Movie Reviews

January 4, 2013

Bassem Yousef.
08:07 GMT

What to expect from the two new Arabic-language channels launched this week.

January 3, 2013

Marwa plays a deaf woman in her upcoming film.
15:22 GMT

Saudi actress Marwa Mohammad has her new movie that focuses on the struggles of being a deaf person in a non-deaf world.

December 31, 2012

James Bond with his Turkish backdrop.
12:16 GMT

Skyfall, the latest Bond flick, set in Istanbul, rakes in a cool billion at the box office.

December 30, 2012

“Chaos, Disorder” co-stars Ramsi Lehner, center, and Mohamed Farag, right.
08:22 GMT

Did the region's movies this year really have nothing to do with the Arab Spring?

December 26, 2012

Ahmed Helmy.
12:12 GMT

The Egyptian funnyman teams up with Egypt's most scandalous actress on his new project.

Salma Al Masri
11:34 GMT

Despite the chaos, the small-screen star says she'll continue to make TV dramas in her home country.

The art of protest: creative types out in force to protest their rights.
08:11 GMT

Never mind Syria, this year's biggest conflict was between the artsy types of Cairo and the new Muslim Brotherhood government.

Duraid Laham (picture courtesy of Middle East Online).
05:54 GMT

The legendary Syrian actor is back and making a TV drama called "We Will Return Shortly", no irony intended!

December 24, 2012

Abed Fahed
09:33 GMT

Filming on his latest project is postponed after producers worry about the security situation in Egypt for Syrian action star, Abed Fahed.

A new light of female Arab cinema.
07:55 GMT

The Oran Arab Film Festival has given the award for best feature film to Hala Lutfi's 'Khoroug Lel Nahar'.

December 23, 2012

From soup kitchen to screen.
08:52 GMT

Egyptian documentary filmmaker Tahani Rached creates powerful socially engaged movies about contemporary Egyptian and Arab struggles, yet is challenged by narrow audiences.

Emeric Lhuisset, Theater of War, photographs with a group of Iranian-Kurdish guerilla fighters, Lambda print, 150 x 112cm, Iraq, 2011-2012 All photos courtesy of the Running Horse
08:38 GMT

For his new exhibition, Emeric Lhuisset traveled to a secret training camp on the Iraq-Iran border.

Future Shorts Festival, Egypt.
08:33 GMT

The Future Shorts Festival is proving a huge hit in the North African nation and internationally.

Vying for the lady's love.
08:29 GMT

Newcomer Khan’s work was one of the more intriguing experiments to emerge from the Dubai International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere last week.

December 20, 2012

Tell me everything you know: Latifa
09:37 GMT

The Tunisian songstress swaps singing for TV hosting, signing up to present MBC's new show.