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Cyrus Nowrasteh film The Stoning of Soraya M.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a moving and beautifully told story of injustice against women, nor one that was so difficult to watch that at one point I had a hard time refraining from vomiting along … Continue reading
Critique of Moroccan film Amours Voilees by Aziz Salmy
It is very difficult to write about this film for me—I have a love/hate relationship with it. Which is funny, because the film is kind of a love-hate relationship between Batoul and Hamza! Thus, this is not one of my … Continue reading
Iranian film The Hidden Half, directed by Tahmineh Milani
…when I make a movie my aim is to challenge society. Some people don’t like this and disagree but the most important thing is to talk and be able to publicly debate these issues. This will help people to think … Continue reading
Analysis of Ahmed Boulane’s The Satanic Angels/Les Anges de Satan
http://lesangesdesatan.blogspot.com is a great source for film photos, but most of the writing about this film is in French and pretty generic, so I won’t list websites for you. The Satanic Angels/Les Anges de Satan was released in Morocco in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmed Boulane, arabic, Boulane, cinema, cinema and culture, film, international cinema, international film, international movies, Les Anges de Satan, middle east, Moroccan, Moroccan cinema, Moroccan film, Moroccan movies, Morocco, movies, north africa, north african cinema, The Satanic Angels
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Giddh, The Vultures, 1984 South Indian Movie Directed by T.S. Ranga, Review and Analysis
This older South Indian movie, Giddh, written and directed by T.S. Ranga, is available from Netflix or online downloading, with a nice small blog article at http://parallelcinema.blogspot.com/2005/08/giddh-1984-vultures.html. Set in Karnataka, the movie features Hannumakka (Smita Patil) as a devadasi or … Continue reading
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Tagged cinema, cinema and culture, film, Giddh, hindi, india, international cinema, international film, international movies, T.S. Ranga, Vultures
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Analysis/Review of Kharboucha, Moroccan Film, Hamid Zoughi director
Kharboucha (Kharboucha ou Ma Ydoum Hal–Kharboucha ou rien n’est eternal—Kharboucha or nothing is eternal), Hamid Zoughi’s directorial debut in 2007 with a release date in late 2008 at a festival in Tangier in Morocco, comprises one of very few exceptionally … Continue reading
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Tagged arabic, cinema, cinema and culture, film, hamid zoughi, historical film, international cinema, international film, international movies, Kharboucha, middle east, Moroccan, Moroccan cinema, Moroccan film, moroccan history, Moroccan movies, Morocco, movies, north africa, north african cinema
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Analysis/Review of L’enfant endormi / The Sleeping Child by Yasmine Kassari
Set in the north-east of Morocco in the Atlas Mountains, Kassari’s film takes us into a small douar or village where the scenario is almost entirely populated by women, as the young men have left for clandestine labor in Europe. … Continue reading
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Tagged arabic, cinema, cinema and culture, ethnographic film, film, immigrant cinema, international cinema, international film, international movies, l'enfant endormi, middle east, Moroccan, Moroccan cinema, Moroccan film, Moroccan movies, Morocco, movies, north africa, north african cinema, the sleeping child, yasmine kassari
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Noureddine Lakhmari’s Moroccan film CasaNegra Analysis/Review
I’m doing something a little different in this week’s blog. I’m having a guest blogger who is letting me take extracts from his excellent paper “A Feminist Reading of the Moroccan Film Casanegra”, Younnes Abeddour from Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah … Continue reading
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Tagged arabic, Casa Negra, Casanegra, cinema, cinema and culture, film, international cinema, international film, international movies, Lakhmari, middle east, Moroccan, Moroccan cinema, Moroccan film, Moroccan movies, Morocco, movies, north africa, north african cinema, Nour Eddine Lakhmari, Noureddine Lakhmari
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Some cultural elements in the film Captain Abu Raed by Amin Matalqa
With a number of great synopses out on the internet about Captain Abu Raed, as usual I want to focus less on that and more on some specific cultural elements embedded in the film. However, since you might not want … Continue reading
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Tagged amin matalqa, arabic, captain abu raed, cinema, cinema and culture, film, international cinema, international movies, jordan, jordanian cinema, middle east, movies
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sandrellita on cinema and culture 