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The Celebrity Traitors shows unspoken bias at work
Despite its politeness and popularity, the UK’s favourite reality TV show is based on kneejerk assumptions about who people really are
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A spooky guide to Muslim horror movies
It’s the perfect time to revel in a little haunting, and this watchlist will show you that Hollywood does not hold the monopoly on Halloween scares
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A House of Dynamite: nuclear thriller shatters the myth of American exceptionalism
Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film is the culmination of a trilogy that examines fear — not of the ‘other’, but of the dark potential of Washington
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Lyrical jokes and creative insults: inside the world of Arabic dubbing
The people behind our favourite characters – Bluey to Captain Majid – rarely appear on screen, but you’ll recognise their voices. They are the invisible actors shaping childhoods, identities and language skills
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Three electric films from Muslim voices at the BFI London film festival
Khartoum, With Hasan in Gaza and Black Rabbit, White Rabbit are works that share a restlessness and refusal to be reduced to headlines or easy archetypes
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Brides: a sensitive coming-of-age film about girlhood and its radical edge
Nadia Fall’s first feature is more interested in the inner lives of its protagonists, two Muslim girls who journey to Syria, as it is in the manipulative geopolitics surrounding them
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‘You should make cinema, even in war’: Rashid Masharawi on From Ground Zero
The Palestinian film-maker on his latest work, curating 22 short films from artists on the ground in Gaza
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Venice film festival: the movies that matter are those that refuse to look away
Our columnist picks the top films by Muslim directors at an event where cinema collides with politics
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Rahul Kohli knows exactly how to command a screen
Rahul Kohli teams up again with frequent collaborator Mike Flanagan in The Life of Chuck, as our columnist celebrates the actor’s career.
