Seven reasons to see Furious 7
The National, March 2015 Early reviews of Furious 7, which features key scenes filmed in Abu Dhabi, are in. Here are seven things we learnt from them 1. The “virtual Paul Walker” bits work The […]
FILM
Director Ali Mostafa on getting from A to B
Vision, February 2015 Five years is a long time in film. In 2009, Slumdog Millionaire (now considered to be something of an enduring classic) won Best Picture at the Oscars and Avatar was on its […]
Laughing All The Way To The Mosque
The National, February 2015 It’s January 2007, and Zarqa Nawaz’s new sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie, set around a Muslim community in North America, has just become a huge hit in Canada. But there’s […]
Wael Shawky interview
The National, January 2014 Black camels amble through the desert near Abu Dhabi. Silhouetted against the hot sun, they look both indignant and regal. They’re certainly unlikely stars. But with a single majahim camel selling […]
WILL OSCAR SUCCESS FOR THE ARTIST CHANGE FILM?
Copy: Vision, 24/02/12 >> If The Artist does win Best Picture on Sunday at the Academy Awards, it will complete a remarkable rise for a film I first wrote about last June. Back then, the […]