The Well-Digger’s Sons
The Water Diviner Directed by Russell Crowe Warner Brothers, 2015 We have a movie, and we have a firestorm.…
The Indypendent
Judith Mahoney Pasternak
Miral A Film by Julian Schnabel A Pathé, Canal+, et al. production In Arabic and Hebrew with English titles…
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 A Documentary by Göran Hugo Olsson A Story AB, Louverture Films, and Sveriges Television…
Secret Sounds of Iran: A Review of ‘No One Knows About Persian Cats’
No One Knows About Persian Cats Directed by Bahman Ghobadi A Production of Mij Film Co., 2009 In Farsi…
Web Exclusive: Italy, Yesterday and Today: A Review of Vincere
Vincere Directed by Marco Bellocchio A Production of Celluloid Dreams, et al., 2009 In Italian “Mussolini Killed in Northern…
Vincere Directed by Marco Bellocchio A Production of Celluloid Dreams, et al., 2009 In Italian “Mussolini Killed in Northern…
Political Films to Test Oscars: Will the Blue People Win?
“Oscar” is getting older—this year marks the 82nd awards ceremony for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.…
Gaza Freedom March: ‘Our Work Will Not End Tonight’
CAIRO, January 3–Taking advantage of the publicity generated by its attempt to reach Gaza, the Egyptian government’s refusal to…
Gaza Freedom March: Declaration from Cairo
CAIRO, January 1—This morning, a couple of hundred Gaza Freedom March (GFM) participants ringingly endorsed the “Cairo Declaration,” the…
Gaza Freedom March: No candles on the Nile
By Ellen Davidson and Judith Mahoney Pasternak CAIRO–Yesterday afternoon hundreds of people converged at the spot on the Nile…