Jafar Panahi, “A simple accident”

Face to face with the Iranian director Jafar Panahi, Palme d’Or at the last Cannes Film Festival for the film “A simple accident”, soon to be released. Panahi’s cinema has long been banned in his homeland and he has been arrested several times since 2009, most recently in 2022 to be released on February 3, … Read more

“Disney’s Queer Predator”

The new film Predator: Badlands has won over the press and fans of the saga in general, but as in all things there has been no shortage of criticism… which, paradoxically given that we are talking about predatory aliens, has concerned woke culture. In fact, some fans complained a lot on social media, openly expressing … Read more

With “The Eagles of the Republic”, Tarik Saleh signs a brilliant film on political manipulation

Three years after the success of “The Cairo Conspiracy”, the filmmaker offers a new dive into the mysteries of Egyptian power, between comedy and film noir. read later To save this article, log in or create a franceinfo account Without payment. Without subscription. Close the France Info notification activation window create your account log in … Read more

“When you start to compromise, you don’t know where to stop” for Egyptian director Tarik Saleh

When a superstar of Egyptian cinema agrees to play General Sissi in a biopic commissioned by the country’s highest authorities, he throws himself into the den of the wolf. This is what Tarik Saleh says in The Eagles of the Republicpresented at the last Cannes Film Festival. Fares Fares, the filmmaker’s favorite actor The Cairo … Read more

The gray areas of Zineb Triki

After “The Office of Legends”, where she played Nadai, the actress is back on the screens in “The Eagles of the Republic”, the political thriller by Tarik Saleh. There are the extroverts and the shy ones. Those who make the front page of magazines and the discreet ones. And then there is Zineb Triki. For … Read more

Punjab’s Phagwara prays for speedy recovery of its ‘son’ Dharmendra

As reports of veteran actor Dharmendra’s hospitalisation in Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital surfaced on Tuesday morning, anxiety and prayers gripped the town of Phagwara, which has long considered the Bollywood legend its own son. From temples to gurdwaras, residents are praying for his swift recovery, recalling with pride and affection the actor’s deep-rooted connection to … Read more