Film Reviews

The Chess Moves of Tarik Saleh’s Spy Thriller, Boy From Heaven

The Chess Moves of Tarik Saleh’s Spy Thriller, Boy From Heaven

Karim Goury revels in the new feature from Swedish Egyptian director Tarik Saleh.

15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Karim Goury
Orientalism and the Erasure of Middle Easterners in Black Adam

Orientalism and the Erasure of Middle Easterners in Black Adam

Mireille Rebeiz takes issue with the dismal portrayal of Arabs and other Middle Easterners in a Hollywood superhero...

7 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Katharine Halls
Why Muslim Palestinian “Mo” Preferred Catholic Confession to Therapy

Why Muslim Palestinian “Mo” Preferred Catholic Confession to Therapy

As a Muslim American and scholar of Islam, Sarah Eltantawi finds the new series from Mo Amer and...

7 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Sarah Eltantawi
44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche

44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche

Montpellier's venerable Mediterranean film festival announces retrospectives and avant-premières.

5 OCTOBER 2022 • By
Cem Kaya on the Sound of Turkey in Germany

Cem Kaya on the Sound of Turkey in Germany

Necati Sönmez, a Berlin film critic and curator, reviews the new music documentary from German-Turkish director Cem Kaya.

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi
Mohammad Shawky Hassan’s Ode to Queer Love in Berlin

Mohammad Shawky Hassan’s Ode to Queer Love in Berlin

Iskandar Abdalla reviews the new film "Shall I Compare you to A Summer’s Day?"

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Hawra Al-Nadawi
Two Syrian Brothers Find Themselves in “We Are From There”

Two Syrian Brothers Find Themselves in “We Are From There”

Angélique Crux reviews the award-winning documentary from Lebanese filmmaker Wissam Tanios.

22 AUGUST 2022 • By Sulafa Zidani
Tunisians On the Couch in “Arab Blues”

Tunisians On the Couch in “Arab Blues”

Mischa Geracoulis reviews the film in which a Paris-trained shrink analyzes fellow Tunisians suffering from mental maladies.

15 JULY 2022 • By Alia Mossallam
War and Trauma in Yemen: Asim Abdulaziz’s “1941”

War and Trauma in Yemen: Asim Abdulaziz’s “1941”

Farah Abdessamad considers generations of survivors in Yemen's first experimental film.

15 JULY 2022 • By Danielle Haque
Lebanon in a Loop: A Retrospective of “Waves ’98”

Lebanon in a Loop: A Retrospective of “Waves ’98”

Youssef Manessa reviews a short film from Ely Dagher that speaks to his generation of Lebanese born in...

15 JULY 2022 • By Rabih Alameddine
Saeed Taji Farouky: “Strange Cities Are Familiar”

Saeed Taji Farouky: “Strange Cities Are Familiar”

The filmmaker behind "Tell Spring Not to Come This Year" and "A Thousand Fires" journeys with Mohammad Bakri...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Saeed Taji Farouky
Film Review: “Memory Box” on Lebanon Merges Art & Cinema

Film Review: “Memory Box” on Lebanon Merges Art & Cinema

Arie Akkersmans-Amaya reviews the latest film by Lebanese artist duo Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, whom he interviews.

13 JUNE 2022 • By Selma Dabbagh
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