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Oscars: Belgium Nominates 'The Broken Circle Breakdown' for Foreign Language Category

Felix van Groeningen's relationship drama with a bluegrass twist has been a sleeper success across Europe. | Read More

Disney-UTV Unveils Bollywood Film Slate for 2014

The studio is prepping three Disney-branded tentpoles -- comedies "P.K." and "Jagga Jasoos," along with dance drama "ABCD 2." | Read More

LATEST MOVIE NEWS

Oscars: Czechs Choose HBO's 'Burning Bush' for Foreign Language Category

Director Agniezska Holland's feature tells the story of Czech student Jan Palach's 1969 self-sacrifice in the name of freedom. | Read More

Mexico's 'Instructions Not Included' Has Record Box Office Opening

The comedy, which opened with $11.6 million, is tracking to become the biggest hit in Mexican theaters. | Read More

LATEST TV NEWS

Season Finale of Show About Bankers Draws Japan's Highest Drama Ratings in 30 Years

The title character of "Hanzawa Naoki" has become a hero to Japanese office workers, with his catchphrase heard all over the country. | Read More

BBC Should Consider More Kids Content, Review Finds

The U.K. public broadcaster's governing body urges "more concerted action" by its TV, radio and online services beyond two kids networks to target children "as an audience for mainstream output." | Read More

THE BUSINESS

China to Allow Facebook, Twitter Access in Shanghai Free Trade Zone (Report)

Access to Western social media and other sites will most likely be restricted to the 11-square-mile zone set to launch this month in the country's financial center. | Read More

Technicolor Launches New Visual Effects Base in Montreal

The new location for subsidiary MPC will house roughly 200 artists, initially working on "X-Men: Days of Future Past," "Into The Woods" and "Cinderella." | Read More

REVIEWS

Mothers (Ma Ma Di Quan Zhuang): Film Review

Chinese independent filmmaker Xu Huijing's documentary follows a group of village cadres hunting down young mothers who refuse to be sterilized according to the government's "one-child policy" regulations. | Read More

Emergency Room China (Ji Chen): Film Review

Photojournalist-turned-filmmaker Zhou Hao chronicles lives in an ER with his latest stab at documenting the machinations of public institutions in China. | Read More

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