Review: Where Olive Trees Weep
Where Olive Trees Weep is a new documentary that follows Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi, and holocaust survivor Dr. Gabor […]
Movie Reviews
Review: Maidaan is India’s Olympic Struggle on the field
As we get ready to watch the Summer Olympics on our TV screens, watching Maidaan on Prime Video will get you ready for the battle […]
Review: We Grown Now is about growing up in inner cities
Blake Cameron James and Gian Knight Ramirez in “We Grown Now.”© Sony Pictures Classics Minhal Baig’s We Grown Now is a coming-of-age story about two adolescent boys set […]
‘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 […]
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 […]