Film

Berlinale 2026: Films play second fiddle to Gaza controversies for the third year running

German politicians and journalists reacted angrily to repeated statements of Palestinian solidarity by Arab and Hollywood filmmakers

Daoud Abdel Sayed: Why the late Egyptian filmmaker was so important

With Bahram Beizai's death, Iranian cinema is orphaned

Hamid Dabashi

The President’s Cake is our favourite movie of 2025. Here are 11 other standouts

The 10 worst Hollywood films by Middle Eastern filmmakers

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Dave Chappelle draws online praise for saying 'I stand with Israel' is code for 'they got me'

Dhurandhar: A Bollywood thriller gives India a win that eluded it on the battlefield

Palestine 36: Annemarie Jacir’s epic is a lesson in anti-Hollywood history

Joe Gill

Shah Rukh Khan: What it means to become a billionaire during a genocide

Azad Essa

From Roqia to Coyotes: The movies to watch out for this winter

Israel's genocide in Gaza

How the Gaza genocide is redefining world cinema

Hamid Dabashi

How Israel lost Hollywood: The changing face of western art on Palestine

'Songs of Paradise': Bollywood's latest attempt to depoliticise the Kashmir Valley

Venice Film Festival 2025: Hind Rajab and western cinema’s Palestine ‘awakening’

Venice Film Festival: Normally apolitical event struggles to shake the spectre of Gaza

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Venice audience left in tears during film about Gaza genocide victim Hind Rajab

What the Bollywood classic Umrao Jaan teaches us about the lost heritage of India's courtesans

Joaquin Phoenix and Brad Pitt join film about Hind Rajab as executive producers

Gaza, Lebanon, and a controversial Tunisian auteur dominate at the Locarno film festival

Superman: Palestinians are not waiting for a white superhero saviour

Joe Gill