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William Mullally

William Mullally

Arts & Culture Editor
William Mullally is Arts & Culture Editor at The National. An award-winning culture writer, he’s lived in the UAE since 2009 and chronicled the rise of the region’s diverse creative scenes. He’s served as Dubai Eye 103.8’s film critic since 2013, and has contributed to Arab News, ET Bil Arabi, The Insider Arabia, GQ Middle East, Esquire Middle East, Al Arabiya, Savoir Flair and Harper’s Bazaar Arabia. His long-running celebrity interview series has achieved more than 50 million views across his YouTube and TikTok channels.

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Sultan Al Neyadi, the second astronaut from the UAE to go into space, appears in the sixth season of Freej. Photo: Freej
How astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi made his acting debut in Freej

Series creator Mohammed Saeed Harib tells The National how the episode was being planned even before Al Neyadi blasted off – and reveals Umm Saeed joined him in space

Film & TVMarch 28, 2024
Palestinian twin sisters Simi and Haze Khadra founded SimiHaze Beauty in 2021. Photo: SimiHaze Beauty
Why beauty moguls Simi and Haze keep talking about Palestine

The sisters speak to The National about building a beauty empire in their own defiant image

Fashion & BeautyMarch 28, 2024
Ali and Mohamed Mostafa, right, team up once again, this time with their action series Khattaf. Photo: Ali Mostafa
Emirati director Ali Mostafa returns with MMA drama Khattaf

Actor-director pair talk childhood home movies, carving their paths to the top and raising the bar for the UAE's film industry on and off screen

Film & TVMarch 26, 2024
Joseph Morgan, known for The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, joined Halo for its second season. Photo: Paramount+
Halo star Morgan: I've had talks about potential season three

Season two, now streaming on OSN+, is a global hit – and more could be on the way from the long-running franchise

Film & TVMarch 24, 2024
The destroyed police station in the Manshiah quarter, Jaffa in 1948, near where Aida Mansour grew up and was then forced to flee. AP
Film of the week: A Palestinian dream fulfilled in heartbreaking fashion

Carol Mansour's latest documentary, opening at Cinema Akil this weekend, follows her mission to bring her mother's ashes to her family's ancestral home in Jaffa

Film & TVMarch 15, 2024
Robert Downey Jr celebrates onstage after Oppenheimer won the award for Best Picture. AFP
Oscars winners list: Oppenheimer collects seven awards

Christopher Nolan's acclaimed movie wins seven awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor

Film & TVMarch 11, 2024
English director Jonathan Glazer accepts the award for Best International Feature Film for The Zone of Interest during the 96th Annual Academy Awards. AFP
Director calls out Gaza 'dehumanisation' in Oscars speech

Glazer's The Zone of Interest, winner of Best International Film, is set during the Holocaust

Film & TVMarch 11, 2024
Sandra Huller and Milo Machado Graner play husband and wife in Anatomy of a Fall. AP
Film of the week: Anatomy of a Fall is a sharp portrait of failed romance

Nominated for Best Picture at the 2024 Academy Awards, director Justine Triet's film is a whodunnit like no other

Film & TVMarch 08, 2024
Saudi comic Ibrahim Al Hajjaj. Photo: Ibrahim Al Hajjaj
Comedy Factory: Saudi Arabia to train stand-up comics

Programme is recruiting aspiring comedians and performers across the kingdom

Music & On-stageMarch 06, 2024
Dominic Sessa, left, and Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers. Photo: Focus Features
Film of the week: The Holdovers cuts deeper than the average feelgood fodder

Director Alexander Payne's Oscar-nominated movie is in UAE cinemas now

Film & TVMarch 01, 2024
Kate Winslet as Elena Vernham in The Regime. HBO via AP
Kate Winslet: Why I pushed myself further than ever in The Regime

Actress discusses the 'disgusting, wild, tyrannical, vulnerable, interesting, multi-textured, complicated' character she takes on in satirical HBO series

Film & TVMarch 01, 2024
Shogun is an adaptation of the bestselling 1975 novel by James Clavell. Photo: FX
Shogun remake surpasses the original – here's how they pulled it off

The mini-series, which is now on Disney+, is rivalling Game of Thrones. The married duo behind it tell The National how they conquered chaos, Covid and Canadian wilderness to make it

Film & TVFebruary 29, 2024
Netflix had more than 260 million subscribers at the end of last year, but many face the woes of undecided scrolling. Getty Images
All scrolled out? Let Netflix mood tool pick for you

Rather than scrolling aimlessly, algorithms could understand a user's frame of mind and pitch content accordingly, director tells The National

Film & TVFebruary 22, 2024
Tahar Rahim first found international acclaim for his role in the modern classic French film, A Prophet. Getty Images
Madame Web actor who is 'afraid' and in survival mode

Bafta and Golden Globe-nominated actor tells The National why he has been consciously taking non-Arab roles

Film & TVFebruary 21, 2024
There is no word yet on who will play the individual Beatles in the films. Getty Images
Fab Four: Sam Mendes to direct quartet of films about The Beatles

Movies will be ready for cinema screens in 2027

Film & TVFebruary 20, 2024
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