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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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Sarah Snook plays a mother whose son is kidnapped in the series All Her Fault. Photo: Peacock
Sarah Snook: ‘All Her Fault was my way of facing my new-mother fears’

Australian actor returns with tense new drama that tests limits of love and loss

Film & TVNovember 09, 2025
A Groom and Two Brides brings in more laughs and more heart. Photo: Netflix
Groom and Two Brides review: Gulf romcom finds its rhythm on Netflix

Elie Semaan’s Honeymoonish follow-up shows growing confidence regional storytellers have to adapt global genres to local life

Film & TVNovember 07, 2025
Elle Fanning, left, and Dek, portrayed by Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, in a scene from Predator: Badlands. Photo: 20th Century Studios
Predator: Badlands is set far in the future of the Alien franchise – director explains why

Reinvention of the intertwined science-fiction stories required dramatic changes to make it work in the shared universe, says Dan Trachtenberg

Film & TVNovember 06, 2025
Emirati author Reem Al Kamali has been shortlisted alongside nine other authors. Antonie Robertson/The National
Emirati author Reem Alkamali shortlisted for Brics Literature Award

Winner will be announced on November 27

BooksNovember 05, 2025
Al Wasl Plaza in Expo City is one of the inaugeral RIBA Middle East Award winners. Photo: RIBA
Al Wasl Plaza among UAE winners at first RIBA Middle East Awards

Dubai College, Buhais Geology Park and women's mosque in Qatar also recognised

Art & DesignNovember 05, 2025
Christina Aguilera will return to Abu Dhabi a year after her 2025 Saadiyat Nights performance. Photo: Etihad Arena
Christina Aguilera to return to Abu Dhabi with 2026 Etihad Arena concert

American singer last performed in the emirate earlier this year

Music & On-stageNovember 05, 2025
David Corenswet has a cameo in upcoming film Supergirl. AFP
Superman star David Corenswet removed from pledge to boycott Israeli film bodies

Arab and Hollywood celebrities from Bassem Youssef to Javier Bardem have co-signed the Film Workers for Palestine initiative

Film & TVNovember 04, 2025
The UAE National Orchestra’s 70 full-time musicians and 30 choir members were selected from more than 3,200 applicants during a global audition process. Photo: UAE National Orchestra
UAE National Orchestra begins rehearsals ahead of first nationwide tour

Final ensemble includes 70 full-time musicians chosen from 3,200 applicants

Music & On-stageNovember 04, 2025
Actor and creator Rachel Sennott based many aspects of her new HBO series I Love LA on her own life. AFP
Rachel Sennott on I Love LA: ‘I was always the victim – now I try to be fair’

Actor and creator brings new depth to her comedy in her HBO series, leaving self-mockery behind for something real

Film & TVNovember 03, 2025
Sheikh Zayed Festival begins in November at the Al Wathba Show Grounds. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
Heritage festivals coming to Abu Dhabi, from Al Sila to Traditional Handicrafts

Sheikh Zayed and Al Dhafra festivals are also returning to the emirate

CultureOctober 31, 2025
Monster House is a charming coming-of-age animated film with just the right amount of spooky thrills for the whole family. Photo: Sony Pictures
Horror films for scaredy-cats: 11 picks for a not-too-spooky Halloween

From supernatural twists to psychological suspense, these films will grip you without giving you nightmares

Film & TVOctober 30, 2025
Born between 2010 and 2024, Gen Alpha is the first generation raised entirely on algorithms. Getty Images
Why is slang term 6-7 'word of the year'? Gen Alpha's viral dictionary decoded

From chopped to unc, the youngest generation is building a language from memes, livestreams and inside jokes

Pop CultureOctober 30, 2025
Luke Beattie, Redden Callaghan, Tom Hulshof and Taylour Paige in It: Welcome to Derry. Photo: HBO
It: Welcome to Derry turns the politics of 1962 America into its most terrifying monster

Set amid Cold War paranoia and racial tension, HBO’s prequel to It reveals the real horror isn’t the clown lurking under Derry but the country above it

CultureOctober 26, 2025
Grease's West End touring production will be at Dubai Opera until November 2. Photo: Dubai Opera
Grease at Dubai Opera: This is why nostalgia never goes out of style

Running until November 2, this joyful revival of the classic musical is best in the moments you may not remember

Music & On-stageOctober 26, 2025
Japanese architect Tadao Ando poses in front of a public toilet designed by him used in the Wim Wenders film, Perfect Days. AFP
Meet the Japanese architect behind the floating Dubai Museum of Art

Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese creative was originally linked to the planned Maritime Museum on Saadiyat Island

Art & DesignOctober 26, 2025
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