Clashing Cultures and Gender Politics in The Persian Version
Bavand Karim reviews "The Persian Version," a 2023 American comedy drama film directed and written by Maryam Keshavarz.
Bavand Karim reviews "The Persian Version," a 2023 American comedy drama film directed and written by Maryam Keshavarz.
As she nears the end of her pregnancy, Itto and her in-laws find their lives turned upside down by a supernatural event.
Daniele Rugo's documentary investigates Lebanon's devastating civil war and ruminates on the conflict's unmarked mass graves.
In Edward Lovelace's new documentary, a refugee's handicap becomes a source of inspiration in the struggle for survival.
Karim Goury reviews Ali Cherri's haunting feature film The Dam, set in Sudan before the outbreak of the war this year.
Iason Athanasiadis reviews the film of a migrant story set in Greece that has just been nominated for 17 Greek Cinema Academy Awards.
Janine AlHadidi reviews the gritty mystery thriller set in east Amman that has Jordanians talking.
A new documentary on Gaza from Roland Nurier is touring France and screening in diverse film festivals worldwide.
Franco-Egyptian filmmaker Karim Goury reviews the new feature film from Franco-Israeli director Michael Boganim.
Karim Goury talks to the director of the new feature film on war, love and borders, Tel Aviv-Beirut.
Viola Shafik has seen several post-thawra Arab features that convey a bleak and dystopian vision of the present.
Bavand Karim finds that's Panah Panahi's feature is a prodigal debut from Iranian cinema’s latest auteur and son of Jafar Panahi.