‘The request by “MBS” was very clear: Show the Salvator Mundi next to the Mona Lisa, and present it as 100 percent a da Vinci,’ the French official says, but his recommendation to the Elysee was that this would amount to ‘laundering a $450 million artwork’
Compelled to make a short about the Beirut port blast, the Beirut-born filmmaker discusses his new project, tracing the journey of Naji Al-Ali’s caricature around the world
The most famous victim of the Italian censor was Bernardo Bertolucci’s steamy Oscar-nominated 1972 classic ‘Last Tango in Paris,’ all copies of which were destroyed except for three preserved as ‘proof of the crime’
‘Le DZ à Dubaï’ (‘DZ’ being Arabic shorthand for ‘Algeria’ or ‘Algerian’) brings together a group of Algerian social media influencers, former models and rappers in a format based on a French show similar to Big Brother
Separating fragments of Palestine's sub-divided territory from one another are Israeli watchtowers, the apartheid wall, checkpoints – structures of domination...
Back online, the sixth edition of the Doha Film institute’s cinema incubator platform presented 48 projects from 21 countries, five from Lebanon
In the opening moments of the HBO documentary "Tina," Tina Turner doesn't just command the stage as she's belting out "Ask Me How I Feel" for a giant stadium...
With overtones of David Cronenberg, “Come True” is a slow-burn experience that also feels very indie. The cast is scarcely recognizable and it was made with a...
Eight Egyptian architects have won an international competition for the reconstruction of the historic Al-Nouri Mosque complex in Mosul, Iraq, selection...
The project began modestly with poetry readings over the phone for anyone needing a little uplift. Planned before the pandemic, it began just at the right...
The 58-year-old fears his ancient trade could disappear entirely in Italy, the country that invented the pianoforte at the end of the 17th century, largely...
An area roughly the size of Belgium, Al-Ula, with its Nabatean tombs and art chiselled into caramel-hued rock, is being groomed as the centrepiece of Saudi...
‘Our objective is to assess, in the light of new evidence that may emerge, if these [three] verdicts [against Dante] could be the subject of a...
The hunters’ earthy endeavor isn’t as simple as it seems. Their way of life is a dying one. The rare white Alba truffle is increasingly hard to find because...
Begum left her London home aged just 15 to travel to Syria with two school friends, and married an IS fighter. She was ‘found’ by British journalists, heavily...
Whether her film wins or not, Kaouther Ben Hania has entered history with ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’
Fincher’s film easily topped nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards – delayed two months by the coronavirus pandemic – with 10 nominations, including best...
For the first time, the Berlinale awarded a ‘gender neutral’ best acting prize, to Germany’s Maren Eggert for her performance in the sci-fi comedy I’m Your Man’
Like any romantic comedy heroine, Alma is reluctant and sceptical at first, especially as Tom has a habit of delivering corny pick-up lines about the ‘deep...
‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ by Romania’s Radu Jude is perhaps the most daring of the 15 movies vying for the Golden Bear’s top prize on Friday at the...
Fey and Poehler managed their typically well-timed back-and-forth despite being almost 3,000 miles from each other, appearing before masked attendees but no...