Film Reviews

An Eye for an Eye: A Film That Never Blinks

An Eye for an Eye: A Film That Never Blinks

Filmmakers Tanaz Eshaghian and Farzad Jafari examine the brutal calculus of justice, revenge, and forgiveness in this documentary.

13 NOVEMBER 2026 • By Alex Demyanenko
“If I Wasn’t There, Someone Else Would Do It”

“If I Wasn’t There, Someone Else Would Do It”

In the controversial documentary film NAZA, filmmakers grant the soldiers an anonymity that they have rejected on the...

30 OCTOBER 2026 • By Nicki Kattoura
One Patient at a Time: A Review of American Doctor

One Patient at a Time: A Review of American Doctor

This unflinching film refuses to look away from the horrors of Gaza, mirroring the urgency of the ongoing...

30 OCTOBER 2026 • By Alex Demyanenko
Alkhallat+: More Than a Comedy Series

Alkhallat+: More Than a Comedy Series

A series set against the Saudi desert and city frames marginalized individuals in absurd situations as heroes.

31 JULY 2026 • By Mira Minkara
Sad, Beautiful, and True: Love in Lebanon

Sad, Beautiful, and True: Love in Lebanon

Lebanon is a quiet, at times ominous, presence in A Sad and Beautiful World, an unexpected and moving...

5 JUNE 2026 • By Alex Demyanenko
Fragments of Beirut in Lana Daher’s Do You Love Me

Fragments of Beirut in Lana Daher’s Do You Love Me

Rather than offer a linear retelling of Lebanon’s history, the film draws our attention to the internal rhymes...

10 APRIL 2026 • By Darío Karim Pomar Azar
Erige Sehiri’s Promised Sky on Migrants, Racism, and Hope

Erige Sehiri’s Promised Sky on Migrants, Racism, and Hope

An unorthodox family forged by crisis, three African women living together in Tunis, shelters a young shipwreck survivor.

27 MARCH 2026 • By Karim Goury
Setting History Right in All That’s Left of You

Setting History Right in All That’s Left of You

A new Palestinian drama set in 1948, 1978, 1988, and 2022 sets aside Zionist myths and recognizes historical...

5 MARCH 2026 • By Jordan Elgrably
An Impossible Task in The President’s Cake

An Impossible Task in The President’s Cake

Hasan Hadi delivers a remarkable neorealist fable about childhood, obedience, and survival under dictatorship.

6 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Alex Demyanenko
If You See Something—an Iraqi Film on Asylum

If You See Something—an Iraqi Film on Asylum

Alex Demyanenko argues there is a better film trying to break free — the urgency is real, even...

12 DECEMBER 2025 • By Alex Demyanenko
 
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