Hollywood has been forming a separate genre by spreading fear about the future of our world with dystopian science fiction movies. Some popular ones also cover actual threats. Recent examples are the Netflix movie “Leave the World Behind”, produced among others by the Obama couple, and “Civil War” directed by Alex Garland. It’s not surprising that dystopias, which reflect the ...
A record was broken for the most films watched during China’s Spring Festival. In the history of domestic film, it was the most grossing Chinese New Year holiday ever. The Chinese Film Administration said that 163 million tickets were sold throughout the holiday week of 10 February to Saturday 17 February, grossing 8.02 billion yuan ($ 1.12 billion). It revealed ...
Mahmoud Darwish, one of the symbolic figures of Palestinian resistance, writes his poem A lover from Palestine as follows: “Palestinian she was and still is”. The resistance of Palestine has been echoing in various forms of art for years, from literature to music, from sculpture to cinema. The truth of Palestine is again and again being voiced. This week, I ...
Note: This review contains spoilers for the movie “Don’t Look Up”. Considered the founder of science-fiction literature, Jules Verne does not only in his masterpieces, but also in “Master Zacharius” and in his lesser-known works, such as ‘’Dr. Ox’s Experiment’’, deal with the conflict between science on one side and arrogance and conscience on the other. With an ironic language, ...
Art in general and the cinema in particular have always paid close attention to the concept of “New Year”, which during the history of humanity was celebrated at very different times, sometimes in March, sometimes even in August. Cineastes dedicated interest to preparations of Christmas, to celebrations of New Year, to the moments of the 31st of December, right before ...
The Lebanese poet Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998) described his beloved country and city, saying: “I am Beirut / The queen of water who lost her rings, bracelets, necklaces in the water / I am the pearl of the Mediterranean sea who has fallen under/ I am the blue fish of the mythology, poisoned with mercury / I am the ship that ...
Africa has been torn apart by internecine wars and conflicts throughout its post-colonial period of history, and the bloody history of the continent has naturally drawn the attention of many artists and directors. Unfortunately, most of the war movies where action takes place in Africa were shot from the perspective of white outsiders interested in catching a glimpse into the ...