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Al Majalla’s Film Watch

Every month, Al Majalla offers its take on the screen's newest releases, with the occasional dip into the archives to review an older classic.

Areej Jamal 05 September 2025
22-year-old art degree graduate Karim Naamani Ibrahim Totanji

Cinematheque Beirut gives Lebanon’s film community a space to thrive

An archive in the capital preserves not just films but memory, offering hope and inspiration for a younger generation of filmmakers

Ibrahim Tutunji 10 May 2025

Popes on the big screen: how cinema has depicted the pontiff

Al Majalla gives an overview of some of the most noteworthy films and TV shows about the pope

Shadi Alaa Aldin 28 April 2025
Egyptian actress Magda Al-Sabahi is honoured at the Damascus International Film Festival in the Syrian capital on November 7, 2010. AFP

Magda El-Sabahi: The 'saint' of Egyptian cinema

The trailblazing Egyptian producer and actress with a tumultuous private life had become an icon when she died in 2020, not least for having stood against the nationalisation of cinema

Wael Tawfik 12 September 2024
Critics have hailed 'Norah' as pioneering for the Saudi film industry and its exploration of traditional beliefs and contemporary progress.

Saudi Arabia to make its debut at Cannes with 'Norah'

Set to the stunning backdrop of AlUla, Norah by Tawfiq Al-Zaidi has broken new ground for Saudi cinema with a story about two people who inspire one another.

Noor Hisham Alsaif 24 April 2024
A still from the movie 'Perfect Days'. Alamy

'Perfect Days' shows how a quiet life can have bold ambitions

Shot in Toyko, Wim Wenders' film pays homage to Ozu and other Japanese filmmaking giants. Critics say this could be the German filmmaker's best work yet.

Samer Abou Hawwach 22 March 2024
A still from the film Trenque Lauquen Bulldog Film

Five imaginative films that brought cinema back to its pre-Covid shine

2023 saw a trend of films-within-films with cutting-edge directors embracing classic cinema

Firas Al-Madi 18 March 2024
The stories of a musical composer, a physicist, and a Nazi leader are competing for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards. Laura Salafia

Ten biopics up for an Oscar. But what makes this genre so popular?

The stories of a musical composer, a physicist, and a Nazi leader are competing for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards

Samer Abou Hawwach 10 March 2024
With so many high-quality offerings in Saudi cinema, films must rise to a very high bar to meet audience expectations. Abdelelah Alqurashi's latest film 'Alhamour H.A'. falls short.

In a vibrant Saudi cinema scene, 'Alhamour H.A.' misses the mark

With so many high-quality offerings in Saudi cinema, films must rise to a very high bar to impress audiences. Abdelelah Alqurashi's latest film falls short.

Obaid al-Tamimi 13 February 2024
What 'Barbie' and 'The Little Mermaid' say about the world as we know it. Manon Biernacki

What 'Barbie' and 'The Little Mermaid' say about the world

While 'Barbie' is repackaged with lukewarm activism and capitalism-lite, mostly succeeding in promoting Mattel, 'The Little Mermaid' offers an updated allegory on migration.

Areej Jamal 29 October 2023
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05 December 2025

When Israel killed a Hezbollah military chief in late November, one GBU-39 bomb failed to detonate, leaving Washington worried that its adversaries could reverse engineer it

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Spanish poet Miriam Reyes on escaping the prison of the page

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With her collection 'Con' having won Spain's 2025 National Poetry Prize, the Galician writer spoke to Al Majalla about the process of creation as she works on her first novel.

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