Film review

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

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

Culkin's layered Oscar-winning performance as one of two cousins whose grandmother's family went through the Holocaust lets Eisenberg's latest film explore the different ways people process pain

The documentary about Israel's crimes in the West Bank deserves praise, yet the discourse around the film remains far removed from the heart of the issue: the illegal and immoral military occupation

Our monthly review of the silver screen's latest releases with a nod to a cinematic classic

In his remarkable award-winning film 'The Room Next Door', the legendary Spanish film director deals with the end of life head-on in what amounts to a rare cinematic meditation

Al Majalla speaks to Saudi film director Samaher Mously on her debut short film that uses dark humour to explore the tyranny of beauty as perpetuated by the global cosmetics industry

In our monthly film round-up, we showcase the latest silver screen offerings, including some classics reimagined for today's generation

An evocative story of finding hope in adversity, 'The Brink of Dreams' follows a group of girls from a poor village who defy conservativism and discouragement to follow their dreams