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fromInsideHook
1 day ago

What Men Can Learn From 17 Unforgettable On-Screen Proposals

Real-life proposals differ from romantic comedies, but lessons from memorable on-screen moments can guide men in crafting meaningful proposals.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago
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Iraq celebrates qualification for FIFA World Cup 2026

Iraq's national football team qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in nearly 40 years amid ongoing conflict.
fromwww.dw.com
6 days ago
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World Cup 2026: Iraq qualify but Iran doubts loom

Iraq qualifies for the World Cup for the first time since 1986 amid war and logistical challenges.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
6 days ago

World Cup 2026: Iraq qualify but Iran doubts loom

Iraq qualifies for the World Cup for the first time since 1986 amid war and logistical challenges.
fromThe New Yorker
1 day ago

In Film, Sometimes the Greatest Drama Is Offscreen

"Cinematic Immunity" offers a workers'-eye view of Hollywood on the Hudson, revealing the intricate dynamics of filmmaking in New York City from 1954 to 9/11.
Independent films
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 days ago

A Portland Panorama of indie films * Oregon ArtsWatch

On May 2, 2025, arts and cultural organizations across the country received notifications that grants and funding promised by the National Endowment for the Arts were being rescinded. This was part of a larger initiative by the Trump Administration to dismantle not just the NEA, but also other arts advocacy programs including the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
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fromQueerty
5 days ago

WATCH: This shocking camboy drama pushes queer cinema into provocative new territory - Queerty

Blue Film is a provocative camboy drama exploring taboo subjects and complex human relationships between a sex worker and his former teacher.
fromHyperallergic
6 days ago

A Palestinian-American Photographer's Intimate Gaze

"In 'break bad (freddy flexing)' (2021), a slim man's attempt to exert physical strength instead displays his fragility. A gentleness in his eyes suggests truer strength beneath the performance."
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fromItsnicethat
6 days ago

California Dreaming: The latest issue of A Rabbit's Foot is about the inventors and innovators of our movie-making culture

A Rabbit's Foot magazine celebrates the future of film and artistic craftsmanship while exploring California's innovative cultural landscape.
fromAnOther
6 days ago

Films to See This April

Emma drops an absolute bombshell in the midst of a game where they're asked to reveal the worst thing they've ever done. Soon everyone around her starts to question how well they really know her.
Film
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fromFilmmaker Magazine
2 weeks ago

Cannes Film Festival Head Thierry Fremaux on the Past and Future of Movies

Thierry Frémaux plays a crucial role in film programming and history, connecting past cinema with contemporary selections.
#french-cinema
fromThe Local France
1 week ago
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French films with English subtitles to watch in April 2026

Lost in Frenchlation offers a diverse lineup of French films with English subtitles for April 2026, catering to cinema enthusiasts and language learners.
fromFrenchly
1 month ago
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The Top French Film Festivals to Visit in 2026 - Frenchly

French film festivals transform towns into dynamic cinema hubs that showcase diverse programming, incubate talent, and shape global film culture.
Paris food
fromThe Local France
1 week ago

French films with English subtitles to watch in April 2026

Lost in Frenchlation offers a diverse lineup of French films with English subtitles for April 2026, catering to cinema enthusiasts and language learners.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 weeks ago

5 websites to watch films in France

Multiple streaming subscriptions are expensive and fragmented; French platforms like Arte and France TV offer free alternatives with diverse film selections and original language options.
fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

This fringe actor finds the spotlight in Israel's most provocative film post-Oct. 7

In the film, Bronz's character is commissioned to compose a new national anthem for post-Oct. 7 Israel, and writes a warmongering ballad about destroying Gaza and 'love sanctified in blood.'
Independent films
#palestinian-cinema
Film
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

The Haunting Depths of Saleh Bakri's Eyes

Saleh Bakri's performances evoke deep emotional responses, showcasing the complexities of hope and reality in Palestinian life.
Film
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

The Haunting Depths of Saleh Bakri's Eyes

Saleh Bakri's performances evoke deep emotional responses, showcasing the complexities of hope and reality in Palestinian life.
#iranian-cinema
Independent films
from48 hills
1 month ago

Screen Grabs: Iranian films bring fable, black comedy, and social indictment - 48 hills

Iranian cinema demonstrates artistic resistance against censorship while offering humanizing perspectives on a nation facing military conflict.
Independent films
from48 hills
1 month ago

Screen Grabs: Iranian films bring fable, black comedy, and social indictment - 48 hills

Iranian cinema demonstrates artistic resistance against censorship while offering humanizing perspectives on a nation facing military conflict.
Writing
fromKqed
1 month ago

A Glimpse of Iran Through the Eyes of its Artists and Journalists

Iranian-American artists and writers explore diaspora, identity, and historical trauma through poetry, fiction, and documentary, examining the lasting impact of political upheaval and U.S. intervention on Iranian communities.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

