Roger Assaf's poetic script for Jocelyne Saab's 1982 film about the siege of Beirut puts one in mind...
8 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Roger Assaf
Karim Goury reviews "Tatami," a sports combat film depicting the conflict between suppressive male law and individual female...
11 OCTOBER 2024 • By Karim Goury
The meta-narrative in Frank Herbert's Dune trilogy foresees the modern disaster of never-ending colonialism and a planet destroyed...
5 JULY 2024 • By Ahmed Naji
Viola Shafik addresses the controversy at the 2024 Berlinale, following the screening of a Palestinian-Israeli "solidarity film."
11 MARCH 2024 • By Viola Shafik
Malu Halasa offers an overview of three Middle Eastern films screening at the 2024 Human Rights Watch Film...
11 MARCH 2024 • By Malu Halasa
As she nears the end of her pregnancy, Itto and her in-laws find their lives turned upside down...
7 AUGUST 2023 • By Karim Goury
Karim Goury reviews Ali Cherri's haunting feature film The Dam, set in Sudan before the outbreak of the...
4 JUNE 2023 • By Karim Goury
Janine AlHadidi reviews the gritty mystery thriller set in east Amman that has Jordanians talking.
24 APRIL 2023 • By Janine AlHadidi
A new documentary on Gaza from Roland Nurier is touring France and screening in diverse film festivals worldwide.
10 APRIL 2023 • By Karim Goury
Franco-Egyptian filmmaker Karim Goury reviews the new feature film from Franco-Israeli director Michael Boganim.
20 MARCH 2023 • By Karim Goury
Filmmaker and critic Karim Goury remembers 10 films of 2022 from around the world.
26 DECEMBER 2022 • By Karim Goury
Karim Goury revels in the new feature from Swedish Egyptian director Tarik Saleh.
15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Karim Goury
