‘Shayda’ Review: Escaping gender violence in Iran
“Shayda” Sony Pictures Classics Shayda (Zar Amir Ebrahimi) escapes gender violence in Iran taking refuge in a Australian women’s shelter with a young daughter Mona […]
Movie Reviews
Review: The Last Repair Shop wins Academy Award
The Last Repair Shop is a 2023 Canadian-American short documentary film directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers. Produced by Breakwater Studios, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film at the 96th Academy […]
‘Dune’ draws on Islamic terminology making it relevant to the times
Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica Atreides, from left, Zendaya as Chani, Javier Bardem as Stilgar, and Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in “Dune.” Photo by […]
Review: Persian Lessons
Persians lessons is not about teaching Farsi. This holocaust drama about a Belgian Jew who invents a fake “Farsi” language after he pretends to be Persian in […]
Review: Katiba Banat: Sisters in Arms
Katiba Banat: Sisters in Arms, a documentary series premiered June 11 on Omni, uncovers the previously hidden stories of Canadian women who helped liberate South […]
Review: Our Big Punjabi Family
The multi-language series is produced by KarmaFilm, with Leena Manro and Donkeyhead director Agam Darshi as the creators. Our Big Punjabi Family is Punjabi- and […]
Review: Daliland
Sir Ben Kingsley’s portrayal of spanish surrealist visual artist Salvador Dalí, is indeed surreal in Daliland. This Mary Harron’s new biopic is a masterpiece. It […]
Analysis: Joyland
Ali Junejo and Alina Khan in Joyland Joyland (Urdu: جوائے لینڈ) is a 2022 Urdu and Punjabi-language Pakistani drama film written, directed and co-edited by Saim Sadiq in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Ali […]
Review: Broken, Green Blades Of Grass is novel about sexuality in the middle east
Hicham Bouzid’s new intriguing novel that deals with sexuality and gender identity in a Muslim society. It deals with characters who are gay, bisexual, Lesbian, […]
Review: What’s Love got to do with it?
What is love is a question Kazim Khan (Shazad Latif) is grappling with while pursuing an arranged marriage, in Shekar Kapur, new rom com What’s […]