Egypt: A Look Back with Longing to Pre-Tahrir Cinema
Rome–This week marks the fifth anniversary of the Tahrir Square demonstrations that helped bring down the 30 year dictatorship of…
By Daniel Williams, journalist and author
Tag: movies
Indonesia: Mass Slaughter Hidden in Plain Sight for 50 Years
Rome—October 1 marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of a slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Indonesians. It was a…
Omar Sharif: The Eyes of Egypt’s Greatest Film Actor
Rome— Omar Sharif, 83, a versatile actor and one of movie history’s most global of stars, has died. He made films…