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Hollywood and the Middle East mix at Red Sea International Film Festival

Hollywood and the Middle East mix at Red Sea International Film Festival

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — One of the Middle East’s fastest-growing film festivals opened Thursday in Saudi Arabia, attracting filmmakers and stars from around the world, to present over 120 films from 81 countries in Jeddah’s historic Al-Balad dist
Movie Review: A wordless Latvian cat parable about climate change is the year's best animated movie

Movie Review: A wordless Latvian cat parable about climate change is the year's best animated movie

Of all the post-apocalyptic landscapes we've been treated to over the years, none is as beautiful nor peaceful as that of “Flow.
Sudan documentary implores world to remember how a hopeful revolution became a forgotten war

Sudan documentary implores world to remember how a hopeful revolution became a forgotten war

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — In the early days of Sudan's 2019 revolution , Shajane Suliman brought sandwiches, coffee and mint tea to demonstrations in closed-off sections of Khartoum.
Sudan documentary implores world to remember how a hopeful revolution became a forgotten war

Sudan documentary implores world to remember how a hopeful revolution became a forgotten war

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — In the early days of Sudan's 2019 revolution , Shajane Suliman brought sandwiches, coffee and mint tea to demonstrations in closed-off sections of Khartoum.
Movie Review: Brave, mesmerizing Amy Adams triumphs over frustratingly odd script in ‘Nightbitch’

Movie Review: Brave, mesmerizing Amy Adams triumphs over frustratingly odd script in ‘Nightbitch’

The question sounds so basic and friendly. But it’s actually loaded, as many mothers can attest. “Do you just love getting to be home with him all the time?” asks the younger, more put-together woman in the supermarket. “Must be so wonderful.

Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’ disrupts popular narratives of Mumbai

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Exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's definition of home is shifting

Exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's definition of home is shifting

NEW YORK (AP) — Shortly before he was to be flogged and imprisoned for eight years, Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran.
Q&A: Binoche and Fiennes on reuniting for ‘The Return' and fighting for meaningful movies

Q&A: Binoche and Fiennes on reuniting for ‘The Return' and fighting for meaningful movies

Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche became friends while playing lovers in “Wuthering Heights.
Q&A: Binoche and Fiennes on reuniting for ‘The Return' and fighting for meaningful movies

Q&A: Binoche and Fiennes on reuniting for ‘The Return' and fighting for meaningful movies

Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche became friends while playing lovers in “Wuthering Heights.
A timeline of the legacy of the Montreal Massacre

A timeline of the legacy of the Montreal Massacre

MONTREAL — The Montreal massacre, which took place 35 years ago on Friday, sparked a national discussion about violence against women and drove major public policy changes, especially around gun control.