Youssef Chahine, the eminence grise of Egyptian cinema and one of the best-known Arab film directors, died Sunday in Cairo. Over nearly five decades of film production, the 82-year-old filmmaker's output ranged from Fellini-like flights of fancy to politically inflected
The bleeding bull looks straight down at the 70-odd people arrayed in plastic chairs before it, and huffs. Its back is quite literally against the wall, or rather against the screen that's against the wall. Near-complete silence accompanies this classic
I have been telling stories all my life, but dyslexia prevented me from realizing those stories on paper. It took years and my first computer before I was able to express my thoughts in an organized fashion. Unfortunately, it...
