Jane Eyre: Now and Then
Went to see the new production of Jane Eyre last night, in good part because Cary Fukunaga‘s earlier “Sin Nombre“ …
Category Archives: Movies
Buffalo Boy — A Film of Vietnamese Herders
The incredible, beautiful green of trees, grasses and rice against the blue rivers, blue skies and white clouds at the …
The Kite — Over the Lebanese-Israeli Border — a Film
Many years ago I translated The Manuscript of a Crow, a short story by Spanish author Max Aub, the protagonist …
Potiche – Trophy Wife, a frothy French Labor Film
We took a flyer last night on Potiche – Trophy Wife, based on Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu being the leads. …
Army of Crime — Immigrants Who Fought for France, A Film
My dear Melinée, my beloved little orphan, In a few hours I will no longer be of this world. We …
The Mother of the Bride – Screwball Comedy from Egypt, 1967
Comedies of family life have been a regular feature of movies and television in the US from the 1950s right …
Garbo: The Spy — A Documentary, WW II
Sort of by accident, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, we went to see Garbo: The Spy, a 2009 documentary and …
Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady — Egypt, 1951
Egypt as Egyptian movie goers saw it in 1951 (1949?) in Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady [also known as Little …
There’s A Man in Our House — Egypt
We’re familiar enough with movies about daring resistance fighters in wars or to oppressive regimes –if they are French, Spanish, …
Outsourced — An Amusing Film About a Not So Amusing Subject
I tripped over Outsourced [2006, dir. John Jeffcoat] the other evening, and after seeing the premise — of cultural confusion as …
Alexandria: Again and Forever –Youssef Chahine and Changing Egypt
Alexandria is one of the fabled cities of history, the ancient jewel of Egypt, a cross roads for Mediterranean trade since boats …
Struggle on the Nile: Three Tough Guys and a Dame in Egypt
In Struggle on the Nile, a 1959 movie from the golden age of Egyptian cinema, you will encounter a young …