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Kaleem Aftab

Kaleem Aftab

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Kaleem is the author of an authorised biography of Spike Lee titled Spike Lee: That’s My Story and I’m Sticking To It. He selects films for the East End Film Festival and gives programming advice to festivals around the globe. He has been working as a freelance journalist specialising in Arab, European and American indie cinema since 1999.
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Julian Schnabel, known for his films The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, When Night Falls and Basquair, now casts his eye on the Isreali-Palestinian conflict in his adaption of the novel Miral.
Director Julian Schnabel on his latest film Miral

The New York-born artist and filmmaker needed to employ a delicate balance when filming in the Middle East.

October 20, 2010
In a Better World
ADFF review: In a Better World

Director Suzanne Bier delivers an anti-war message from a microcosm with strong performances that make light of some of the clunky plot devices.

October 20, 2010
ADFF review: Miral

Julian Schnabel's take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is visually arresting but fails to gel.

October 20, 2010
ADFF film review: Copie Conforme

A masterful essay on the value of art.

October 19, 2010
Catherine Deneuve stars in Potiche.
Divine Deneuve turns to comedy

At 66, the actress Catherine Deneuve can still command attention.

October 19, 2010
ADFF film review: Potiche

An enjoyable romp with a dissapointing addendum.

October 19, 2010
The documentary Tears of Gaza is aimed at arousing empathy for stories that have so far gone untold.
A turbulent view of Gaza from the inside

Tears of Gaza does not shy away from showing the destruction caused and the human cost of the Israeli bombing of Gaza that recommenced in December 2008.

October 18, 2010
Hamad Khan's film Slackistan posits that the problem with loss of motivation among Pakistani youth is not due to lack of opportunity.
Exploring contemporary Pakistani youth

The Slackistan director Hammad Khan says his film depicts a group of middle-class kids a year after graduating from college who realise their dreams and aspirations are unlikely to be fulfilled.

October 18, 2010
Ishiguro's novel gets a weak adaptation. Courtesy Fox Searchlight Pictures
The twist gets lost in this adaptation

A rather disappointing adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel in which the director Mark Romanek seems to misread what made the novel such a favourite.

October 17, 2010
West is West focuses its action in the Pakistani Punjab.
Om Puri talks about West Is West

The West Is West star Om Puri talks about stepping back into a role he last played more than a decade ago.

October 17, 2010
A clichéd start leads to surprising pathos

A clichéd start leads to surprising pathos in West Is West.

October 17, 2010
Diane Lane and John Malkovich star in Secretariat, about the Triple Crown champion horse.
The best of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival

A look at this year's opening film, Secretariat, and our picks for this year's must-see movies and documentaries.

October 14, 2010
Denis Villeneuve's film Incendies won awards at the Toronto Film Festival and will be Canada's Oscar entry. The movie will also be screened at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. Courtesy Vero Boncompagni
Denis Villeneuve focuses on the Middle East

Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve admits he knew little about the Middle East before he starting work on his latest film, Incendies.

October 11, 2010
Jeremy Renner, right, as Jem Coughlin in the crime drama The Town.
Renner's run: how an Oscar nomination changed Jeremy

Since The Hurt Locker, his star has been on the rise. And now for his next act.

October 07, 2010
Oliver Stone, centre, gives directions to Michael Douglas, right, and Shia LaBeouf on the set of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
On the money: Oliver Stone talks about Gordon Gekko's return to Wall Street

"It comes down to love and greed, and Gekko emphasises it on a micro level, but on a macro level the banks are doing the same thing. Are they going to work for society or for themselves?"

September 23, 2010
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