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The 10 Best Films I Watched in 2025 (Out of 70)
I watched 70 films in 2025. These 10 hit the hardest—some like a gut-punch, some like a mirror, and a few like a chaotic little group chat that accidentally tells the truth. I’m not ranking these by “objective greatness” because I’m not a robot (and even robots have Letterboxd opinions now). This is about impact: ...
9 French Films Premiering at Cannes 2025
Source: https://frenchly.us/french-films-premiering-at-cannes-2025/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=What+You+Missed+at+Cannes+2025&utm_medium=email The Cannes Film Festival, the premium showcase for world cinema in general and for French cinema in particular, is just wrapping up on La Croisette. Here is a rundown of nine French films that premiered in various programs at this year’s festival. The Great Arch (L’Inconnu de la Grande Arche) The Great Arch ...
Free Films About Palestine: Share the Stories with the World
Salam friends In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their films about Palestine available online for free. In this post, we share with you links to films you can view and share to get our message out to the world: A collection of documentaries published by Al ...
Top 10 Films for Wissam Charafeddine in 2024
This year has been an incredible journey through cinema. From thought-provoking dramas to uplifting tales, these are my top 10 favorite movies of 2024. For each film, I’ve included the IMDb score and a YouTube trailer to give you a taste of their brilliance. Here are the top 10 movies I watched in 2024, complete ...
The Best French Films of 2024
By Andrea Meyer December 16, 2024 Source: https://frenchly.us/best-french-films-of-2024/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=French+Favorites+of+2024&utm_medium=email It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or so say the songs of the season. Many hearts are warmed by the first snowfall. For others, it’s a tree surrounded by gifts that gets us—or the promise of a midnight make-out session on New Year’s Eve. Then there ...
Top 30 Films for Wissam Charafeddine
Welcome to Wissam Charafeddine’s curated list of top 30 films! This selection features a diverse range of cinematic masterpieces from around the globe, spanning different genres, themes, and eras. Each entry includes an IMDb rating, a brief overview, the country of origin, the year it was made, and a YouTube trailer link. 1. The Hunt ...
Best Movies of 2024: Top 10 Picks from Film Critics
Looking for the best movies of 2024? Our film critics have curated a top 10 list of the year’s most stunning, groundbreaking films. These cinematic gems will take you on emotional journeys, showcase extraordinary creativity, and offer fresh perspectives on storytelling. Check out the trailers, IMDb scores, and where you can watch them below! --- ...
Top 30 Films for Mo Rida
This carefully curated selection of 30 films represents some of the finest works in cinema history, offering an array of genres, cultures, and stories. Each entry includes a brief introduction and an embedded trailer to give you a glimpse into these masterpieces. 1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ...
الصالون الثقافي في ليفونيا 7: نظرية المعرفة والذكاء الاصطناعي
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الصالون الثقافي في ليفونيا 6: الفن بين الأصالة والحداثة
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Press & Guide: Things to do in metro Detroit, April 12 and beyond
Source: https://www.pressandguide.com/2024/04/11/things-to-do-in-metro-detroit-april-12-and-beyond On sale now • Moneybagg Yo, Rob49, Skilla Baby and JT: June 1, Fox Theatre, Detroit, ticket prices vary. On sale 10 a.m. April 11 • Glass Animals, Kevin Abstract: Aug. 24, Pine Knob Music Theatre, Independence Twp., ticket prices vary. On sale 10 a.m. April 12 • Maroon 5, Maren Morris: June ...
5 Best Documentaries I watched in 2023-2024
1. The Settlers (inside the Jewish settlements) Scary look at the mentality of the Jewish settlers in Israel. A Jewish version of ISIS. More dangerously, it has manifested itself today into the burning of villages and killings innocent Palestinians by the settlers in the West Bank in 2023, which then lead to Hamas retaliation on ...
