Film Reviews

Gaza, Sudan, Israel/Palestine Documentaries Show in Thessaloniki

Gaza, Sudan, Israel/Palestine Documentaries Show in Thessaloniki

Three documentaries screened in Thessaloniki shed light on conflicts often absent from international media headlines.

28 MARCH 2025 • By Iason Athanasiadis
My Favorite Cake, Iranian Cinema’s Bittersweet Ode to Love

My Favorite Cake, Iranian Cinema’s Bittersweet Ode to Love

Karim Goury reviews the Iranian film, "My Favorite Cake," a celebration of love in the twilight of life,...

17 JANUARY 2025 • By Karim Goury
Freedom is a Combat Sport: On Tatami

Freedom is a Combat Sport: On Tatami

Karim Goury reviews "Tatami," a sports combat film depicting the conflict between suppressive male law and individual female...

11 OCTOBER 2024 • By Karim Goury
Asmae El Moudir’s The Mother of All Lies

Asmae El Moudir’s The Mother of All Lies

Brittany Landorf reviews the first major film of director Asmae El Moudir, Morocco’s entry for the 2024 Academy...

3 MAY 2024 • By Brittany Landorf
Hollywoodgate—New Doc Captures the Post-American Taliban

Hollywoodgate—New Doc Captures the Post-American Taliban

Iason Athanasiadis reviews a documentary of an Egyptian's observations of the first year of the Taliban's new regime.

19 APRIL 2024 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Israeli & Palestinian Filmmakers Accused of Anti-semitism at Berlinale

Israeli & Palestinian Filmmakers Accused of Anti-semitism at Berlinale

Viola Shafik addresses the controversy at the 2024 Berlinale, following the screening of a Palestinian-Israeli "solidarity film."

11 MARCH 2024 • By Viola Shafik
Human Rights Films on Ownership of History, Women’s Bodies & Paintings

Human Rights Films on Ownership of History, Women’s Bodies & Paintings

Malu Halasa offers an overview of three Middle Eastern films screening at the 2024 Human Rights Watch Film...

11 MARCH 2024 • By Malu Halasa
Cyprus: Return to Petrofani with Ali Cherri & Vicky Pericleous

Cyprus: Return to Petrofani with Ali Cherri & Vicky Pericleous

Arie Amaya-Akkermans talks to Lebanese and Cypriot artists about their work on the divided island of Cyprus.

8 JANUARY 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Religious Misogyny Personified in Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider

Religious Misogyny Personified in Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider

Bavand Karim reviews the film "Holy Spider" by Ali Abbassi which coldly deconstructs the brutal nature of Iran’s...

11 DECEMBER 2023 • By Bavand Karim
Clashing Cultures and Gender Politics in The Persian Version

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.

20 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Bavand Karim
Sofia Alaoui’s Animalia is a Supernatural Thriller Shot in Morocco

Sofia Alaoui’s Animalia is a Supernatural Thriller Shot in Morocco

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
The Soil and the Sea: The Revolutionary Act of Remembering

The Soil and the Sea: The Revolutionary Act of Remembering

Daniele Rugo's documentary investigates Lebanon's devastating civil war and ruminates on the conflict's unmarked mass graves.

7 AUGUST 2023 • By Farah-Silvana Kanaan
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