BIBLICAL epics are all the rage. “Noah” and “Exodus: Gods and Kings” burst onto screens in 2014. “The Young Messiah”, “Risen” and “Last Days in the Desert” (2016) explored the chronological gaps in ...

When Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took power in Iran 35 years ago on February 11, Iran's filmmakers had good reason to worry. The strict code of censorship ushered in by the Islamic Revolution ...

He made the remarks in a meeting with the Board of Trustees of Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF) on Wednesday, Mehr reported on Friday. “In the coming years, we are looking forward to the ...

Movie critics have a hard time figuring out how to refer to the work of Islamic filmmakers. Islamic or Muslim cinema seems to imply a religious theme, which few of the films have. Arabic cinema leaves ...

The controversial 1976 epic The Message is finally being screened in Saudi Arabia. It’s the first Arabic film to get a commercial cinema screening in the conservative kingdom. The film, which ...

The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police has eased his criticism of the return of cinema to the conservative Muslim country, saying Sunday that he saw no harm in it as long as what is shown ...