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Movie Review: 'Universal Language' needs to be seen to be believed
It’s not unusual for a city to double for another metropolis in movies. New Yorkers have long been able to spot when Toronto has been substituted for ...
The New Yorker5d
The Uneven Cross-Cultural Comedy of “Paddington in Peru” and “Universal Language”
Cinematic nods abound in two tales of homecoming, one starring Paddington Bear and the other set somewhere between Canada and ...
The Arts Desk5d
10 Questions for Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof on 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' - 'It became a question of self-respect'
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is now an Oscar-nominated refugee, in a bittersweet harvest for his film The Seed of the ...
Abbas Kiarostami’s Humanist Legacy Lives on in Universal Language
Abbas Kiarostami wasn’t the first Iranian director to explore these binaries, often by using moviemaking itself as a ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency4d
Mahmoud Abbas ends Palestinian Authority’s payments to families of terrorists
Abbas reportedly canceled the program, dubbed "pay-for-slay" by its critics, as a goodwill gesture toward Donald Trump.
Timothée Chalamet Thought ‘A Complete Unknown’ Production Was ‘Cursed’: It Took ‘Five Years’ to Get Made
Timothée Chalamet didn’t even know if “A Complete Unknown” would ever get made.
Al Jazeera English5d
PA’s Abbas ends programme of allowances to families of slain Palestinians
President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree on Monday “revoking” legal articles relating to the allowances initiative. The order presented the move as a restructure, moving the fund from the ...
Jewish Press5d
Abbas Renames ‘Pay for Slay’ Program with More Socially Acceptable Title
Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, Chairman of the Palestinian Authority, announced recently that the PA will stop paying monthly salaries to the families of “prisoners, martyrs ...
Tehran Times5d
Works of several generations of Iranian contemporary artists on display at Laleh Art Gallery
TEHRAN-The 13th Art Expo of Several Generations of Iranian Contemporary Artists is underway at the Laleh Art Gallery in ...
Reuters5d
Palestinian president scraps prisoner payment system criticised by US
Feb 10 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued a decree overturning a system of payments to the families of Palestinians imprisoned or killed by Israeli forces that has been a ...