Tag: Ula Tabari

Tel Aviv on Fire (2019)
Foreign Movies / Movie Reviews

Tel Aviv on Fire: A genial comedy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Both responses will attach themselves to Sameh Zoabi’s genial satire about a Palestinian soap opera writer and the Israeli security officer who tries to influence the direction of a TV show’s plot. Fitfully amusing yet unable to withstand close inspection, the movie will be a popular item in festivals and showcases, though Israeli money means Arab play is impossible.

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My Favorite Fabric (2019)
Foreign Movies / Movie Reviews

My Favorite Fabric: Dreams and facts in Syrian civil war

France / Germany and Turkey co-production, working with a highly technical team from Turkey My Favorite Fabric / Favorite Fabric war conditions in a young girl’s surreal inner world in a way trying to portray. In the film, director Gaya Jiji, who plays Nahla’s savvy co-worker, comes up with a story that is stuck between dreams and facts, with little or no exit.

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