The rise of cinema in Egypt in the 1910s and 1920s introduced a new chapter in national art, with silent films redefining how ...

As with the fate of the fearsome Egyptian god of the underworld Osiris himself, we have witnessed a brutal slaying and a resurrection. Only this time it's a movie (partially) about Osiris! Yet now, ...

“Eagles of the Republic” is a Cairo-set political thriller one can slot into the following category: movies about life under autocracy that feel different to watch — at least to Americans — than they ...

CAIRO -- When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited this city last month, Egyptians had an unusual choice: watch her on TV as she expounded on issues of war and peace in the Middle East, or go ...

Centuries ago in Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Seti ordered all the male Hebrew babies to be executed. A desperate mother decides to let God guide her newborn son instead of execution. Found by the Queen, ...

Animation had a wild year in 1998. Disney released the action-packed musical "Mulan," which broke new ground in terms of Asian American representation in animation. Meanwhile, Pixar followed up "Toy ...

Elcinema.com aims to create a rich online community in the field of film, television, and theater specifically, and the art and entertainment industry as a whole generally, in both Arabic and English, ...

The Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler, and Chadwick Boseman-led antiquarian romp has finally met its audience. As with the fate of the fearsome Egyptian god of the underworld Osiris himself, we ...