The directors of Hollywood are planning to release a jam pack of movies in the cinemas including Disney’s Cruella, F9; the Fast & Furious new movie and the Black Widow to name a few. Hollywood plans to promote movie-going as vaccinations increase and the safety restrictions are easing up. They want to lure crowds back […]
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A New Era in Pakistani Cinema
With the arrival of colour films in the 1960s, Pakistani Cinema entered a golden age. Over the 70s, cult classics such as Maula Jatt brought the industry into the spotlight. New releases full of potential were always around the corner, and the future seemed bright. Eventually, however, Pakistani Cinema began falling into complacence. As […]
Downtown Cairo battles to keep its cosmopolitan heritage alive
Cairo’s downtown, with its old European-designed buildings, is wrestling to preserve its cultural heritage as Egypt readies a new capital in the desert. A stroll through the district takes pedestrians past buildings that meld Islamic and European motifs, neo-classical columns and ornate decorations. But its elegance and prestige are fading, as the one-way streets and […]
The influence of power structures on popular cinematic discourse
Discourses impact our lives. They shape our minds and influence our perceptions towards the realities of it. In addition to this, discourses contribute to the construction of our social realities too. Though the influence of media and books is important in the studies of discourses, the impact of cinema, in this regard, demands intellectual curiosity. Cinema’s […]