Cannes Review: Joon-ho Bong’s ‘Parasite’ is breathtaking and heartbreaking
Joon-ho Bong delivers the best film of the Cannes Film Festival so far Known for his genre-twisting work, Joon-ho Bong is a director that never... Read More
Mina Takla
Mina Takla is a foreign correspondent for AwardsWatch and the co-founder of The Syndicate, an online news agency that offers original content services to several film brands including Empire Magazine’s Middle East edition and the Dubai Film Festival. Takla has attended, covered and written for multiple film festivals online including the Dubai International Film Festival, Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Cannes, Venice, Berlin and Annecy Film Festivals. He has been following the Oscar race since 2000 with accurate, office-pool winning predictions year after year. He writes monthly in Empire Arabia, the Arabic version of the world’s top cinema magazine and conducts press junkets with Hollywood stars in the UK and the US. He holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Marketing from Australia’s Wollongong University and is currently based in Dubai, UAE.
Cannes Review: Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood’ is one of his most nuanced, poignant and entertaining films to date
Quentin Tarantino’s latest is a delicious, subversive and audacious takedown of Hollywood In one of his most nuanced, poignant and entertaining films to date, Quentin... Read More
Cannes Review: Ira Sachs’ ‘Frankie’ is pretty, vacant
Ira Sachs’ latest is a hollow yet picturesque film on a decaying star In his follow-up to Little Men, Ira Sachs delivers a picturesque but... Read More
Cannes Review: Asif Kapadia’s ‘Diego Maradona’ scores as an engrossing doc on the price of fame
Asif Kapadia’s new documentary is an engrossing portrayal of a football legend One of the most interesting documentary filmmakers working today, Asif Kapadia has built... Read More
Cannes Review: ‘The Lighthouse’ Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson go toe to toe in Robert Eggers’ impeccably crafted new film
Robert Eggers follows up The Witch by crafting The Lighthouse, a sublimely nightmarish tale about madness and solitude Few thrillers will draw you in and... Read More
Cannes Review: Terrence Malick’s ‘A Hidden Life’ is a film for the ages
Terrence Malick’s latest is a magnetic, contemplative and epic film that asks big, timely questions coupled with fantastic technical credits and performances A return to... Read More
Cannes Review: ‘I Lost My Body’
Jérémy Clapin’s film is a unique, inventive if slightly undercooked, animated gem In his debut animated feature, Jérémy Clapin goes for a dark, uncompromising and... Read More
Cannes Review: ‘Pain and Glory’ is Pedro Almodóvar’s magnum opus
Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film is a masterpiece that balances the personal with the relatable How do you make a film about yourself? Perhaps the better... Read More
Cannes Review: Jessica Hausner’s ‘Little Joe’ is engaging, haunting and reflective
Jessica Hausner’s atmospheric new film is an engaging, if somewhat lacking, work Part-thriller, part-drama, Little Joe features excellent technical credits, an intriguing script but lacks... Read More
Cannes Review: ‘Sorry We Missed You’
Ken Loach’s latest film is a deceptively simple yet shattering and a step up from I, Daniel Blake Did you ever stop to think about... Read More
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