Film and photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by...
12 JULY 2024 • By TMR
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
A community theatre company working in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine empowers women who often are not professional actors.
21 JUNE 2024 • By Victoria Lupton
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
Revisiting her memories of Egypt's January 25 revolution, Asmaa Elgamal finds that denying common sense is the worst...
3 MAY 2024 • By Asmaa Elgamal
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
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
In Olivier Bourgeois' docudrama "The Oath of Cyriac," professionals and volunteers race to preserve the Aleppo collection.
19 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Mohammad Shawky Hassan reflects on the original story that informed the making of "Shall I Compare You to...
4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Mohammad Shawky Hassan
William Gourlay revisits the works of Armenian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov, who created cinematic moments from across Europe, the...
29 JANUARY 2024 • By William Gourlay
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
