Warwick Davis stars as Willow Ufgood in this Tolkien-ish family-friendly mix of fun, fantasy and action; the diminutive Willow teams up with a wandering rogue swordsman (Val Kilmer) to protect a baby princess who has miraculously fallen into his care. [ ... ]
"A Grapes of Wrath for our time” said critic Roger Ebert of this lovingly rendered, heartbreaking story of hope and survival. After their family is murdered by the government during a civil war massacre in Guatemala, brother and sister Enrique [ ... ]
“Cinema has a fascination with sexist violence. We like to see women suffer, getting kidnapped or raped,” said Avdija in a Variety interview. These are the scenes the stuntwomen protagonists of her telling documentary – Virginie Arnaud, Petra Sprecher and [ ... ]
Keisha Castle-Hughes stars as a twelve-year-old Māori girl whose ambition is to become the chief of the tribe – a role traditionally reserved for males. Although disregarded by her grandfather and shunned by the people of her village, she is [ ... ]
The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South come together in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala, a luminous look at the complexities of love in a modern melting pot. Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their [ ... ]
The final day of the 16th edition of Abu Dhabi Art. It has five principal sectors: Modern & Contemporary: for established galleries (who have been operating for at least seven years) with curatorial framework for booth presentations. This is the [ ... ]
The 16th edition of Abu Dhabi Art has 102 galleries, the largest number to date. It has five principal sectors: Modern & Contemporary: for established galleries (who have been operating for at least seven years) with curatorial framework for booth [ ... ]
This panel involves artists whose work connects us within cities. Bjørnstjerne Christiansen (SUPERFLEX) speaks about interspecies relationships and gathering spaces for humans and other species; Afra Al Dhaheri explains how her work fosters sensory engagement, promoting balance amid modern life's [ ... ]
The 16th edition of Abu Dhabi Art has 102 galleries, the largest number to date. It has five principal sectors: Modern & Contemporary: for established galleries (who have been operating for at least seven years) with curatorial framework for booth [ ... ]
The 16th edition of Abu Dhabi Art has 102 galleries, the largest number to date. It has five principal sectors: Modern & Contemporary: for established galleries (who have been operating for at least seven years) with curatorial framework for booth [ ... ]
Originally launched in Dubai in 2021 to promote sustainable thrift shopping, this event arrives in Abu Dhabi with a makeover and what looks like a more commercial bent – the 40+ vendors do include thrift and vintage fashion, but there’s [ ... ]
An intricate thriller woven into a story of unthinkable disaster and one man’s fight for survival in the claustrophobic darkness of a tunnel collapse. Presented by the Korean Cultural Center; in Korean with English subtitles
It doesn't get much better than the original if you want a psychological thriller dripping with suspense. Janet Leigh stars as Phoenix secretary Marion Crane, absconding with a small fortune of her employer’s money; she takes a wrong turn in [ ... ]
The cast and director are obviously having great fun in this affectionate tribute to the classic Hollywood monster movies of the 1930s and 40s. Gene Wilder is the titular inheritor of his grandfather's Transylvanian castle, where he attempts to recreate [ ... ]
For his feature debut, winner of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, Sean Wang has crafted a poignant and humorous narrative that captures the essence of adolescence in California circa 2008. Thirteen-year-old Chris navigates the treacherous waters of teenage [ ... ]
A newly restored version of the classic fantasy road-trip movie. The Guardian's summary says it all: "Victor Fleming has made ... the most delightful film of its kind since Disney's Snow White. The blend of old-fashioned, classic storytelling with cutting-edge [ ... ]
One rainy night, Moon So-young (Lee ‘IU’ Ji-eun) leaves her baby Woo-sung outside a ‘baby box’ in Busan, a safe place set up in Korean churches for new mothers to leave unwanted infants. But instead, he’s stolen by Sang-hyun (Song [ ... ]
The Beatles before they became a studio-only band and got fed up with fame, fortune and each other: Richard Lester's anything-goes direction and a decent lots-of-laughs script plus some good acting from British stalwarts of the time (like Wilfrid Brambell [ ... ]
James Gray’s deeply personal coming-of-age tale, set in 1980s New York, boasts fine performances from Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong as the parents and Anthony Hopkins dispensing twinkly grandfatherly wisdom – and, as a sixth-grader making his way through school [ ... ]
A newly restored print of the multiple Academy Award winner, starring Julie Andrews as the magical nanny and Dick Van Dyke as a most unlikely chimney sweep. Fantastical adventures follow as the spirited nanny turns every chore into a game [ ... ]
A second performance of this Abu Dhabi Classics chamber concert featuring the acclaimed young Russian virtuoso pianist Alexander Malofeev with musicians from the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The programme includes Schubert’s Trout Quintet, Fauré’s Piano Quartet No.1, and Brahms’ Piano Quartet [ ... ]
A chamber concert featuring the acclaimed young Russian virtuoso pianist and composer Alexander Malofeev, joined by four musicians from the Lucerne Festival Orchestra to give us Schubert’s Trout Quintet, Fauré’s Piano Quartet No.1, and Brahms’ Piano Quartet No.3. There's a [ ... ]
Yoon’s confident debut feature picked up numerous nominations and awards both in his native South Korea and abroad. An award-winning coming of age tale, with simple, unadorned storytelling that immerses us in the world of two primary school girls. Their [ ... ]
Pasolini's audacious second feature is a tale of doomed maternal love set against a stark backdrop of ancient ruins and prefab apartment blocks on the desolate outskirts of Rome. Anna Magnani is superb as a middle-aged streetwalker who attempts to [ ... ]
Based on a true story – the discovery of the remains of Richard III under a Leicester car park in 2021 – this is the story of amateur historian Philippa Langley (Sally Hawkins at her best), whose passion and research [ ... ]
