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Lebanese Independent Film Festival المهرجان اللبناني للأفلام المستقلة
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The Old Guard 7.5/10 The Old Guard is a highly energetic new Netflix release with a really interesting concept and some God-damn mind-blowing action sequences. The movie follows a covert team of immortal mercenaries who are suddenly exposed and must now fight to keep their identity a secret just as an unexpected new member is discovered. First thing I want to address and talk about is the narrative. While there’s still some… Read More
تقع الأفلام بعض المرات في فخ “السرد المبالغ فيه” أو يمكننا تسميته “السرد المكثف” والذي يظهر بوضوح ضعف القصة الرئيسية وتشتت الخطوط الدرامية الفرعية بدلا من إبراز العمق الدرامي للفكرة أولا وللشخصيات ثانيا, وإن كان الكتاب يعتبرونه “سلاح ذو حدين” لقول كل شئ يريدونه وتفريغ كل ما يختزونه داخلهم من أفكار وقضايا تشغلهم إلا أن “السرد المكثف” كما أردنا تسميته داخل فيلم مدته لا تتجاوز الساعتين قد يكون عنصرا سلبيا وإنعكاسا غير… Read More
Plaire, Aimer et Courir Vite 9/10 Set in 1993, 39-year-old gay author Jacques begins an intense romance with 22-year-old Arthur. Between looking after his son and coming to terms with his impending fate, Jacques struggles to keep things platonic with Arthur to prevent heartache. Plaire, Aimer et Courir Vite (also known as Sorry Angel) is an unapologetically brutal love story that serves as an exposé to the infinitely intertwined relationship between passion… Read More
Family Romance LLC Film Review By Dima Saqfalhait “Our policy at Family Romance is that we can only do what we really are.” I’ve always been intrigued by films that skillfully blur the line between reality and fiction. Oftentimes, in our daily lives, we find ourselves unable to tell reality from fiction. They appear to be so delicately intertwined that it feels almost absurd to try to single out one from the… Read More
Warrior Nun 7.75/10 Warrior Nun revolves around the story of a 19-year-old woman who wakes up in a morgue with a new lease on life and a divine artifact embedded in her back. She discovers she is now part of an ancient order that has been tasked with fighting demons on Earth, and powerful forces representing both heaven and hell want to find and control her. Long story short, Warrior Nun is… Read More
Netflix Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Film Review by Sam The Critic. Two small-town singers chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bond.Starring:Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens #netflix #eurovision #firesaga
بمجرد ذكر السينما المصرية والعربية لا نستطيع إلا أن نتوقف ونتحدث مطولا عن المخرج الأسطوري السابق لعصره وزمنه “يوسف شاهين”, ومن المؤكد أن شاهين, إحدى أهم صناع السينما في مصر والعالم العربي وأكثرهم وصولا للعالمية بأفلامه الفلسفية ونظرته الحياتية الصاخبة وإبداعه المتفرد والمستقل, إسم لمع لمعانا نادرا في تاريخ السينما رافقه جنونا فنيا عظيما وهائلا داخل شخصيته الغريبة ترجمه في معظم تحفه السينمائية حتى أصبح هذا الجنون مرآة سحرية عن نفسه الشغوفة… Read More
Dark 9.75/10 Dark is definitely one of the finest and most intense TV shows that were ever made!! Keep in mind that this isn’t your average time-travel kind of shows. Everyone that was ever related, no matter how faintly, to this work knew exactly how to push the limits, and then some more, in order to create this hauntingly immersive and mind-blowing experience that spectators will long remember and recommend. Dark concerns… Read More
Dare Me (7.5/10) its a Netflix show What’s high school without a little bit of drama, right? Dare Me is an intelligent new Netflix series that doesn’t shy away from exploring traumatic and, to an extent, extreme themes that highlights what it is like to be a teen cheerleader in today’s society with of course some imaginative twists and turns. The series dives into the cutthroat world of competitive high school cheerleading,… Read More
Rope Film Review By Dima Saqfalhait “Good and evil, right and wrong were invented for the ordinary average man, the inferior man, because he needs them.” In Rope (1948) by Alfred Hitchcock, a murder takes place within the first three minutes of the film. We know the murderers (Brandon Shaw and Philip Morgan), we know the murder weapon (a rope), and we know the person they murdered (David Kentley). It is a… Read More
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