BIBLICAL epics are all the rage. “Noah” and “Exodus: Gods and Kings” burst onto screens in 2014. “The Young Messiah”, “Risen” and “Last Days in the Desert” (2016) explored the chronological gaps in ...
The cinematography is as crisp and chilling as a horror movie. Men in orange jumpsuits kneel on a beach beneath a sky of broken clouds. Executioners hover over them, dressed in black, knives aglint. A ...
When Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took power in Iran 35 years ago on February 11, Iran's filmmakers had good reason to worry. The strict code of censorship ushered in by the Islamic Revolution ...
Movie critics have a hard time figuring out how to refer to the work of Islamic filmmakers. Islamic or Muslim cinema seems to imply a religious theme, which few of the films have. Arabic cinema leaves ...
The cinematography is as crisp and chilling as a horror movie. Men in orange jumpsuits kneel on a beach beneath a sky of broken clouds. Executioners hover over them, dressed in black, knives aglint. A ...
RIYADH (Reuters) - The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police has eased his criticism of a return of cinema to the conservative Muslim country saying he saw no harm in it as long as what is shown ...
Rabat – Last month during his visit to a Baltimore mosque United States President Barack Obama spoke about many issues concerning Islam and modern Western society. Perhaps his most interesting words ...
I’m sitting in Beth Barrett’s office at the SIFF Film Center in Seattle Center. The office has an ordinary desk, a few casual chairs, and a wide window with a view of the popular International ...