‘El Sett’ Review – A Cliff Notes Biography that is Actually an Autobiography
In 1967, Egypt (and other Arab nations) was defeated by Israel in “The Six-Day War”. All Arabs were broken and shocked by…
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Avatar: Fire and Ash: An Unsatisfying Return to Pandora
Avatar has always been divisive, loathed by some but loved by many. I’ve always championed these films for the same reasons that…
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Cherien Dabis Details The Traumatizing Experience That Inspired Palestinian Epic ‘All That’s Left of You’
Among the most powerful and emotionally resonant films of the year is Cherien Dabis’s ‘All That’s Left of You’, a sweeping, heartbreaking…
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Sarah Goher: How Happy Birthday Became a Learning Model for Egypt’s Path to the Oscars
It always feels numb, almost hopeless, to care about which Egyptian film gets submitted for Oscar consideration. It’s the same cycle every…
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Tatiana Maslany Talks ‘Keeper’, ‘The Young People’ and Her Incredible Year of Work: “I can’t wait to lay down”
Renowned for her multiple roles in Orphan Black, Tatiana Maslany continues to work at a remarkable speed and versatility. In the same…
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Plestia Alaqad on her acting debut in ‘The Visitor’: “I had this on my vision board” (EXCLUSIVE)
At just 23, Plestia Alaqad turned her phone into one of the most vital lenses on the Gaza genocide, reaching tens of…
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Die My Love Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey on Day-for-Night, Ektachrome, and Creating a Fever-Dream World
Seamus McGarvey, the acclaimed cinematographer behind Die My Love, takes us inside the making of the film, sharing insights into his creative…
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It Was Just an Accident: Half Absurd Comedy, Half Nightmare
“It was just an Accident” marks Panahi’s first film this 2011 that isn’t “starring” him as himself, his first “Normal” fictional feature…
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Why do Egyptians in Egyptian films feel European?
In Theory, one way that “Art/ Alternative and Festival Films” are different from “Mainstream/ Commercial Cinema”, is: Mainstream Cinema is meant to…
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