Cinema/TV

Tahrir Cinema displays revolutionary power of archives

Tahrir Cinema displays revolutionary power of archives

From its onset, the 25 January revolution has been marked by obsessive documentation. With a multitude of multimedia material came…
Bedouins kidnap television show cast, refuse to release on ransom

Bedouins kidnap television show cast, refuse to release on ransom

Armed Bedouins kidnapped Egyptian movie star Khaled El Sawy and 250 others from the cast and crew of the new…
Pro-Mubarak director wins Cinema Syndicate elections

Pro-Mubarak director wins Cinema Syndicate elections

Egyptian TV director Mossaad Fouda won a second term as Cinema Syndicate chairperson after elections Sunday, despite criticism that he…
‘Love Radio’: Overly Americanized and predictable

‘Love Radio’: Overly Americanized and predictable

Director Ahmed Samir Farag’s latest film, “Izaeit Hob” (Love Radio), takes its name after a youth radio program called “Dr.…
Cinema professionals hold syndicate elections

Cinema professionals hold syndicate elections

On Sunday the Cinema Syndicate held elections for its chairperson and board members at Faisal Nada Theater.  For the first…
Portraying the revolution challenges filmmakers

Portraying the revolution challenges filmmakers

Movies that touch on events as definitive as the Egyptian revolution walk a tightrope; if done correctly and timed carefully,…
Censors to cut scenes from Khaled al-Nabawy’s latest film

Censors to cut scenes from Khaled al-Nabawy’s latest film

Egypt’s Board of Censors has issued a report demanding the removal of two full scenes from the 2009 film “al-Mossafer”…
Mohamed Karim: Doctor turned international film star

Mohamed Karim: Doctor turned international film star

Rising Egyptian actor Mohamed Karim was born to a whole family of medics, so it seemed inevitable he would inherit…
The elephant in the theater: Cinema goers boycott anti-revolutionary celebrities

The elephant in the theater: Cinema goers boycott anti-revolutionary celebrities

There’s an old saying: “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” Had Egyptian actor Talaat Zakaria…
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