Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rarely does a Venice film get a standing ovation at its press conference, but in advance of its world premiere at the 82nd Venice ...

As the brutal Israeli assault on Gaza raged with images of unbearable human suffering dominating screens worldwide, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania felt an unshakeable need to do something. An ...

In the old days, when a movie drama had a topical urgency, we would say that it was "ripped from the headlines." But that phrase is now beyond quaint. Today we're in the age when a film with topical ...

India’s Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has blocked the screening of the award-winning, Oscar-nominated docudrama The Voice of Hind Rajab in public theaters. The CBFC brazenly cites the ...

Director Kaouther Ben Hania for the Oscar-nominated international feature "The Voice of Hind Rajab." (Justin Jun Lee / For The Times) Sixteen weeks after Hamas militants killed more than 1,200 people ...

Festival ovations are overblown for a simple reason: the same casts, crews, families, and financiers who float down the red carpet on a champagne high are the ones who linger to cheer their own work.

The new film by Oscar-nominated Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania appears to open with a blurred view of a moonlit horizon and the hiss of a busy sea — but it doesn’t. These aren’t those types of ...

Three hundred thirty-five. That is the number of bullets fired by Israeli forces at the small black Kia carrying 5-year-old Hind Rajab Hamada and six family members in Gaza on Jan. 29, 2024. The ...

Content warning: This article includes descriptions of civilians and children being killed during war. This year’s Oscars saw a number of socially conscious films nominated for awards, including the ...