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Cannes Film Festival on a budget
How is the film industry's most lavish event is keeping its shine amidst the global economic downturn?
Pakistan's faltering film industry
Pakistani films used to provide an escape of sorts for those trying to forget about the troubles of the day, but now Pakistan's home grown cinema is struggling to survive....
The Inventor of the Klingon Language
Linguist Marc Okrand talks about the process of creating a language for Hollywood....
How to fake it as a cellist
Ben Hong taught Jamie Foxx how to play for the new film "The Soloist," and describes the challenges of teaching a movie star how to fake it as a cellist....
"Sugar" a different kind of baseball story
Feature film "Sugar" traces the path of Dominican baseball players -- like Sammy Sosa -- from South America to the Major Leagues in the US....
Japanese film reflects economic crisis
The film "Tokyo Sonata" centers on a middle-class Japanese man who gets laid off from his job, then tries to hide it from his family....
"Watchmen:" too late as a film?
The graphic novel "Watchmen" wowed a generation of readers in 1986; twenty-three years later, it's making its big-screen debut -- but is it too late to save itself?...
French film "The Class" up for Oscar
Nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language category, "The Class" looks so real, some might think it's a documentary....
Cambodian film up for Oscar
The documentary "The Conscience of Nhem En" is up for an Oscar this year; it is about a young soldier during the Khmer Rouge who took photos of thousands of people before they were tortured and killed....
A film of intelligent design & evolution
Olson explains why his film "Flock of Dodos" ridicules the arrogance of scientists and the many contradictions of the intelligent design movement....
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