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If there’s one trait that best characterizes Gulf cinema, it’s an undying love for all things melodramatic--and the Bahraini film…

Christian Andersen works 14 hours a day on his farm in Regstrup village, Denmark. Every morning, he eats breakfast with…

First-time Greek director Margarita Manda describes her movie “Gold Dust” as one born out of a need to talk about…

Pablo, a famous Argentinian writer in his late sixties, enters his elevator to go to his writing studio; a number…

Sometimes, it can be a rewarding experience to walk into a movie theater with no background information on the film…

Set in a nameless Egyptian city in the early 1960s, “The Jokers” (NYRB 2010) is a ruthless send-up of power, corruption…

On 7 December as part of the Arab Competition, the Creativity Center at the Opera House featured the Lebanese Film…

The third Cairo Human Rights Film Festival, which kicked off last Saturday at Sawy Culture Wheel, ends tomorrow with a…

Renowned French actress Isabelle Huppert plays Babou in Marc Fitoussi’s latest feature comedy, “Copacabana,” the only French production entered in…

Screened in the Arab Competition of the 34th edition of Cairo Festival, “Late December” is one of only a few…