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William Mullally

William Mullally

Arts & Culture Editor
William Mullally is Arts & Culture Editor at The National. An award-winning culture writer, he’s lived in the UAE since 2009 and chronicled the rise of the region’s diverse creative scenes. He’s served as Dubai Eye 103.8’s film critic since 2013, and has contributed to Arab News, ET Bil Arabi, The Insider Arabia, GQ Middle East, Esquire Middle East, Al Arabiya, Savoir Flair and Harper’s Bazaar Arabia. His long-running celebrity interview series has achieved more than 50 million views across his YouTube and TikTok channels.

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Hind Rajab's mother Wissam Hamada said the children of Gaza are deprived of their most basic rights. Reuters
Hind Rajab’s mother opens Doha Film Festival with emotional address

The festival began with the Middle East premiere of Tunisia’s Oscar submission, which it views as part of 'golden age of Arab cinema'

Film & TVNovember 21, 2025
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is under construction on Saadiyat Island. Victor Besa / The National
ExclusivePollock to Basquiat: first details of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi’s collection

Museum will present global collection from 1960s to today, with major commissions, unconventional spaces and focus on under-represented regions

Art & DesignNovember 21, 2025
Stephen Lang plays ruthless Soviet Red Army officer Igor Draganov in Sisu: Road to Revenge. Photo: Sony Pictures
The soul of a villain: Stephen Lang on the art of playing bad men

From Avatar: Fire and Ash to Sisu: Road to Revenge, American actor explains how he finds humanity in even the darkest roles

Film & TVNovember 20, 2025
Jesse Eisenberg returns as Danny Atlas in Now You See Me: Now You Don't, which was filmed in part in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Lionsgate
An unplanned F1 chase through Abu Dhabi's streets transformed Now You See Me 3

Director Ruben Fleischer breaks down how UAE's unique locations helped bring sequel’s most daring ideas to life

Film & TVNovember 19, 2025
From left, Justice Smith as Charlie, Ariana Greenblatt as June, Dominic Sessa as Bosco, Jesse Eisenberg as Daniel Atlas, Isla Fisher as Henley Reeves, and Dave Franco as Jack Wilder seen at Louvre Abu Dhabi in Now You See Me: Now You Don't. Photo: Lionsgate
Abu Dhabi ‘made the magic real’ in Now You See Me: Now You Don't, say actors

Film’s stars say shooting concluding chapter in UAE transformed story's scale and feel

Film & TVNovember 18, 2025
The Voice of Hind Rajab, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, will open this year's Doha Film Festival with a screening on November 21. Photo: Mime Films & Tanit Films
Gaza stories, Sudan narratives and homegrown talent at Doha Film Festival 2025

This year’s line-up spans 97 films, plus appearances from Steven Soderbergh, Michaela Coel, Ramy Youssef and more

CultureNovember 18, 2025
Glen Powell, second right, and Colman Domingo, right, face off in The Running Man. Photo: Paramount Pictures
The Running Man director explains why he changed Stephen King's original ending

Filmmaker unpacks how bringing author’s vision to screen in 2025 reshaped story’s climax, and why a darker path from the book no longer felt right

Film & TVNovember 16, 2025
President Sheikh Mohamed with Abu Dhabi Award winner Abdelmonem bin Eisa Alserkal and his family, during a ceremony at Qasr Al Hosn. Photo: UAE Presidential Court
Founder of Alserkal Avenue honoured by President for contributions to UAE

Abdelmonem bin Eisa Alserkal is a recipient of this year's Abu Dhabi Awards

Art & DesignNovember 14, 2025
Zayed National Museum is one of three new museums set to open in Abu Dhabi. Wam
‘Let us compete’: UAE officials embrace healthy rivalry in culture sector

Senior officials say Abu Dhabi and Dubai’s cultural strategies reinforce each other, reflecting the UAE’s and shared heritage

CultureNovember 14, 2025
Pictionary, released as a board game in 1985, is now a party game on your TV screen. Photo: Netflix
Review: Can Netflix’s new TV party games compete with Jackbox?

With titles including Pictionary and Boggle Party available now, the streamer is making a move into social, living-room gaming – but are they any good?

Pop CultureNovember 14, 2025
Red Dead Redemption will make its mobile debut through Netflix, with an updated UI. Photo: Rockstar
Netflix to release Red Dead Redemption on mobile for the first time

Alain Tascan, Netflix’s head of games, tells The National the Western classic required major technical and interface changes to make it work on a phone

Pop CultureNovember 13, 2025
Daniel Craig, centre, stars as Benoit Blanc in the Knives Out mystery film series that is being adapted into a Netflix party game. Photo: Netflix
Netflix announces Knives Out party game with Rian Johnson ‘deeply involved'

Board-game-style Dead Man’s Party brings Benoit Blanc to living room screens, built for play via smartphones and aligned with director's Wake Up Dead Man

Pop CultureNovember 13, 2025
Glen Powell stars in director Edgar Wright's The Running Man, which is being released in UAE cinemas on November 13. Getty Images
Glen Powell details 'masterclass' Tom Cruise gave him before The Running Man

Friend, mentor and Top Gun: Maverick co-star told Powell: 'You’ve got to make yourself bulletproof'

Film & TVNovember 12, 2025
Bollywood actress Rekha will attend a celebration of one of Indian cinema’s most acclaimed performances. AFP
Red Sea Film Festival unveils line-up, Rekha among celebrity guests

Several of this year's Oscar submissions will also be screened at event

Film & TVNovember 10, 2025
A statue of Ramses II in the entrance hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which was completed in 2023 and officially opened earlier this month. Bloomberg
Art Cairo returning to Grand Egyptian Museum in January

Set against backdrop of country's newest cultural landmark, fair will highlight poetic power of Arabic

Art & DesignNovember 09, 2025
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