Harrison Ford is on top form as the Chicago surgeon framed for the murder of his wife who aims to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers (led by Tommy Lee Jones, playing Tommy Lee Jones) to the man who [ ... ]
Sometimes Ken Loach films can seem a bit of a constant battering of messages about social incohesion and unfairness. At their best, though, they are suffused with empathy and idealism along with the anger and the black-and-white morality; and The [ ... ]
One of the best loved films of its time, this sumptuous adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway show gets renewed punch from a newly restored print of the film. Julie Andrews is of course Maria, the spirited young governess [ ... ]
Formulaic but neatly done. Adventurer Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) teams up with librarian Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and a motley archaeological crew to conquer the vengeful reincarnation of Egyptian priest Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) for 124 minutes of non-stop action with some [ ... ]
A poignant action-comedy featuring veteran Oscar nominee June Squibb in her first leading role and featuring the final performance of trailblazing blaxploitation legend Richard Roundtree. Squibb is Thelma Post, a feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer [ ... ]
An excellent Irish animation that combines history and myth in a compelling narrative that explores friendship and difference. A young apprentice hunter journeys to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last wolf pack and befriends Mebh, a free-spirited [ ... ]
The Spot camp is back with workshops, games, music (including an open mic), and a bunch of retail and F&B stalls. There's lots for the kids (bubble machines, face painting) and interactive art and live painting. Should be fun, though [ ... ]
David Lean’s lush love letter to Venice was his personal favourite among his own films. A sublimely bittersweet tale of romantic longing, it also has Katharine Hepburn at her best, portraying the conflicting emotions in a lonely, middle-aged American tourist [ ... ]
A compelling contemporary love story about two fundamentally lonely people – classroom assistant Ava and landlord/failed DJ Ali – who bond over a love of music and their shared affection for the child of Ali’s Slovakian tenants. But even as [ ... ]
A gorgeously restored print for the 30th anniversary of the family friendly classic. With help from his long-lost friend, Nala (Moira Kelly), and a curious pair of newfound friends, Pumbaa (Ernie Sabella) and Timon (Nathan Lane), Simba (Matthew Broderick) must [ ... ]
A warm tale of life and relationships, embedded in Indian culture and Hindu rituals. Daya decides he wants to die in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi. Rajiv, his over-worked accountant son, struggles with anxieties about his responsibilities back home [ ... ]
Classic feelgood Hollywood of the 50s: a Paris-set musical with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire at their most charming, directed by the legendary Stanley Donen, gowns by de Givenchy, songs by George and Ira Gershwin ... No wonder it was [ ... ]
Classic Kurosawa, a gripping police thriller (based on an Ed McBain story) starring the ineffable Toshiro Mifune. Kidnapping goes wrong, moral dilemmas ensue, and Kurosawa uses the film noir to anatomise the inequalities in modern Japanese society. "Kurosawa's virtuoso direction [ ... ]
The French-Turkish couple Çagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti have directed several films together, and Sibel – their third feature – is a film festival favourite. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the [ ... ]
A beautifully shot, beautifully acted account of the friendship between Queen Victoria and a young Indian civil servant who became a powerful and influential figure in her court. Stephen Frears explores questions of race, religion, power, and the farce of [ ... ]
Lovably impulsive oldsters Ella and John (Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren) infuriate their uptight children by heading off in their cranky old Winnebago for a last road trip in the sunset of their lives. They are cheerful, gutsy, secretly scared [ ... ]
A documentary about the impacts of climate change on the Republic of the Marshall Islands and its people. The Marshall Islands comprises more than a thousand individual islands and islets, most of them less than 5.9 feet above sea level. [ ... ]
An incredible, emotional and inspiring true story, one that resonates in our time as we grapple with war, refugee crises, and growing hatred around the world. Anthony Hopkins stars as Nicholas Winton, a British stockbroker who helped rescue more than [ ... ]
Silver’s entertaining debut was an unexpected hit, achieving instant critical acclaim after a screening at the 1975 Cannes Festival. Carol Kane is outstanding as a Jewish immigrant arriving in late 19th-century New York, to live in a tenement apartment on [ ... ]
A film for the 80th anniversary of D-Day and inspired by true events, The Last Rifleman is a moving drama starring Pierce Brosnan in one of his best roles as a WWII veteran living in a care home in Northern [ ... ]
A newly-restored print of one of Hollywood's classics – romantic, witty, a great director, and full of stars: Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and Audrey Hepburn lead in this Cinderella story of a gauche girl who returns from a trip to [ ... ]
The best ever concert film? Certain one of the best; and one of the best suits, too ... Jonathan Demme captured the energy and artsy groove of David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison at their best. Shot [ ... ]
“If the bee disappears from the surface of the Earth," said Albert Einstein, "man would have no more than four years left to live". Well, all over the world bees have been dying for the past few years. Although the [ ... ]
Last chance to sit in on what's promised to be a "raw, real and hilarious" live podcast, hosted by top local comedian Ali Al Sayed with guests as a contribution to Abu Dhabi Comedy Week.
A show from the popular kids entertainer as part of Abu Dhabi Comedy Week. Slightly disappointing that this is pitched as a family-friendly gig with one price for all – there are no reduced-price tickets for kids.
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