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[/amazon_link]- Timer : This is a romance, and based on bit of a sci-fi premise. The film is set in the not-so-distant future, where one can find out when you will meet the love of your life, via a timer embedded in your wrist. No big name stars here, but this was a very nice film. Here’s the full review.
– Cooking with Stella : A Canadian production this is the story of Canadian diplomat Maya (Lisa Ray) coming to India to work at the embassy with chef husband in tow. Here they meet their in-house chauffeur-housekeeper, the very versatile Stella. Full review, here.
– Beauty Academy of Kabul (Documentary) : Post-Talibani overthrow, some American beauticians decide to help Afghani women by opening up a beauty school in Kabul. An engrossing, interesting film.
– Castaway on the Moon (Korean with subtitles): The most unusual (and arty) of the lot, this film is about a young man who attempts suicide only to find out that he hasn’t drowned; instead he’s marooned on an island, close enough to see the mainland, but too far to be seen or rescued. The first half of this unpredictable film has a grand total of one actor, and the second half has two, but I was completely engrossed. A fantastic film.
– A Room with a View : Based on E.M.Forster’s book of the same name, this classic follows wealthy Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) on her travels around Italy, and later, the vagaries of the human heart.
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