Capharnaum Showing in #Lebanese Theaters Starting September 20

Nadine Labaki's award winning "Capharnaum" will start showing in Lebanon on September 20, according to the movie's FB page. Labaki became the first Lebanese female director to win the Jury Prize at Cannes this year, and the first Arab filmmaker to win an official Cannes competition award in 12 years. The movie is about a 12-year old boy who is suing his own parents for bringing him to this life. Check out the trailer:

Beirut The Movie [2018] is Now Showing in #Lebanon

When the trailer for "Beirut" came out, almost everyone wanted that movie banned and I remember a certain ministry wanting to file a lawsuit against it. There was even a hashtag to boycott it and claiming Lebanon doesn't look that way, even though Beirut was pretty much "a sweaty hotbed of terrorism, savagery and barbarism" in the 1980s. The main arguments that the movie wasn't shot in Lebanon and has no Lebanese actors, but that…
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The Hashish Connection [1988] in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley

7 years ago
One of the blog’s readers sent me a link to an 1988 documentary on the illegal trade of Hashish in the Bekaa valley. The documentary is called The Hashish Connection and is available, not for ...
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Short Film: #Lebanon Wins the World Cup

7 years ago
I posted about this short film three years ago when they had just released the trailer. Now that the World Cup is back, I just noticed the movie is out. Here’s the synopsis: Beirut, on ...
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Niyyel El Beit-Beit Khalteh Cast Reunited After 20 Years

7 years ago
Who remembers Dara? Farmi? Kamal? Samer? Gina? Jocanda? Saber and others from the old TV series Niyyel El Beit-Beit Khalteh? They shared yesterday a picture celebrating 20 years of the show on Facebook. I had ...
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Lebanese TV Channels that You May Have Never Heard Of

7 years ago
If you ask me about old Lebanese TV channels that were shut down, I can think of C33 and ICN but there’s more. I came across a FB post by a friend and an old ...
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Nadine Labaki, Becomes Second Lebanese Director, First Female Director, To Clinch Cannes’ Jury Prize

7 years ago
Nadine Labaki may not be the first Lebanese director to win the Jury Prize at Cannes but she is the first Lebanese female director to do so, and the first Arab filmmaker to win an ...
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Can Nadine Labaki’s “Capharnaum” Win The Palme d’Or?

7 years ago
Nadine Labaki’s latest film, “Capharnaum“, earned a massive 15-minute standing ovation following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and people are already favoring her for winning Cannes’ top honor on Saturday. The distribution rights ...
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Movie Review: Deadpool 2 [2018] **Spoiler Free**

7 years ago
It’s f*cking hilarious! I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say it. It was more fun to watch than Infinity War! Not in every aspect of course, I do understand they’re very different ...
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Movie Review: Avengers Infinity War [2018]

7 years ago
Marvel has spent 10 years building up to this movie, ever since Nick Fury approached Tony Stark in the first Iron Man Movie in 2008. Their efforts culminated in one extraordinary show of action, humor ...
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