Midway through the film festival he founded more than four decades ago, Robert Redford hopped out of a car and hollered to his grandson. The 28-year-old Dylan Redford was later that evening to premiere at Sundance a film he co-directed. “OK, Dylan. This is your moment,” Redford said with a grin. “Don’t blow it.”
Galerie Tanit’s latest offering, “Old Friends,” gathers the works of French photographer Frank Christen, who’s fascination with Lebanese trees keeps bringing him back.
When the 2020 Oscar ceremonies start flickering across the few million television screens in a couple of weeks, there will be two Arab films in contention.
Agial Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, “Mother Earth,” spotlights Syrian artist Anas Albraehe’s recent series, revolving around representations of rural workers in their everyday lives, both in moments of leisure and when hard at work.
Hillary Clinton has returned to the political stage at the Sundance Film Festival, vowing to work to defeat Republican Donald Trump in November.
In documentaries, anonymous sources have often been reduced to a shadowy, voice-distorted figure, or a pixelated blur.
Guy Ritchie’s honor-among-thieves meta-caper “The Gentlemen” has all the tailored tweed suits and smoky atmosphere of a handsome scotch commercial.
The third edition of the “Bad Boys” franchise starts as it must do: With a gleaming Porsche swerving at impossible speeds through Miami traffic under the...
Danish-French actress Anna Karina, muse of New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard, has died of cancer at the age of 79, her agent told AFP Sunday.
French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro, who described himself as a "sensual obsessive", has died in Paris at the age of 86, his family told AFP Sunday.
During the thunderous reception for the celebratory disability-rights documentary “Crip Camp” at the Sundance Film Festival, the loudest response came when...
“Sesame Street” in the past year has tackled everything from foster care to substance abuse.
For decades, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan and other characters from “The Great Gatsby” have been as real to millions of readers as people in their own lives,...
Coming at the start of a new movie calendar, the Sundance Film Festival is an annual rite of renewal.
Rania Matar’s latest exhibition, “An Image and Her Woman,” reflects the photographer’s development over time.
The men bringing James Dean back to life for a forthcoming film are aiming not just to give his digital likeness a role, but a whole new career.
A gloomy self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh was declared genuine this week after decades of uncertainty, as experts identified it as the only work the Dutch...
“Parasite” has officially infected Hollywood’s award season.
“It’s important to be clear that the problem is with the venue and not the association,” says Metropolis Association founder Hania Mroue. “We secured funding...
If the Producers Guild Awards are a true predictor of the Oscars’ best film category, then the World War I film “1917” is poised to come away with the top...
A Renaissance historian has unearthed the oldest known image of Venice, which dates from the 14th century and shows how even then the city of canals gripped...
Art experts have confirmed that a painting discovered hidden inside an Italian art gallery’s wall last month is Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of a Lady,” which was...
Marking the first-year anniversary of its design program FANTASMEEM, the Goethe-Institut has taken the time to reflect on the initiative’s progress.
A stolen 15th-century book by the famed Persian poet Hafez has been recovered by a Dutch art detective after an international “race against time” that drew...
Five towering wooden figures dwarf visitors to the “Lend Me Your Dream” exhibition at Dakar’s Museum of Black Civilisations.
Dr. Dolittle, who favored animals and shunned humans, was on to something.
If sheer drama is what you crave from television, look no further than the tale of a fearless mother at the far edge of South America.
Welcome to January, which, in quality movies terms, is the worst, the lowest, the abyss.
Filmmakers Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts are hoping the Oscar nomination for their documentary “For Sama” will remind people of the plight of Syrians...
Screening Thursday as part of the Beirut Art Film Festival, Olivier Lemaitre’s 2019 documentary “Saving Egypt’s Temples” looks back on how the world almost...
He vowed never to return, but Patrick Stewart is back for another adventure as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in a new “Star Trek” series. Having bid farewell to the...