A glimpse of Iran, through the eyes of its artists and journalists

Recent books, films, and music by Iranian artists and journalists provide accessible insights into Iran's contemporary culture and politics during a period of limited U.S.-Iran relations.
fromIndieWire
2 weeks ago

Thierry Fremaux on Why 'Today, We Never Trust Images We See' - but We Can Trust the Lumiere Brothers and 'Apocalypse Now'

The invention of the Cinématographe was ready right away. The process of the invention was longer, and there were a lot of inventors before Lumière.
Independent films
Berlin
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Berlin film festival head to keep job after Gaza free speech row

Berlin film festival head Tricia Tuttle retains her position after Gaza-related free speech controversy, though the festival must develop new antisemitism code of conduct.
Film
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

From Gaza to LA, hopes rise as The Voice of Hind Rajab heads to the Oscars

The Voice of Hind Rajab, an Oscar-nominated docudrama about a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza, aims to humanize Palestinian suffering and reach global audiences through the Academy Awards platform.
Independent films
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Indian film board blocks release of Oscar-nominated Gaza drama The Voice of Hind Rajab

India's film ratings body blocked the release of Oscar-nominated Tunisian film 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' about a child's death in Gaza, citing concerns about India-Israel relations.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Iraqi film draws on Saddam-era childhood in tale of life under dictatorship

Director Hasan Hadi's debut film depicts a child's dangerous quest to bake a cake for Saddam Hussein, inspired by his traumatic childhood experience under Iraq's brutal regime.
fromApaonline
1 month ago

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Anticolonialism, Ontology, and Semiotics: A Cinematic Exploration

Anticolonialism, Ontology, and Semiotics draws upon Africana anticolonial philosophy-especially the work of Frantz Fanon and two of his most influential interpreters, Eldridge Cleaver and Sylvia Wynter-to develop a basic analytical model for doing anticolonial political theory. I wanted to show that there is something distinctive, something special, to be found in this tradition of thought that has not been fully appreciated by philosophers and theorists in other fields.
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Film
fromEsquire
3 weeks ago

Do Original Movies Have Any Hope Left? I Went on a Journey to Find Out.

Theaters must create unique event experiences to compete with home entertainment, driving elaborate marketing stunts and premium screen innovations.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

A new wave of defiance: the Turkish film-makers standing up to autocracy

Ilker Catak's Yellow Letters and Emin Alper's Salvation, two politically outspoken films that examine Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's autocratic regime, shared the top prizes at this year's Berlinale: the Golden Bear for Catak and Silver for Alper. These striking works share a lot more. Both titles are co-produced by Liman, an indie film company from Turkey.
Film
Independent films
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Brazilian cinema has high hopes of making Oscar history

Brazil seeks a second consecutive Oscar for Best Picture with The Secret Agent, potentially winning three awards across categories, marking unprecedented success for Brazilian cinema.
Film
fromEntrepreneur
4 weeks ago

This Cult Filmmaker Learned Something About Audiences Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know'Make Them Feel Something'

Kevin Smith built a personal brand by connecting directly with fans, which created lasting career opportunities beyond individual film projects in an unpredictable industry.
Independent films
fromConde Nast Traveler
1 month ago

What It Took for Film Director Cherien Dabis to "Find Palestine Everywhere But Palestine"

Palestinian-American filmmaker Cherien Dabis promotes her Oscar-shortlisted film about Palestinian displacement, exploring intergenerational trauma shaped by movement restrictions and border constraints.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

In Berlin, there are movies, there's politics and there's talk about it all

A jury president's 'stay out of politics' remark sparked artist withdrawals, solidarity with Palestine, and accusations of festival censorship linked to German funding.
#african-cinema
Film
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Sirat:' is not the movie you think it is it's better

Sirat is a sensory-driven film that transcends conventional thriller storytelling through hypnotic sound design, unexpected plot developments, and exploration of universal themes like faith, death, and redemption.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

It felt like she was asking me to save her': the film based on a five-year-old Palestinian girl's dying pleas

Five-year-old Hind Rajab died after her family's car was struck by an Israeli tank; her recorded final cries exposed a failure to rescue her.
#iran
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

A Great African Director Makes a Triumphant Return

Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars blends magical realism and grounded visuals to tell a coming-of-age story about female marginalization in patriarchal Chad.
Film
from48 hills
1 month ago

Screen Grabs: Oscar missed this heartwarming tale set in 1990 Iraq-you don't have to - 48 hills

San Francisco film exhibition is rebounding with New People hosting "Nippon Vibes" and the Castro Theatre reopening for film events and premieres.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A love letter to Beirut': Lana Daher on sifting 20,000 sources and 70 years of film to make Do You Love Me

Excavating suppressed archives and remembering wartime realities is essential to confront Lebanon's past, preserve collective memory, and challenge cultural erasure and censorship.
Film
fromAnOther
2 months ago

