Sundance movies explore the terrifying impact of authority on human behaviour 1 February 20151 February 2015Husam Sam Asi Participating movies in the Sundance film festival are usually made on shoestring budgets and often by first-time directors, but they are rich in [...]
Clint Eastwood’s conflicted morality in American Sniper – interview 17 January 201519 January 2015Husam Sam Asi Chris Kyle was proclaimed the most lethal sniper in the US military history, with over 160 confirmed kills, most of them were carried [...]
Tim Burton explores the meaning of Art in “Big Eyes” 26 December 2014Husam Sam Asi What is art? A question posed by director Tim Burton in his new movie “Big Eyes,” which tells the weirder-than-fiction story of, Margaret [...]
Ridley Scott in Exodus: Was Moses A Terrorist? 20 December 201422 December 2014Husam Sam Asi 1 An avalanche of criticism was hurled at  Sir Ridley Scott,  when he announced the casting of American, European and Australian stars to play [...]
Jennifer Aniston finds remedy for every malady in comedy 7 December 201421 February 2015Husam Sam Asi Jennifer Aniston is known for her alluring beauty, but what I truly find most captivating about her when we meet is the infectious [...]
Christopher Nolan: I want the audience to feel my movies not understand them 14 November 201414 November 2014Husam Sam Asi With his latest movie, Interstellar, opening to $130 million globally over the weekend, Christopher Nolan has retained a clean record of no box [...]
Jessica Chastain’s character in Interstellar was originally a man 28 October 201431 October 2014Husam Sam Asi Since she invaded the consciousness of the masses in 2011 with a tsunami of releases such as Cannes Palm D’or winner “Tree of [...]
Denzel Washington: Show Business is Colour Blind – Interview 29 September 20141 October 2014Husam Sam Asi Comment When Denzel Washington won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Movie for his role in “The Hurricane” in 2000, [...]
Is Julianne Moore the next Oscar winner? – TV Interview 18 September 201420 September 2014Husam Sam Asi Comment Having won the best actress award in Cannes this year for her performance in David Cronenberg’s “Maps to the Stars” and dazzled the [...]
Great performances but no clear winner at Toronto International Film Festival 13 September 20147 November 2014Husam Sam Asi In the last 10 days, hundreds of thousands of film fans and experts descended on Toronto charged with great expectations and hopes to [...]