hearted movie about building a better life through showbusiness. It i…

続きを読む
CultureDocumentary filmsFilmIndiaMediaPakistanSouth and Central AsiaTelevisionTelevision & radioWorld newsYouTube

While We Watched review – reporter Ravish Kumar’s quiet courage in Modi’s India

News anchor Kumar stays quietly courageous amid nationalist hysteria in Vinay Shukla’s tense documentary – but its final note of hope has been undermined by recent eventsEvents have overtaken this sombre documentary, which, though interesting and relev…

続きを読む
Cannes 2022Cannes film festivalCultureDrama filmsFestivalsFilmPakistanRomance filmsSocietySouth and Central AsiaTransgenderWorld cinemaWorld news

Joyland review – subtle trans drama from Pakistan is remarkable debut

Saim Sadiq’s film explores the unsettled social and sexual identities of a widower and his children with delicacy and tendernessThe right way to feel love, and the right way to feel part of a family, are the insoluble difficulties at the heart of this …

続きを読む
BuddhismCultureDocumentary filmsFilmHealthIslamMidwiferyMyanmarReligionRohingyaSocietySouth and Central AsiaWorld news

Midwives review – a Muslim and a Buddhist grapple with childbirth in strife-torn Myanmar

Sombre documentary shot over five years follows two healthcare workers as they deliver babies in a brutally divided societySnow Hnin Ei Hlaing’s documentary is about two midwives – one Buddhist, one Muslim – in Rakhine state in western Myanmar, on the …

続きを読む