Page 8 - Ivan Passer News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The National Film Archive has acquired the estate of late Czech-American director Ivan Passer, including his personal diaries, photographs, correspondence, and screenplays, the archive’s spokeswoman Veronika Bokšteflová told the Czech News Agency on Thursday. Ivan Passer, who died last year at the age of 86, was a leading filmmaker of the Czech New Wave and a close friend of the late Miloš Forman with whom he fled Czechoslovakia in 1968 and forged a celebrated career in Hollywood. The transport of the extensive archive was organised by the National Film Archive in cooperation with the Mi...

A tribute to one of the best cinematographers of all time.

Horror movies were a primarily US form for many years, as the genre was variably considered too juvenile, preposterous, violent, grotesque and/or tasteless in some nations. Government censors blocked their release where such material was considered inappropriate for public consumption; in certain other locations, the public simply wasn’t interested, whether the films in question were imported or homegrown.  Today, however, such cultural differences are largely gone. For myriad reasons, particularly the exported ubiquity of certain franchises online and in home formats, horror has become th...

Movies like 'Bobby', 'Paan Singh Tomar', 'Kedarnath' & 'Charulata' to be featured.

FILE - In this June 29, 1986, file photo, Diego Maradona holds up his team's trophy after Argentina's 3-2 victory over West Germany at the World Cup final soccer match at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title died from a heart attack on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, at his home in Buenos Aires. He was 60. (AP Photo/Carlo Fumagalli, File) Carlo Fumagalli Victoria Will associated press file photos Lawrence Jackson