When a “Muslim” Watches ‘Hereafter’

An identity-complex laden guest contributor offers his thoughts on Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter.

Carlos the Jackal in Celluloid

‘Carlos,’ a biopic spanning roughly two decades in the life of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, or Carlos the Jackal, takes on new meaning after OBL’s killing.

Finally, a Sleeper Cell Comedy

The Four Lions is a black comedy about five fumbling British jihadists with big ambitions but zero potential.

Miral looks amazing

Jerusalem, 1948. On her way to work, Hind Husseini comes across 55 orphaned children in the street. She takes them home to give them food and shelter. Within six months, 55 had grown to almost 2000, and the Dar Al-Tifel Institute was born.

Iraq Before and After

“TruthSearch” is a short film by Hena Ashraf.

In only ten minutes, it shows two divergent time-places that share the same place on the map, but are completely different representations or constructs. In between Iraq 2003 and Iraq 2008 is a grueling American occupation, and by the latter we hear an Iraqi narrative from a journalist who shatters the rich, refined and utterly baseless claims of the war’s powerful proponents — sadly, it came 5 years too late.

For Cultural Purposes Only

Update : You may watch “They Do Not Exist” online here. (Tarboush tip: Laurie King) from Sight and Sound Magazine The Palestinian Film Archive vanished during the 1982 Israeli siege of Beirut. Sarah Wood’s ‘For Cultural Purposes Only’ revives the memory of its contents through verbal description and drawings. Palestinian writer Adania Shibli finds her [...]