My Picks for Best 10 Films of 2023
1. Sanctuary (American) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmQVHaZj-xA 2. Zone of Interest (German) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFNtVaAuVYY 3. Holy Spider (Persian) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27wZZ6O1IBc 4. Junkyard Dog (French) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCv83D3CQOY 5. Element (Disney) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXzcyx9V0xw 6. Past Lives (Chinese/American) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA244xewjcI 7. Barbie (American) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBk4NYhWNMM 8. Blackberry (American) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXL_HDzBQsM 9. Dumb Money (American) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmr8YmwnZ3w 10. Air (American) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euy4Yu6B3nU 11. Poor Things (American) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_klfx5sGzFk
AANM – Film Series (in-person) Launch
Greetings friends, The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is pleased to relaunch our in-person film series, Cinema Nights at the Museum. In partnership with Cinema Lamont, our series kicks off this Thursday, February 8th at 7 p.m. with the in-person screening of Soleil O! The debut film from Mauritanian director Med Hondo is a bitterly ...
MK– Mandela’s Secret Army A Film by Osvalde Lewat Reviewed by B Nimri Aziz Nov16/23
Revolutionaries are sometimes forgotten, despite their mission having been successful. Their struggle over, it’s often condensed to a single heroic figure, recast by history into a pacifist and a statesman. Nelson Mandela, for example. Revolutionaries unable to overthrow their oppressor or if they build a state that doesn’t comply with western interests, are dismissed as ...
5 Incredible Films That Are Not Coming to a Theater Near You in Detroit
5 Incredible Films That Are Not Coming to a Theater Near You in Detroit
Where Are The People? A poetry mini film by jessica Care moore
Where Are The People is a mini film by poet jessica Care moore. The poem is in her latest collection, We Want Our Bodies Back on Harper/Amistad. The film highlights some of the independent business that have survived gentrification in the Cass Corridor neighborhood of Detroit. The live recording with JCM and Trey Simon was ...
Top 5 Documentaries I watched in 2021-2022
Top 5 Documentaries I watched in 2021-2022
Best 5 Shows I Watched in 2021-2022
Best 5 Shows I Watched in 2021-2022
My List of 10 Best Films of 2021-2022
My List of 10 Best Films of 2021-2022
Five Oscar-Worthy Films To Watch Now
Here are the 5 Oscar-Worth films to watch now recommended by Wissam Charafeddine 5. Red Rocket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfndmy-6e28 4. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsOW5zzQ66k&t=1s 3. UPPERCASE PRINT (dir. Radu Jude, Romania) https://bigworldpictures.vhx.tv/videos/uppercase-print-engsub-logo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8X-JfwyOQ 2. Parallel Mothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL6JDYkRa2g 1. DRIVE MY CAR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BPKPb_RTwI
New Arab film reviews by Barbara
https://barbaranimri.com/2021/09/tunisian-films-new-and-noteworthy/ Noteworthy, New Tunisian Films. Sept 2/21 by BNimri Aziz “A Son” and “She Had a Dream”, both from Tunisia, are among new productions distributed in the U.S. this fall through Art Mattan’s African Diaspora International Film Festivals. The compelling plot of “A Son” opens with the Ben Youssef family picnicking among friends in the ...
Rabet’s Documentary Launch: Colonial Economy
Rabet's Documentary Launch: Colonial Economy Watch Rabet's latest documentary, Colonial Economy, which explores the conditions under which Palestinian workers under occupation are forced to work in Israel and illegal Israeli settlements. WATCH
المركز العربي الأمريكي للثقافة والفنون ندوة مع المخرج السينمائي العراقي الدكتور ليث عبد الأمير تحت عنوان: سينما الاكتسريم وموقع المثقف العربي من السينما العالمية [podcast/video]
المركز العربي الأمريكي للثقافة والفنون يقدم ندوة مع المخرج السينمائي العراقي الدكتور ليث عبد الأمير تحت عنوان سينما الاكتسريم موقع المثقف العربي من السينما العالمية الخميس 1 نيسان إبريل \ 2021م الساعة الحادية عشر صباحاً في ديترويت الخامسة مساءً بتوقيت باريس
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5 Arabic Films to See Now On Amazon Prime
1. GHADI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4L6ESN07nY Cast : Georges Khabbaz, Lara Rain, Emmanuel KhairallahDirector : Amin DoraGenre : Comedy, DramaRelease Date : 19 February 2015SynopsisIn a small Lebanese costal village, growing fear by the neighbors towards Ghadi, a young special needs boy in their midst forces his father Leba, the town’s only music teacher to concoct a crazy ...
