THE REEL ESTATE: A blood-spattered Egyptian soap opera
Ibrahim El-Abyad is a perfect attestation that even the most brilliant of…
Salt of the earth: A chat with Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir
The heart of Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir's award-winning first feature "Salt of…
THE REEL ESTATE: 'Ein Shams' success may inspire generations
Last time I met independent filmmaker Ibrahim El-Batout, just a couple of…
COMMENTARY: Defining the 'obscene'
CAIRO: In 1964, Nico Jacobellis, manager of an Ohio film arts theater,…
THE REEL ESTATE: All is fair in love and commerce
The summer film season is finally upon us ladies and gentlemen, a…
One on one with award-winning writer Deborah Moggach
In her most celebrated works, award-winning British novelist and scriptwriter Deborah Moggach…
THE REEL ESTATE: Ashes of a forgotten Polish tragedy
On March 5, 1940, in the forest of Katyn near Smolensk in…
THE REEL ESTATE: Where have all the good movies gone?
A few weeks back, a particular news item regarding Ron Howard's "Frost/Nixon…
THE REEL ESTATE: Cinema's patron saint of human suffering
Near the end of Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Dreamers (2003), the Italian provocateur…