The Informant!

much straighter, I suspect, allowing this strange and interesting story to speak for itself.....Just in case it does, Soderbergh has commissioned a relentlessly jazzy, wacky musical score from Hollywood veteran Marvin Hamlisch just.... ... Full Review

Damon's performance is quite adept and convincing.....The plot is expectedly bizarre, making the entire effort appear odd-ball goofy despite its deadly serious intent at exposing corporate malfeasance.....The film is amusing, albeit seemingly trite and farcical, is intermittently engaging but not exactly fulfilling.....Directed by Steven Soderbergh, scripted by Scott Z. Burns, based on the book The Informant (A True Story) by Kurt Eichenwald, this film is a light-hearted goofy take on the zealous.... ... Full Review

Packed with appropriately deadpan performances from a superb ensemble cast, The Informant is in the end, a sardonic comedy about an unsympathetic hero.....rare gem of a movie that surprises you at every turn..... ... Full Review

and the Golden Gateway India trophy for the best film and the Silver Gateway India and cash prize of about $50,000....The festival will honour five outstanding film personalities this year.....The festival is divided in five sections, featuring the best and latest world cinema offering in the last 10 months -....Above the Cut will present 14 first feature films of extraordinary cinematic merit;.... ... Full Review

and the Golden Gateway India trophy for the best film and the Silver Gateway India and cash prize of about $50,000....The festival will honour five outstanding film personalities this year.....The festival is divided in five sections, featuring the best and latest world cinema offering in the last 10 months -....Above the Cut will present 14 first feature films of extraordinary cinematic merit;.... ... Full Review

It's ironic that Steven Soderbergh's new film should be called The Informant!, given that the director's primary tactic is to keep the audience as ill-informed as possible. ... Full Article

Friday November 20 2009 byAllan Hunter MARK WHITACRE was a shameless chancer with an infinite capacity for self-delusion. In the Nineties he became a whistleblower determined to expose illegal price-fixing at the highest levels of American agriculture. ... Full Article

The title of the second film in this cinematic franchise is particularly apt given the inordinate amount of time Bella (Kristen Stewart) spends mooning over her departed love Edward (Robert Pattinson). ... Full Article

The 11th Mumbai Film Festival (MFF), organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) began last night in the city with the opening ceremony held at Fun Cinema, Andheri. ... Full Article

MUMBAI - With a 40-million rupee makeover and a dash of Bollywood glamour, the Mumbai film festival kick-started here last evening. The festival hopes to carve out a niche in a festival circuit dominated by Cannes and Berlin. ... Full Article

Oct 30 2009 Why call it Day 0, when it actually is Day 1? That's because while all official press releases mention that the festival starts on the 29 th , it actually does on the 30 th for the... ... Full Article