Watch These 5 Films This Winter Break
1. Kill it and leave this town Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive. Over the years, a city grows in his imagination. One day, literary heroes and cartoon childhood idols, who ...
Film Recommendations from Louis CK
Film recommendation from Louis C.K.: Greetings my human friend. I am writing to let you know that there is A NEW EPISODE OF Long-Distance Relationship an audio series by me and Blanche Gardin. If you've already purchased the series and want to download the new episode just click here and log in (if you're not ...
UMS Presents Arab World and its Diaspora
https://ums.org/series/the-arab-world-and-its-diaspora/ Includes Four Events in Ann Arbor and Detroit. Season Tickets available starting Monday, May 4 at 10 am. Southeast Michigan is home to a historic, celebrated, and diverse Arab community. This season, an expert advisory group composed of artists, scholars, and community leaders from our region has helped UMS co-curate a portfolio of performances ...
Three Old and Three New Woody Allen Films to See Before Visiting NY
Old: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Original Trailer HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m7C3aJAv2M Manhattan (1979) - official US rerelease trailer (HD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xo-AnBn8H0 Annie Hall Official Trailer #1 - Woody Allen Movie (1977) HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqVgCfZX-yE NEW: Melinda and Melinda (2004) - IMDb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BanSFjrqBEo New York Stories - Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0MtQ1s_A_4 A RAINY DAY IN ...
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن -السينما العربية … أبرز معوقاتها وآفاقها المستقبلية للأستاذ مهدي البابلي
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن -السينما العربية ... أبرز معوقاتها وآفاقها المستقبلية للأستاذ مهدي البابلي
Intimacies From An Awful War. “For Sama” by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, reviewed by BN Aziz
July 25, 2019 If you think you’ve seen enough of conflict, especially the war in Syria, you haven’t. From love of nation and loathing of military rule, from inchoate hope of redemption and improbable determination, indebted to lost friends and seeded in the birth of your child, comes an intimate demonstration of how war happens ...
14th ARAB FILM FESTIVAL EXAMINES HOME, COMMUNITY, DIASPORA
Cannes, Sundance festival winners among the lineup Detroit teen in the cast of film making Michigan premiere Dearborn, Mich. (May 23, 2019) – Films earning acclaim on the international festival circuit are among those featured at the Arab American National Museum’s (AANM) 14th Arab Film Festival (AFF), June 7-16, 2019, with screenings at the Dearborn ...
Saving Aleppo’s seeds from the Syrian war
Arab Film Series: Wild Relatives ARAB FILM SERIES Wild Relatives 7 p.m. Thursday, April 18 at AANM PURCHASE TICKETS Following a transportation of seeds between the Arctic and Lebanon, Wild Relatives starts in 2012 when an international agricultural research center was forced to relocate from Aleppo to Lebanon due to the Syrian Revolution turned war. ...
ARAB AMERICAN MUSEUM EXPLORES CONCEPTS OF “HOME” IN WINTER/SPRING SEASON
Current exhibition The Far Shore inspires exploration of diaspora and displacement via music, film, visual art, dialogue Palestinian band 47SOUL stops in Dearborn on its first North American tour Dearborn, Mich. (Jan. 31, 2019) – A home is much more than just a building to live in. It’s the land of one’s birth; a newly ...
