I wasn’t overly interested in Anasma’s Bellydance: Hip Hop, listed on the WDNY website for a while now. I haven’t been exploring any hip hop styles at all and find that there’s more than enough to be done in regular bellydance that I haven’t yet got to. But that was before I saw the preview:
How [...]
You know it’s like when some bozo tells you a long, long joke and after a bit you find you can’t focus? As he labors on towards the end and finally grinds to a half, someone nudges you with an elbow and hisses, ” It’s over! Laugh already! You’re so rude!”
That’s what Delhi 6 [...]
With her new video, Autumn Ward aimed to bring in the sophistication of the dance from the foundational level. Her objective has made this video different from most other basics videos, which focus on giving the beginner the full repertoire of moves.
The sophistication objective also means that this video is very “talky’. You don’t [...]
Whether you follow her style or not, you can’t help but be amazed at the skill her dancing involves. Her sharp control, speed, and the seemingly impossible coordination with Kaya, are unique in the world of belly dancing. Sadie is a very very busy person. She travels a great deal, has packed classes and [...]
If I’d known this movie had about nine songs (I saw a list somewhere… too late!) I may not have bothered watching it. Not that they’re bad songs exactly, but nine? Do we have to force-punctuate every event with a song? The first half-hour, I decided, is best spent in the loo.
Anyway, sandwiched between those [...]
This is one difficult-to-watch movie! And I can say that for almost every moment of it. Yet, what a nice story!
Spoiler alert!
Tim Thomas was sailing along in his cr with his beautiful wife next to him. But, while his attention was on his cellphone, he crashed into a car, skidded across lanes, and ended [...]
This film works with a situation rather than a full-fledged story. And the situation seems to be the perfect excuse for a lot of wham bam action.
Stupid cute kid wants to go to Paris with her friend. She’s 17. Divorced mom says go, divorced dad says no. Finally she goes. Barely does she set foot [...]
Little boys shouldn’t be playing with Nazis. Not by a long shot. But young baby-faced Todd didn’t happen to see the signpost that warned him off. Cleverer than the FBI, Israeli espionage and the cops put together, he discovered that his neighbor was a Nazi in hiding. And he devised a good plot to blackmail [...]
Welcome to Sajjanpur is a film about…
Uh oh. What IS it about?
Oh yes, it’s about a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Specially that. But it’s a Shyam Benegal film.
In a quaint little village in India lives an educated young man nmed Mahadev. With no job in hand, what he does [...]
A powerful head-filling film that made my mouth go dry as I watched, hardly breathing. I read somewhere that the movie lacks urgency and panic (not a criticism, but a reference to the stoic nature of the main character), but to me each moment was packed with intensity. And that isn’t surprising, considering Szpilman Vladyslaw, [...]