A few weeks before the month of Ramadan — the annual peak season of television series and television drama in Egypt — film sets find themselves challenged as never before to meet deadlines.
While no filming in Egypt has been interrupted by (...)
For the second year in a row, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival has gone to an Asian film.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's jury gave this year's top prize to Bong Joon Ho's “Parasite,” one of the most critically acclaimed films of this (...)
Known for its usual inclination towards new ideas and new talents, away from the calculations sometimes present in the programming of the official competition of the Cannes Film Festival, the section "Un certain regard" gives this year a chance to (...)
The third edition of the Jazz and Films Festival took place on 10 and 11 December, honouring Egyptian jazz musician Yehia Khalil and French actress Jeanne Moreau, along with French filmmaker Jean Rouch and American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis.
The (...)
It is so commonplace to ridicule or ferociously attack religious extremism, that upon entering a screening of Sheikh Jackson, one might have worried that the film would be no more than an indirect satire of fanaticism.
Yet two hours later, it was (...)
Whose song will earn the title of summer 2017's greatest tune? As waves of new songs come flowing onto radio stations, each artist hopes to stand out from the crowd.
Alternating between pop, hip-hop, folk and electronic music, Amr Diab, Sherine, (...)
Days after the release of French film Dalida in Egyptian cinemas, the biopic has sparked much debate. Some were fascinated, others indignant, but all fans of the Egyptian-Italian diva had something to say.
The film retraces Yolanda Gigliotti's (...)
Lucy, the new film by Luc Besson, released in July 2014 gives full justice to the director's name. The film encapsulates all the cinematic procedures that characterise Besson's work into a science fiction movie mixed with a new approach to action (...)
Directed by Marwan Hamed, El-Fil El-Azraq (The Blue Elephant) is an action drama based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Ahmed Mourad.
The film – which hit cinemas during Eid – proved to be an ambitious project, where the relations (...)
There is a big difference between an actor and a jester. The former seeks to make the audience laugh, while equally managing to preserve the dramatic power to make them cry. The latter aims at making one laugh at any cost, whether through look, (...)
Here comes another comedy to entertain us during the hot summer season. The audience, however isn't laughing.
The all-around cinematic deficiency is highly apparent in Samir Abu El-Nile, a new comedy directed by Amr Arafa, starring Ahmad (...)