Five Unsung Classic Films of the Iranian New Wave

The Iranian New Wave revolutionized 1960s Iranian cinema through allegory, realist narratives, and focus on marginalized voices, despite censorship and later suppression.
Film
fromFilmmaker Magazine
2 months ago

The Best Films of 2025 As Chosen By Some of Its Key Directors

Cinema persists as a collective, embodied form of resistance and memory against normalized violence and the outsourcing of recollection to algorithms.
fromTruthout
2 months ago

"The Voice of Hind Rajab" Nominated for Oscar for Best International Film

The Voice of Hind Rajab has been nominated for an Academy Award for best international feature, a recognition for the Tunisian film that features the voice of a 5-year-old girl whose phone call begging for help was heard across the world before she was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The film is a mix of a documentary and drama that weaves in the recordings of Hind's phone call along with scripted, dramatized scenes of Palestinian Red Crescent dispatchers as they agonized over trying to save her. It was nominated alongside four other films.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

"The President's Cake" Is a Neorealist Treasure from Iraq

The President's Cake portrays a nine-year-old girl's suffering under war and dictatorship in 1990 Iraq, using neorealist storytelling to expose poverty and fractured identity.
Film
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Real Secret to a Filmmaker's Success

Coppola, Lucas, and Spielberg in the 1970s combined artistic daring with commercial ambition, reshaping Hollywood through auteurism and blockbuster filmmaking.
Film
fromwww.courant.com
2 months ago

At the NBR Awards, emotional speeches by Jafar Panahi and Ryan Coogler stir the room

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another won National Board of Review best film and awards amid emotional remarks from Jafar Panahi and Ryan Coogler.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The rise and rise of Australia's cinematheques: There's just a particular magic'

Cinematheques attract diverse, intergenerational audiences by programming curated archival and underseen films as an alternative to multiplex and streaming offerings.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The President's Cake review sweet portrait of life in wartime Iraq builds to an explosive climax

A charming debut follows nine-year-old Lamia's desperate quest to bake a birthday cake for Saddam amid 1990s Iraq's sanctions and severe ingredient shortages.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Hollywood has stopped making films for adults': Sentimental Value and Sirat contend for European Film Awards with Oscars set to take note

European cinema is seizing a moment to become the primary purveyor of adult-focused serious films as Hollywood shifts toward franchise sequels.
#mehdi-mahmoudian
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from48 hills
2 months ago

Screen Grabs: All eyes on IndieFest and Mostly British's big cinematic ideas - 48 hills

Two long-running Bay Area festivals, SF IndieFest and Mostly British Film Festival, reopen with locally focused, daring films including documentaries on Santacon and Dennis Peron.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A love letter to all the good men I know': Shahrbanoo Sadat on making Afghanistan's first romcom

An Afghan director made the country's first romantic comedy to challenge war-focused stereotypes and celebrate everyday joy amid political turmoil.
Film
fromIndieWire
2 months ago

Critics, Filmmakers, and Why the Future of Movies Belongs to the People Who Give a Sh*t About Them

At the New York Film Critics Circle awards dinner, a lengthy speech about critics' relationship with filmmakers prompted playful roasts from presenters.
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

What Mira Nair Taught Zohran Mamdani

Mira Nair prepared a long-gestating film about Amrita Sher-Gil during a whirlwind India trip while her son Zohran Mamdani won New York mayoralty.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Gaza war docudrama The Voice of Hind Rajab nominated for Academy Award

The film tells the true story of Hind, who was killed by Israeli forces in 2024 as she and her family tried to evacuate Gaza City, blending recordings of real emergency calls with dramatic re-enactments. It draws on harrowing audio from Hind Rajab's call to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, in which rescuers tried to reassure her as she lay trapped in a bullet-ridden car with the bodies of her aunt, uncle and three cousins, who had all been killed by Israeli fire.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Guide #229: How an indie movie distributed by a lone gamer broke the US box office

Two unusual releases contrasted a costly, widely distributed first-lady documentary with a self-financed YouTuber-made indie horror that achieved notable box-office success.
fromCN Traveller
2 months ago

7 new films that will inspire your travels in 2026, for the most awe-inspiring trips you can imagine

Ever since we first got wind of Emerald Fennell taking on this Emily Brontë classic, we've found ourselves thinking of visiting Yorkshire time and time again. The English county, with its vast misty moors, rolling hills and cutesy villages, is ripe for romantic trips and cosy, fireside staycations. Start planning your next escape with our guide to the best hotels in Yorkshire.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I haven't mellowed my violence': Park Chan-wook on cultural dominance, the capitalist endgame and why we can't beat AI

No Other Choice satirizes capitalism, portraying modern South Korea as industrially declining—downsizing, unemployment and male fragility—exacerbated by AI and precarious entertainment industries.
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