Film
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Microphone’
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December 6, 2010
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Microphone’
In "Heliopolis," Ahmad Abdalla’s fiction debut, a seminal scene depicts a couple gazing at each other for a moment in…
Festival Films: Hungary’s “So Much For Justice!”
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December 6, 2010
Festival Films: Hungary’s “So Much For Justice!”
It’s a shame that the Cairo International Film Festival doesn’t give out an award for Most Annoying Film—“So Much for…
Festival Films: Switzerland’s ‘Sauvage’
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December 5, 2010
Festival Films: Switzerland’s ‘Sauvage’
International film festivals are somewhat about pride in your country, and no film in the festival thus far has featured…
Festival Films: Romania’s ‘Meekness’
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December 5, 2010
Festival Films: Romania’s ‘Meekness’
Trouble, the crazed man of a Romanian village, walks by the house of one of the villagers. Obviously drunk, the…
The Yes Men Fix the World
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November 26, 2010
The Yes Men Fix the World
20 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy-–the worst industrial accident in history—a Dow Chemical Company spokesman announced live on BBC…
Egyptian film in Tunisia: Dispatch from the Carthage Film Festival
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October 28, 2010
Egyptian film in Tunisia: Dispatch from the Carthage Film Festival
The last quarter of the year is usually busy in the Arab film festival circuit with six festivals competing to…
Egyptian film in the Gulf: Dispatch from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, part II
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October 19, 2010
Egyptian film in the Gulf: Dispatch from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, part II
Egyptian cinema is a quite significant presence at the 2010 Abu Dhabi Film Festival. "Messages from the Sea," Dawood Abdel-Sayed's…
The stars are out: Dispatch from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival
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October 16, 2010
The stars are out: Dispatch from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival
The fourth annual Abu Dhabi Film Festival (14-23 Oct) kicked off last Thursday at the Emirates Palace, where a large…
The final day of the Alex film festival: Social woes
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September 20, 2010
The final day of the Alex film festival: Social woes
Like previous days, the final day of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries failed to attract a large number…
Alexandria Film Festival’s day three: Palestinian sorrows, Turkish fears and French blues
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September 17, 2010
Alexandria Film Festival’s day three: Palestinian sorrows, Turkish fears and French blues
The Alexandria film festival is into its second day. On Thursday, 16 September, the Green Plaza screens, which are showing…