The year 2024 was replete with exceptional films that restored faith in the role of cinema in analysing and helping audiences process the chaos and destruction unfolding around them
Coralie Fargeat's stark commentary on Hollywood and wider society won in Cannes. It is a unique film blending grace, intelligence and horror, starring Demi Moore in one of her finest roles.
The critics were unimpressed by this sequel, some labelling it a flop. Ignore them. There is a depth to this version, which is true to the original story. Brilliant performances help it on its way
In the modern world, love is no longer looked at with rose-coloured glasses. Mirroring this real-world shift, 'Lover' and 'It Ends With Us' opt for darker, more nuanced storylines.
What a dream it must be to be Marilyn Monroe, a starstruck assistant tells her. “Everyone would give their right arm to be you!”
And we cringe, as we’ll do many times during Andrew Dominik’s…
ByJames Verniere
Gripping and clever, although not entirely, “One Way” tells the story of a fugitive on the run, or I should say, on a bus, trying to get away from a gang from which he has…
The Invitation ★★
◆ Directed by: Jessica M. Thompson
◆ Genre: Horror [US]
◆ Screenings: Cinemas.
Despite director Thompson's efforts to break free from the cycle of repeated horror films…
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…
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…
Wishes are not always fulfilled, even if they are not big ones.
Do revolutions really achieve justice and a decent life? Or do they serve political purposes? Does justice exist or does it become…
Palestinians are beginning to dribble out of the battered enclave as Israel starts implementing its "voluntary migration" plan. Gaza is being ethnically cleansed before our very eyes.
The man many think could end Erdoğan's quarter-century reign was arrested just days before he was nominated as the CHP presidential candidate. Who is he, and why is he behind bars?
The US and Israel want Tehran to completely dismantle its nuclear infrastructure, which it will not do. If they do decide to strike, Iran has limited options on how to respond.
The passion and imagination of the Uruguayan writer remain timeless, not least over Gaza. Ten years since his passing, Al Majalla revisits his works and words.