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Elysium continues the theme that bad things happen to humans in space
The new sci-fi film Elysium ranks alongside previous cinematic imaginings of how human non-Earth habitats would look.
The Double: twice as nice and nasty
Jessie Eisenberg plays himself - twice - in the dark doppelganager comedy The Double, screening as part of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
Mademoiselle C in vogue at Abu Dhabi Film Festival
Mademoiselle C, a documentary screening during the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, follows the fashion magazine editor Carine Roitfeld after she leaves Vogue Paris to launch her own magazine in New York.
My Sweet Pepper Land coats heaviness with humour
My Sweet Pepperland is a funny, poignant film set in post-Saddam Kurdistan that also manages to serve as a modern-day Iraqi Western.
Enough Said: late actor’s last bow
An interview with the director and one of the stars of the last film that James Gandolfini made before his death.
An unusual game of doubles
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a man who becomes obsessed with his doppelgänger in Enemy, another outing from the Canadian director Denis Villeneuve screening at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
Dubai stars in Chinese film
The 57-year-old Jay Sun's directorial debut is an action thriller filmed mostly in Dubai. We chat with him about the movie Switch, dubbed China's answer to James Bond.
Breaking all the boundaries
Irrfan Khan speaks Punjabi for the first time in Qissa, a drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the 1947 partition of Pakistan and India.
Directors pitch their passions in Busan
Three regional directors are pitching their projects at the Busan International Film Festival
Into that darkness in Bosnia
Ahead of the San Sebastian Film Festival, we chat to the director Jasmilla Zbanic whose film, For Those Who Can Tell No Tales, will be screening.
Rougher justice
While there is much to admire about Prisoners, it feels a little cold, too predictable and has a suspect moral core.
Rasha Salti on falling in love at Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival programmer Rasha Salti discusses how she chooses films from the Arab world and some of the trends that we shall see at the TIFF this year.
You're Next only thinks it's clever
You're Next is a film best avoided if you want to keep your intellect intact.
Middle Eastern movies at Venice film festival
A look at the films from the Middle East screening at the Venice Film Festival.
Zero Dark Thirty's Fares Fares is not interested in playing bad guys
Ever since he burst onto the movie scene in the comedy Jalla! Jalla! (2000) 39-year-old Fares Fares has been one of Sweden's most popular actors. We chat with the Arab actor.
