Yasmine Kandil

1 week ago | awardswatch.com | Yasmine Kandil

Belgian brothers in both blood and cinema, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have long been masters of portraying the gritty realities of working-class life in their homeland. Over their distinguished career, the duo has earned two Palme d’Ors and a host of other accolades at the Cannes Film Festival. Their latest project, Young Mothers, premiered as the penultimate entry in the festival’s latest competition lineup, continuing their legacy of socially conscious storytelling.

2 weeks ago | discussingfilm.net | Yasmine Kandil

No two Wes Anderson movies are quite the same. Of course, the Houston-born filmmaker’s taste for symmetrical compositions and dry wit has become synonymous with the whimsical body of work he has crafted over the past three decades. Still, each finely detailed story has its distinct spirit and sentiment.

2 weeks ago | lwlies.com | Yasmine Kandil

About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.” Our reviews feature a unique tripartite ranking system that captures the different aspects of the movie-going experience. We believe in Truth & Movies.

3 weeks ago | discussingfilm.net | Yasmine Kandil

Across England’s vastly diverse capital city of London, the homelessness crisis has recently hit an all-time high. Just off the curb of streets flooded with double-decker buses and packs of lime-bikers, it doesn’t take much searching to see that the rising rent prices, housing shortages, insecure job market, and inadequate social resources have driven thousands to rough sleeping for survival.

1 month ago | discussingfilm.net | Yasmine Kandil

In recent years, it feels like the espionage genre has dried up. Most spy thrillers have fallen into a particularly stale formula, resulting in unmemorable, cookie-cutter projects. That being said, 2025 has been off to an excellent start for the genre after the critical success of Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag. Yet, after numerous delays, the bar was set relatively low going into The Amateur (2025), with the marketing teasing by-the-book action sequences and monotonous performances.