The New Yorker and the Reproduction of Symbolic Capital
The documentary “The New Yorker at 100” can be seen as a reflection of a publishing tradition’s ability to establish its own norms as universal standards.
Film Review
Holy Spider: Between Truth and Fiction
Hanai’s story could be a compelling subject for a crime, police, or horror movie, but the way this story is…
Farha Is A New Milestone for Palestinian Cinema
The cleverness of Farha is that it takes the complex history of the Nakba and distils it into a single,…
A Dissident to Lead All Dissidents: The Legacy of Jamal Khashoggi
Whoever wonders how far politicians could go violent – violating all known human and moral values – to hold on…
TENET: The World in the Service of a Few International Elite
A major theme running through Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is how and why a small group of international jet-setters can use…
Meet Your New Reality: Death to 2020 Is a Clever Political Satire
Death to 2020 is a cleverly written, well-executed, and well-produced TV show that reminds us of old-school satirical TV shows…
Notturno: A Dark Purgatorial World in the Fertile Crescent
The film opens with a series of marching soldiers passing under a majestic sky and this theme of unobtrusively allowing…
