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Egypt’s cinematic gems: Bus Driver

Adham Youssef | Produced a year after the killing of Anwar Sadat, Atef al-Tayeb's film brought Sadat's infitah policy

20 November 2015

Egypt’s cinematic gems: The Artful

Amany Ali Shawky | An ill-fitting day job, elating football games in the afternoon and occasional one-nighters with a colleague

12 September 2015

Egypt’s cinematic gems: A Dinner Date

Amany Ali Shawky | A fast-paced feminist tragedy conjured from a small article in a newspaper’s crime section

6 December 2014

Egypt’s cinematic gems: ‘Halaa Housh’

Hanaa Safwat | On the surface, Bashir al-Deek's Halaa Housh is just another slapstick comedy, writes Hanaa Safwat.

16 August 2014

Egypt’s cinematic gems: ‘Against the Government’

Andeel | “We are all corrupt, no exceptions, even with helpless silence, we are corrupt.”

10 May 2014

Egypt’s cinematic gems: ‘The Escape’

Wael Hamdy | He has enough flexibility for minor ethical compromises

12 April 2014

Egypt’s cinematic gems: ‘The Deluge’

Wael Hamdy | Any crime, regardless of how awful it is, can be digested under a certain level of pressure

8 March 2014