The depiction of a land-grabbing colonialist power turning on its weaker neighbour feels aimed at Israel, its advocates say. Yet supporters of Palestine should be up in arms, too.
The Iranian dissident won for his film 'It Was Just An Accident', which he made clandestinely, making him one of the most decorated filmmakers in the history of world cinema
Winner of the Academy Award for Best International Feature, Walter Salles's film about a Brazilian family in the Cold War era shows how the enduring pain of forced disappearances affects the present
A budget film from last year that won ten Oscar nominations could have genuinely added to the pantheon of Holocaust films but instead feels contrived, crude, and long
The 34-year-old socialist's win is a seismic development, proving that tax rises for the rich to fund social programmes, and unwavering advocacy for Palestinian rights, are politically viable stances
After over 500 days of a crippling blockade, the city finally fell to the RSF, cementing their control of the giant Darfur state in western Sudan and giving them full access to key supply routes
A major global conference in Saudi Arabia shifts the focus of investment and expenditure to programmes and policies with a human-centred impact, not least in healthcare and education