Film

NAZA: Why the world watches only when Israelis document genocide

A film built on Israeli soldiers' accounts wins acclaim, while the Palestinian doctors and journalists who documented the genocide in Gaza for three years struggle for recognition

Israel's genocide in Gaza

NAZA review: Portrait of Israel as a nation stuck in a moral abyss

Israel's genocide in Gaza

How Fauda season five rewrites the Gaza genocide

Venice Film Festival 2026: American monsters dominate the 83rd edition

Locarno Film Festival 2026: Palestine, Iran and Gaza's genocide continue to dominate debate

Christopher Nolan remakes the Odyssey as an Anglo-American imperial fantasy

Hamid Dabashi

Asad versus 7 Dogs: Two starkly different movies compete to be the summer Arab blockbuster

Athena is another nihilistic chronicle of the Paris banlieues

Rafik Chekkat

The Damned Don’t Cry and other new Arab movies you should know about

Netflix's Athena: Romain Gavras takes on life in Parisian ghettos

Venice Film Festival 2022: Iranian cinema shines despite state repression

Venice Film Festival 2022: Filmmakers explore the kaleidoscope of Arab life in France

Date with destiny? How Marvel's Sabra may prove a headache for the comic book franchise

How Netflix’s ‘Mo’ is advocating autism awareness in the Middle East

House of the Dragon: Morocco 'inspired' Game of Thrones prequel's princess costume

Venice Film Festival 2022: An ambitious but patchy start for Middle Eastern cinema

That's not entertainment! How Egypt's arts industry has normalised misogyny

Tehran: Israeli propaganda series has the opposite of its intended effect

Hamid Dabashi

Amman International Film Festival: The ones that made a mark