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Book Review | Down in the Belly of the Whale by Kelly Kay Bowles
A teenager learns to cope with her loved ones’ problems in this Young Adult novel. Harper Southwood is in her sophomore year in high school. She has only one friend, Cora Perkins; is in love with a boy she’s never spoken to; and feels so different from those around her [...]
6 Doha Film Institute’s Supported Films Selected to Prestigious Sections of the 71st Cannes Film Festival
The Doha Film Institute has set a first in the Arab region for a film organisation, with two new films co-financed by the Institute being selected to the prestigious Competition section at the 71st Cannes Film Festival from May 8 to 19, 2018. A defining moment for Arab and regional [...]
Avengers Infinity War – The Long Wait Is Over!
We catch up with our heroes after the events of both 'Thor: Ragnarok' and 'Black Panther' with Thanos (Josh Brolin) making his way to collect all of the Infinity Stones. That’s about as much as I can say without giving away any spoilers. Also, ignore what the actors “spoiled” throughout [...]
DFI Cinema To Screen Acclaimed Films Celebrating Paternal Relationships With ‘Fathers Through the Lens’
The Doha Film Institute Cinema (DFI Cinema) will present a selection of acclaimed international films that celebrate paternal relationships with a specially curated ‘Fathers Through the Lens’ selection of screenings from April 26 to 29, 2018, at the Museum of Islamic Art Auditorium. Fatma Al Remaihi, Chief Executive Officer of [...]
Book Review | The Changeling By Joy Williams
Beloved by some, maligned by others, Williams’ (The Visiting Privilege, 2015, etc.) second novel, first published in 1978, has a new 40th-anniversary edition. The Changeling We meet Pearl and her infant son, Sam, in a Florida bar. Pearl is drinking gin and tonics and having thoughts like this: “You cannot keep [...]
Movie Review | A Quiet Place
In John Krasinski’s brilliantly suspenseful thriller, a family must remain silent at all times to avoid the giant predators roaming their post-apocalyptic world A Quiet Place If ever a film had me mentally tiptoeing over a booby-trapped carpet of eggshells while silently gibbering with anxiety, it’s this brutal sci-fi suspense thriller, [...]