Your 2015 Eid Holiday Binge Watching Guide

If you’re like me, Eid is a time to disconnect from the rest of the world, unwind at home, and catch up on all those films and TV series you’ve missed. There’s just too much on TV these days, so here are a few favorite picks...

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Reviewing: The Square (Al-Midan)

The Square is a beautifully crafted chronicle of Egypt’s ongoing revolution that, from beginning to end, manages to inspire, dispirit, and then fill your heart with a renewed sense of hope. I know others will be reviewing this film in the...

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Reviewing Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

“Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it”, reads the Bertolt Brecht quote in the film’s opening sequence. A fitting statement. Brecht, a German poet, playwright and prominent Marxist among...

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Film Review: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

When it comes to documentaries, there’s a lot one has come to expect of Morgan Spurlock. The ability to take an idea that most of us have all thought of at one point or another and to document the process of that thought, is what has made his...

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