Amer Zahr: Merry Palestinian Christmas
https://youtu.be/tn7Hju4Fjkk
ARAB AMERICAN COMPOSERS HIGHLIGHTED IN CROSSOVER PERFORMANCE
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, Arab American National Museum present Khashb wa Kheit خشب وخيط DEARBORN, Mich. (Oct. 1, 2018) – Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings (DCWS)will be kicking off its 2018-19 Signature Serieswith Khashb wa Kheit خشب وخيط: An Evening of Chamber Music by Arab American Composers on Friday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. ...
Why Did Apple Pick Daniel Johnston’s “Story of An Artist” for its Ad?
Daniel Dale Johnston (born January 22, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and visual artist who is regarded as a significant figure in outsider, lo-fi, and alternative music scenes. Most of his work consists of cassettes he recorded alone in his home, and his music is frequently cited for its "pure and childlike soul". Johnston ...
The Interminable Palestinian Uprising by Barbara Nimri Aziz
Jan 5/18 by Barbara Nimri Aziz “Naila and the Uprising” is a new film about Palestine—an old story with a new edition. An almost exclusively women’s production “Naila” effectively employs evocative animation alongside compelling personal testimonials of Palestinian resistance 30 years ago. The “Great March of Return” which the world just experienced-- immobilized and shamed ...
VANGUARD ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS CHANNEL ENERGY AT 2018 CONCERT OF COLORS
Music, spoken word, film, theater + community forum reflect the voices of generations Don Was All-Star Revue rocks again; new folk stage debuts Dearborn, Mich. (May 30, 2018) – Firebrands, fomenters, change agents and creative provocateurs – veteran and newcomer – dominate the lineup for the 26th Concert of Colors presented by the Arab American ...
13th annual Arab Film Fest @ AANM
The Arab American National Museum (AANM) cordially invites you to the 13th annual Arab Film Festival (AFF), which takes place June 1st through June 10th. AFF strives to bring the best of the best films from around the Arab World and Arab American community to the doorstep of metro Detroit, with many films having their ...
2018 ARAB FILM FESTIVAL BRINGS U.S., MICHIGAN PREMIERES OF ARAB WORLD FILMS
Director talkbacks, workshops and special events amplify marginalized voices Dearborn, Mich. (May 7, 2018) – The Arab Film Festival (AFF) returns to Cinetopia Film Festival May 31 through June 10 with an expanded short films program, director talkbacks, special events and a robust lineup of award-winning feature films from the Arab World. Films will screen ...
Upcoming Screenings of Then They Came in Dearborn
https://vimeo.com/210002629 This award-winning film is about the internment of Japanese Americans during WW II, with free screenings in April in Dearborn and Ann Arbor. Please join us for Michigan Screenings of And Then They Came for Us Tuesday April 24, 2018 Dearborn Public Library 16301 Michigan Ave, Dearborn 7-9 pm Reserve your FREE tickets https://goo.gl/CYCg7r ...
Hadi Eldebek on Why Must Artists Be Poor? and Grantpa
https://www.ted.com/talks/hadi_eldebek_how_artists_contribute_to_the_economy_and_how_we_can_support_them?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare The arts bring meaning to our lives and spirit to our culture -- so why do we expect artists to struggle to make a living? Hadi Eldebek is working to create a society where artists are valued through an online platform that matches artists with grants and funding opportunities -- so they can focus ...
MONK OF MOKHA VISITS ARAB MUSEUM MARCH 7
Yemeni coffee importer shares daring, miraculous journey Museum Store presents 1st Book + Print Festival April 6 April 12 book launch for Beydoun’s American Islamophobia Dearborn, Mich. (March 5, 2018) – In 2015, a California man named Mokhtar Alkhanshali made headlines when he undertook a journey to ancient farmlands in a country soon to ...
MUSEUM’S 13th ARAB FILM FESTIVAL AMPLIFIES MARGINALIZED VOICES
Festival receives Knight Arts Challenge grant Dearborn, Mich. (Feb. 20, 2018) – The Arab Film Festival (AFF)returns to metro Detroit May 31 to June 10, 2018 as part of the regional Cinetopia Film Festival. Now in its 13th year, AFF will present films from the Arab World and Arab America in the genres of drama, ...
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