Oscar-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley has taken on a new international role, becoming the host and voice of 10 short documentaries created for a new international center for culture and civilization.

GULAIM IS THE Boudicca of the Eurasian steppe. With her qyrq qyz—40 girls—she defended the ancient clans from eastern invaders, leaving an imprint on the collective consciousness of her region. She ...

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) -- A new film industry is on the rise in this ex-Soviet state: Dozens of inexpensive, but profitable movies featuring pop divas and heart-wrenching plots have been churned ...

Beloved Uzbek filmmaker Ali Khamraev visits Asia Society along with actress Gulcha Tashbayeva for his first dedicated ...

As it struggles to keep a lid on political dissent while also trying to keep the wheels from coming off the economy, the government of Uzbekistan is co-opting the country's entertainment industry.

LOS ANGELES — Back in 2000, University of Southern California film professor Amanda Pope and a former student, Tchavdar Georgiev, were traveling in Russia and some of its satellites, working on a ...

One of Kyrgyzstan's leading news websites Kloop.kg reported February 11 on what might be described as a ‘fake trailer’ scandal in neighbouring Uzbekistan, that involves Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman.

It was the latest life-imitating-art moment around the Netflix thriller 6 Underground. Viewers in eastern Turkmenistan this week watched the film's bevy of international stars overthrow the dictator ...

An AIDS outbreak at two children’s hospitals in Uzbekistan has killed at least 14 children and left 133 infected with HIV, according to a documentary posted on a respected Central Asian news Web site ...