Nada Doumani Champions Arab Film Culture in Difficult Times
The Amman Film Festival director and co-founder faces new challenges but relies on the community of filmmakers: “We want people who have something to share.”
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | Aug 1, 2026 | Amman 2026, Featured, Festivals |
The Amman Film Festival director and co-founder faces new challenges but relies on the community of filmmakers: “We want people who have something to share.”
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | Jul 26, 2026 | Amman 2026, Featured |
The Amman Intl. Film Festival – Awal Films kicks off boldly in the midst of the Mideast conflict.
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | May 23, 2026 | Festivals, Cannes 2026 |
A young woman becomes obsessed with watching porn videos in Marjorie Conrad’s ‘The Joyless Economy’, a tough experiment that challenges audiences to make or withhold judgment.
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | May 21, 2026 | Festivals, Cannes 2026, Featured |
The short-lived Vichy government in France, created in partnership with Nazi Germany during WW2, is brilliantly brought to life through the eyes of a civil servant who makes a career out of conforming to the fascist state, in Emmanuel Marre’s impressive second feature ‘A Man of His Time’.
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | May 19, 2026 | Festivals, Cannes 2026 |
The mystery and ambiguity that director Andrei Zviaguintsev is known for feel less grand in ‘Minotaur’, in which marital betrayal and murder blend with signs that the Russian war machine is creaking back to life.
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