Kaleem Aftab

Actor-director Diego Luna says his biopic Cesar Chavez only went into production because Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Participant Media were willing to take risks Hollywood baulked at.

Romantic vistas, scenic landscapes and a captor-hostage drama with a dark twist – Alia Bhatt and Randeep Hooda deliver powerhouse performances in Imtiaz Ali's Highway.

The film betrays its theatrical roots, but the great acting and cutting dialogue make it a must-see.

What is the explanation for the Pakistani terrorist drama Waar topping IMDb's end-of-year list?

Kurdistan is a focus in this week's Tromsø International Film Festival in Norway. Also screening is Salaam Dunk, a documentary about the girls basketball team at the American University of Iraq.

The star of Words and Pictures, Juliette Binoche talks to us about playing a gifted Italian artist who moves into teaching when she starts suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. The film is screening at the Dubai International Film Festival.

The filmmaker Jehane Noujaim’s hard-hitting drama The Square covers the Egyptian democratic movement with Tahrir Square as the pivot point.

In Miss Violence, Greek filmmaker Alexandros Avranas tells the story of a family dealing with their 11-year-old's death. The Venice Film Festival winner is screening at the Dubai International Film Festival.

The director Kevin Macdonald and the actress Saoirse Ronan talk about their new film How I Live Now, screening at the Dubai International Film Festival.

Dislike for the Ecuador football referee Byron Mureno prompted the filmmaker Paolo Zucca to make this black-and-white film.

Kaleem Aftab speaks to the director Jonathan Teplitzky about his big-screen adaptation of a touching Second World War memoir.

Kaleem Aftab meets Sean Gullette, the director of Traitors, a Sharjah Art Foundation-funded movie about an all-girl band from Morocco.

Mark Cousins’ A Story of Children and Film, which screens at the Dubai International Film Festival on Sunday, intersperses footage of his family with clips from films, while he narrates in his distinct, inimitable style. Kaleem Aftab talks to him about his inspirations.

Many scenes are similar to the 1976 original but this update feels far more like a Mean Girls high school flick, which is actually a good thing.

Clichés about love and generational conflict are regurgitated in Josh Boone's directorial debut, starring Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly.