Kaleem Aftab

The comedy film about a Lebanese man who dreams of seeing the world but has never left his home country, will have its regional premiere at Diff on Thursday.

The War Show, which has its regional premiere at Diff tomorrow, is a documentary based on footage shot by Syrian radio host Obaidah Zytoon.

Natalie Portman and director Pablo Larraín tells us about the challenge of telling the story of Jackie Kennedy on the big screen while remaining true to her legacy.

The actress began acting at the age of 8 in short films and on television. Part of her plan was also to launch a singing career, but as her acting took off, she had to put that on hold.

Based on Saroo Brierley’s memoir A Long Way Home, Lion, starring Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman, tells the story of a man who goes in search of the family he lost as a child.

With its themes of communication, lack of understanding of those who are different, and the danger of letting fear rather than friendship govern our actions, Arrival can be read as an allegorical take on global views of Islam, and how reactions to events can shape their course.

Eddie Redmayne and his co-stars talk to us on the set of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first Harry Potter spin-off.

“In order to pretend to be a boxer, you have to go through a training camp, which gives you some experience of what fighters put their bodies through,” the actor says. “It’s unparalleled, except for maybe an Olympic athlete."

Directed by Paul James Driscoll, Nanny Cultures follows Julie C Mcilvenny, who leaves London to work as a nanny for a family in Abu Dhabi with six children.

Netflix has spared no expense on The Crown, a drama about Queen Elizabeth II’s six-decade reign.

The film, starring Emily Blunt, is largely faithful to the bestselling book by Paul Hawkins, but the audience has its Eureka moment much too early.

In the big-screen adaptation of the bestselling book, the action shifts from the UK to the US, a move many fans are not happy with.

In this based-on-fact story Diane Kruger and Bryan Cranston are undercover cops, who offer to launder money for legendary Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar.

The actors tell us there is a lot more to this film – which elicited walkouts when it was screened at the Sundance Film Festival – than childish toilet humour.