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Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021)

'Costa Brava, Lebanon': Homelands Deserve Us to Resist

When you are in the middle of the crisis, standing alone and seeing no hope, will you continue fighting? Or you will give up? If the concern is your country falling apart, will you stay or leave? A…

Salma Adham 20 June 2022
Laila (Faten Hamama) and Hussain (Saleh Selim) in ‘The Open Door.’

'The Open Door': An Iconic Egyptian Movie About Women's Liberation

Confronting societal reactionary traditions that humiliate women parallel with the fight against occupation is the core of the story. Although many years have passed since its release and all the…

Salma Adham 29 January 2022
A large billboard is pictured at the entrance of of Old Jeddah, known as 'Al- Balad', to announce the first edition of the Red Sea Film Festival, in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah, on December 11, 2021. (Photo by Ammar ABD RABBO / Red Sea Film Festival / AFP)

Why Do Cinemas Flourish in Saudi Arabia Despite Global Decline?

With more than 600 cinemas remaining shut in North America and a global decline in revenues that reached up to 80% in Europe and Asia, the outlook of the screening film industry seems to be gloomy…

Motasem Al Felou 24 December 2021
Jonathan Majors, left, and Damon Wayans Jr. in a scene from "The Harder They Fall." (David Lee/Netflix/TNS)

'The Harder They Fall' Review: A Bloody Good Time in the Old West

The slick, stylish Black cowboy Western "The Harder They Fall" comes out guns blazing, introducing itself like it's kicking down a door. Which, in a sense, it is: Director and co-writer Jeymes Samuel…

Adam Graham 22 October 2021

Saba Mubarak: Ajloun’s Daughter is the Diamond of Arab Drama

Anticipation and an expected controversy await the screening of the movie “Amira”, starring Saba Mubarak and produced by scholarMoezMasoud, as the work was chosen for competition during the 5th…

Majalla 27 August 2021
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