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Articles of the author Myriam Ghattas
Gonzo in Puerto Rico
Hunter S. Thompson was one of those larger than life personas who flickered into our consciousness just long enough to challenge widely accepted social beliefs and alter the cerebral path of future generations. The man led a life of excess and (...)

19 - 03 - 2012
The will to power
"Chronicle" (2012) is the story of three high school students who stumble upon a mysterious alien-looking substance that, upon contact, endows them with the formidable super-power of telekinesis. As Andrew Detmer (Dane DeHaan), Matt Garetty (Alex (...)

29 - 02 - 2012
The Grey: Knocking on hell's door
The trailer sold a sci-fi type horror flick with cheap thrills and a snowy destitute landscape. The subject of its advertisement seemed to fall into that category of films listed in eponymous actor Liam Neeson's overflowing portfolio of projects in (...)

14 - 02 - 2012
When Sherlock Holmes meets his match
The second installment of the Sherlock Holmes franchise sees Guy Ritchie treat us to the much anticipated face-off between Scotland Yard's notoriously astute detective and his brilliantly immoral arch-nemesis, Professor James Moriarty. "Sherlock (...)

29 - 01 - 2012
Like its protagonists, 'Kaf El-Amar' loses its way
Khaled Youssef's "Kaf El Amar" (The Moon's Palm; 2011) tells the story of a widowed mother, Amar, played by the actress Wafaa Amer, and of her five sons whom she entreats to leave their native rural village to establish themselves in the big city, (...)

04 - 01 - 2012
A Cuban African Odyssey with Egypt's Jihan El-Tahri
Jihan El-Tahri is a French Egyptian national who had never screened her films in her own country, Egypt, until recently. This unfortunate oversight was thankfully corrected with her invitation to participate in the Fourth Panorama of the European (...)

01 - 01 - 2012
Tales of the country
The Fourth Panorama of the European Film concluded recently. Taking place in Cairo it featured a number of documentaries that explored certain facets of Egypt which may have been little known to local audiences though they are highly fascinating and (...)

18 - 12 - 2011
Cinema Komunisto: Living in Tito's vision
"Cinema Komunisto" (2010), which recently screened at the fourth Panorama for European Film in Cairo, is a true feat of archival documentation and storytelling. The Serbian film narrates the construction of the image of the former country of (...)

16 - 12 - 2011
Spanish filmmaker Almodovar's intriguing 'Skin I Live In'
Pedro Almodóvar is back with a brand new installment of his sensuous quirky creations. "La Piel Que Habito" (The Skin I Live In, 2011) is sexy, intricate and intriguing. Ever since he lost his wife to severe burns in the aftermath of a car crash, (...)

07 - 12 - 2011
Polisse: Film delivers emotional realism with grit
Child abuse, infant abduction, rape, incest and abandonment are just some of the cases that we get a glimpse of in “Polisse” (2011) that explores the day to day business of being a BPM (Brigade for the Protection of Minors) in France. Set in Paris, (...)

05 - 12 - 2011
War of the roses
"La Guerre est Déclarée" (Declaration of War, 2011) is the story of a young couple: Romeo (Jérémie Elkaïm) and Juliette (Valérie Donzelli) find out that their son Adam (César Desseix) — just one-and-a-half years old — has been diagnosed with a (...)

02 - 12 - 2011
An Italian lesson in love
"Manuale D'Am3re" (The Ages of Love, 2011) is a triptych of three love stories told by an observant and meddlesome Cupid (Vittorio Emanuele Propizio) officiating as a taxi driver of love. The stories represent the different ages, or stages, at which (...)

27 - 11 - 2011
Neds: A personal story
Telling a poignant and gritty tale of a boy's downward spiral to hell, Peter Mullan makes no concessions as he writes and directs “Neds” (2010) revisiting his native Scotland in his third feature. In his previous films, Mullan exhibited a mastery (...)

24 - 11 - 2011
The soft revolution of Dagenham
Revolution…revolution! "Made in Dagenham" (2010) puts the sassy in strike, one that yielded revolutionary results in England in 1968 and had repercussions all over the world thereafter. Sporting a motto of "We Want Sex Equality" around their town (...)

23 - 11 - 2011
Scenes from the Romanian revolution
"My name is Rodica Marcau. I am from the Timisoara Co-op store. I defended the store on Sunday. The Securitate shot at us on our way home. Some were arrested and tortured. They were beaten with riffle-butts. I am bedridden now but...I wish to join (...)

21 - 11 - 2011
'Submarine' takes on adolescence with dominating style
British director Richard Ayoade's debut film for the big screen, “Submarine” (2010) tells the tale of Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts), a 15-year-old kid with run-of-the-mill teenage concerns: the conquest, and safekeeping, of a girlfriend, Jordana (...)

20 - 11 - 2011
Greed is still good in Stone's new 'Wall Street'
Oliver Stone directs an all-star cast in the much anticipated sequel “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” delivering a narrative worthy of its namesake. Much like the reality of the famed stock exchange address, the movie fluctuates between riveting (...)

26 - 10 - 2010
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