A Lebanese bank heist towers over this winter's Middle Eastern film offerings
Submitted by Joseph Fahim on Fri, 10/30/2026 - 10:42 Rami Kodeih's Furies is set during Lebanon's liquidity crisis of 2019, which led depositors to hold up banks to access their money Rym Mroue (left) and Maria Nakouzi (right) star in Furies, which premiered at Venice (Smokehouse Pictures) Off This has been a middling year for Middle Eastern cinema. With Palestine continuing to dominate the region’s cultural discourse and festivals growing increasingly narrow-minded in their selections, critics
Submitted by Joseph Fahim on Fri, 10/30/2026 - 10:42 Rami Kodeih's Furies is set during Lebanon's liquidity crisis of 2019, which led depositors to hold up banks to access their money Rym Mroue (left) and Maria Nakouzi (right) star in Furies, which premiered at Venice (Smokehouse Pictures) Off This has been a middling year for Middle Eastern cinema. With Palestine continuing to dominate the region’s cultural discourse and festivals growing increasingly narrow-minded in their selections, critics
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