The UAE entered the international film conversation in earnest when Theeb became its first Oscar-shortlisted submission, a Jordanian co-production that announced serious regional ambition. Emirati cinema remains young but purposeful, with government-backed initiatives like the Abu Dhabi Film Festival helping to grow both local production and Arab filmmaking more broadly.
Rating: 3.5★
There's a particular kind of dread that comes from watching something go horribly wrong on live television. Late Night with the Devil, directed by Cameron and Colin Cairnes, understands that completely, and it weaponises it to genuinely unsettling effect. I went in completely blind, as I always try
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Where do you even begin? That's the question I kept asking myself as the credits rolled on All That's Left of You, and I still don't have a clean answer. What I do have is the feeling of something sitting heavy in my chest,
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