Cinema/TV
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Argentina’s ‘The Hostage of Illusions’
December 8, 2010
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Argentina’s ‘The Hostage of Illusions’
Pablo, a famous Argentinian writer in his late sixties, enters his elevator to go to his writing studio; a number…
Festival Films: The Philippines’ ‘Emir’
December 8, 2010
Festival Films: The Philippines’ ‘Emir’
Sometimes, it can be a rewarding experience to walk into a movie theater with no background information on the film…
Festival Films: Lebanon’s ‘Stray Bullet’
December 7, 2010
Festival Films: Lebanon’s ‘Stray Bullet’
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 closes tomorrow
December 7, 2010
The third Cairo Human Rights Film Festival closes tomorrow
The third Cairo Human Rights Film Festival, which kicked off last Saturday at Sawy Culture Wheel, ends tomorrow with a…
Festival Films: France’s ‘Copacabana’
December 7, 2010
Festival Films: France’s ‘Copacabana’
Renowned French actress Isabelle Huppert plays Babou in Marc Fitoussi’s latest feature comedy, “Copacabana,” the only French production entered in…
Festival Films: Tunisia’s ‘Late December’
December 7, 2010
Festival Films: Tunisia’s ‘Late December’
Screened in the Arab Competition of the 34th edition of Cairo Festival, “Late December” is one of only a few…
The Arab Shorts 2010: Independent Short Films and Media Art Festival
December 7, 2010
The Arab Shorts 2010: Independent Short Films and Media Art Festival
The Arab Shorts 2010: Independent Short Films and Media Art Festival opened last Saturday at the Goethe Institute in Cairo…
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Lust’
December 6, 2010
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Lust’
“Al-Shouq” (Lust) is the latest addition to a relatively new trend in Egyptian cinema: movies that realistically follow the lives…
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Microphone’
December 6, 2010
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Microphone’
In "Heliopolis," Ahmad Abdalla’s fiction debut, a seminal scene depicts a couple gazing at each other for a moment in…
Festival Films: Iraq’s ‘The Quarter of Scarecrows’
December 6, 2010
Festival Films: Iraq’s ‘The Quarter of Scarecrows’
The ominous, low grumble of a bomber, slowly and methodically patrolling the vast skies above, ushers in the Iraqi soldier’s…