Tahrir Square, one day during the Arab Spring. A young demonstrator falls for a camel shepherd who's under the influence of Hosni Mubarak’s militias. Two people standing on opposite side of the biggest conflict Egypt has seen in nearly half a century are brought together against all expectations. Egyptian filmmaker Yousry Nasrallah wrote and directed “After the Battle” (“Baad El Mawkeaa”) which will be competing for

Russian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa will be at the Cannes Festival again this year, competing for the Palme D'Or. This time he presents "In the Fog," a feature film adaptation of a novel set in the darkest recesses of World War II, when Russians accused each other of fomenting with the enemy and soldiers turned on civilians. The memory of war is a difficult burden to bear but the need to memorialize a tragedy is as vital today as it was at the outset

The revolt sweeping across the Middle East these last couple of years will figure highly at the Cannes Festival, and it’s no coincidence.

“The Sermon at Tobrouk,” a documentary by French philosopher Bernard “B.H.L.” Henri-Lévy (pictured below in Libya in September 2011) shot over the final eight months which led to the downfall of Kaddafi will be shown as a special screening. Henri-

Director Tanya Wexler is no stranger to Hollywood: as Darryl Hannah’s younger half-sister she spent some of her formative years on the set of “Blade Runner” and soon saw filmmaking as a viable career choice. Fortunately for us it's the road she took, her new feature film “Hysteria” marking Wexler’s major debut. The premise is enough to incite giggles among the biggest cynics: an idealistic young physician (Mortimer Granville, played by Hugh

Filmmaker Julie Delpy’s latest opus “2 days in New York” is the sequel to 2007's “2 days in Paris” (thankfully the film itself is more original than its recycled title). Delpy, a certified auteur, brought her own writing, directing and acting to the screen via a narrative that’s as personal as it is familiar. Delpy’s relationship with Adam Goldberg , her love interest from “Paris,” has dissolved. She’s since moved to New York where she takes up photographer duties

There’s a great movie lurking somewhere within the nagging clichés of “Death of a Superhero.” Adapted by Anthony McCarten from his 2008 novel, the film should be applauded for its strikingly morbid animation sequences, a winning lead performance from young up-and-comer Thomas Brodie-Sangster and an effectively solemn turn from the normally hilarious Irish comedienne Sharon Horgan. But with director Ian Fitzgibbon at the helm

The old adage “save the best for last” certainly applied to this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, as the last screening I attended was the thought-provoking, emotional journey called “Future Weather.” I had met its writer, director and producer Jenny Deller at the Tribeca Press Reception beforehand, during which she gave me the film’s background. “Future” lives up to expectations. Clearly, this is not the kind of story in which you’ll