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'Downton Abbey' producer sees drama thriving on TV
The global success of "Downton Abbey" is vivid proof that romance and drama are alive and well and thriving on the small screen, its executive producer said Tuesday.
08 January 2014
More Hollywood characters to speak Kazakh
Six movies has been dubbed into Kazakh language so far.
02 January 2014
'Hobbit' tops North American box office
Fantasy blockbuster "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" ruled the North American box office this weekend, holding off a strong festive season challenge from Disney's animated musical "Frozen," estimates showed Sunday.
30 December 2013
Bolashak Scholarship to shift gears to Journalism and Cultural Studies together with BBC
In 2014 the scholarship is having two new categories - Media and Cultural Studies - that include journalism, cinematography, TV journalism and other similar majors.
26 December 2013
Italian 'Slave' posters pulled amid racism claims
The US studio behind Golden Globe-nominated historical drama "12 Years a Slave," has asked the film's Italian distributors to withdraw posters which triggered an online storm over alleged racism.
25 December 2013
Sex, drugs and beards: an afternoon in a Pakistani porn cinema
Three times a day dozens of men pack the auditorium, the air heavy with hashish smoke, to watch graphic sex movies: welcome to the Shama -- a pornographic cinema in Pakistan's Taliban heartland.
24 December 2013
'Hobbit' stays on top at N. America box office
The latest installment of the Tolkien series, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," retained the top spot at the North American box office this weekend.
23 December 2013
Surprises, snubs in Oscars foreign film shortlist
Oscars organizers shortlisted nine movies including Palestinian, Danish and Hong Kong films Friday for best foreign language prize, offering surprises and some unexpected snubs.
21 December 2013
Disney explores own history in magical filmmaking tale
Disney delves into its own history in "Saving Mr. Banks," a movie about the difficult birth of the classic film "Mary Poppins," wrenched from a tale by a reluctant British author.
20 December 2013
Film director of Harmony Lessons gets Special Mention Award at Asian Oscar event
Emir Baigazin, Kazakhstan ilm director of Harmony Lessons, has gained the Special Mention Award in the Achievements in Directing category at the annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2013.
19 December 2013
New Oscars logo puts spotlight on Academy
The body behind the Oscars has unveiled a new logo that it hopes will focus more attention on the organization's wider work in addition to Hollywood's biggest trophy fest.
18 December 2013
'Slave,' 'American Hustle' lead crowded Globes race
Historical drama "12 Years a Slave" and crime caper "American Hustle" won most nominations for the Golden Globes with seven nods each on Thursday, as Hollywood's awards season heats up.
13 December 2013
Golden Globe nominees to be unveiled, in crowded race
Golden Globe organizers unveil nominations for their annual movie awards show Thursday, as Hollywood's honors season gets into full swing with a bumper cast of hotly-tipped contenders.
12 December 2013
Piano-shaped concert hall to be built in Almaty
The new concert hall design has been presented in Almaty.
10 December 2013
Hollywood immortalizes US disaster in Afghanistan
Hollywood has immortalized for post-Christmas release one of the deadliest incidents of the Afghan war: a Navy SEAL operation targeting a Islamist fighter that left 19 American soldiers dead.
10 December 2013
Disney's 'Frozen' cools 'Catching Fire' at box office
Disney animated musical "Frozen" extinguished the box-office flames of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" to take top spot as the highest-earning movie in North American theaters this weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday.
09 December 2013
Film spotlights pop culture inspired by Mexican drug gangs
A new documentary shines a worrying and grisly light on a growing Latino pop culture phenomenon in the United States inspired by the deadly drug violence which has ravaged neighboring Mexico.
07 December 2013
Emir Baigazin proclaimed Kazakhstan's Kim Ki-duk
The Kazakh premier of the most titled Kazakhstan’s movie Harmony Lessons of debuting film director Emir Baigazin took place in Almaty city on December 5.
05 December 2013
Police warn over stunts at 'Fast and Furious' crash spot
Police in the US city where "Fast and Furious" star Paul Walker died warned fans Monday against "burning rubber" near the spot where he was killed, as they probed the fatal car crash.
04 December 2013
Japan director turns to crowdfunding for anti-nuclear film
Japanese film director Takafumi Ota had a problem. He needed studio financing for a film that was harshly critical of the nuclear industry in the aftermath of Fukushima, but no one was interested in funding his project the traditional way.
01 December 2013