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Cinema returns to Nablus, Palestine
A ticket for the movies in Nablus (image from ALARAB Online) The first new cinema to open in Palestine since the closures during the intifada in 1987 has been screening films in Nablus since the end o… more →
The Case for Global Film
Cinema returns to Nablus, Palestine
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wrote 5 months ago: A ticket for the movies in Nablus (image from ALARAB Online) The first new cinema to open in Palesti … more →
Al Momia (The Night of Counting the Years, Egypt 1969)
wrote 5 months ago: The Night of Counting the Years [UK release title]. Egypt, 1969. Colour. Arabic with English subtit … more →
Ordinary Boys (Chicos Normales, Spain 2008)
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wrote 9 months ago: El-Khader with one of his siblings The chicos normales are youths in the Jaama Mezwak district of th … more →
Le Grand Voyage (France/Morocco 2004)
wrote 11 months ago: Father and son wait at customs control in Le Grand Voyage I thought this film was much more intere … more →
Saudi religious police: some movies may be ok
wrote 1 year ago: A Saudi man holds up his entrance ticket. Image: AFP (Omar Salem) Saudi Arabia’s chief of Re … more →
Youssef Chahine, 1926-2008
wrote 1 year ago: Chahine himself and Hind Rostom in Cairo Station On July 27, Arab Cinema lost its premier director, … more →
Obituary: Yousef Chahine (1926-2008)
wrote 1 year ago: Renowned Egyptian director Yousef Chahine passed away in Cairo sunday July 27 of a brain hemorrhage. … more →
Genenet-el-Asmak
wrote 1 year ago: Yoursy Nasrallah’s Genenet-el-Asmak (The Aquarium), a multi layered voyeuristic look at modern … more →
Caramel (Sukkar banat, Lebanon/France 2007)
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wrote 1 year ago: Nadine Labaki in Caramel I spent a very enjoyable 95 mins watching Caramel. Afterwards, the more I t … more →
What is real is real نبدأ مع الواقع
wrote 2 years ago: Everywhere, every minute film director Mohammed Khan finds his inspiration. He sees a scene. He hear … more →
