Iman
A Greek-Cypriot family fall apart against a backdrop of terrorism and racial tension in ‘Iman’, a glossy thriller from writer-director duo Corinna Avraamidou and Kyriacos Tofarides
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Nov 10, 2022 | Festivals, THESSALONIKI 2022 |
A Greek-Cypriot family fall apart against a backdrop of terrorism and racial tension in ‘Iman’, a glossy thriller from writer-director duo Corinna Avraamidou and Kyriacos Tofarides
Read MorePosted by Jordan Mintzer | Feb 22, 2023 | Berlin, Berlin 2023, Featured, Festivals |
Payman Maadi gives another outstanding performance in a deeply layered refugee drama that isn’t always the sum of its parts.
Read MorePosted by Jay Weissberg | Jan 16, 2023 | Featured, Festivals, Palm Springs 2023 |
Palestine’s Oscar submission is an uneven story of a depressed man hoping to get his neighbor to bump him off, told in a vaguely black comedy manner.
Read MorePosted by Jay Weissberg | Dec 22, 2022 | Festivals, Spotlight |
Sweden’s shortlisted International Oscar hopeful, formerly known as ‘Boy from Heaven’, is a solid though cautious, slow-burn loss-of innocence tale wrapped around the struggle between State versus Religion, designed for Western consumption.
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | Nov 25, 2022 | Cairo, CAIRO 2022, Festivals, Spotlight |
Lebanese actress Carole Abboud brings a sense of wistful loneliness to the role of an independent woman estranged from her adult daughter in Bassem Breche’s sketch-like feature debut.
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