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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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Tickets for celebrated German composer Hans Zimmer's latest show go on sale this week. Photo: Frank Embacher
Hans Zimmer's promise as Dune composer announces return to Dubai

After two hugely successful 2023 shows, Oscar-winning German composer of Dune, The Lion King and Interstellar reveals new date for later this year

Music & On-stageFebruary 20, 2024
Jonathan Glazer and James Wilson won the Best Film Not in the English Language award for The Zone of Interest at the Baftas. EPA
Bafta winner urges audience to support victims of Gaza conflict

James Wilson compares lives lost in Gaza and Yemen to Israel and Mariupol while accepting award for Best British Film

Film & TVFebruary 19, 2024
Former president Donald Trump with his gold trainers at Sneaker Con Philadelphia. AP
Donald Trump's $399 golden trainers – and other shoes that flopped

Former US president makes unexpected stop at Sneaker Con to unveil his first trainer

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 18, 2024
Indie film favourite Dakota Johnson turns big-screen hero as Marvel's Madame Web. AP
Dakota Johnson on how she ended up in a superhero film

Putting her artsy indie flicks aside, the Hollywood star lets The National in on her biggest challenge yet, which led to a performance that is anything but Marvel by numbers

Film & TVFebruary 16, 2024
The Saudi film From the Ashes is inspired by a real-life story that revolves around a fire that sparks in the basement of an all-girls school. Photo: Netflix
Netflix film From the Ashes is Saudi Arabia's biggest global hit yet

Directed by Khalid Fahad, the film has trended in 37 countries in five continents in its first three weeks of release

Film & TVFebruary 10, 2024
The wolf used in the film was flown in from Hungary and promptly stole the hearts of all on set. Photo: Neom
Film of the week: Within Sand is an ode to Bedouin heritage

Directed by Saudi filmmaker Moe Alatawi, this award-winning tale of survival is based on a Saudi legend

Film & TVFebruary 09, 2024
Taylor Swift is in the middle of her record-breaking global Eras Tour. AP
Streaming platform for Taylor Swift concert film is announced

Highest selling concert film of all time set to hit streaming in spring

Music & On-stageFebruary 08, 2024
Taylor Swift accepts the award for Album of the Year for Midnights. Reuters
Taylor Swift's record-breaking Grammy night was a coronation

American singer proved her seismic cultural force with fourth Album of the Year award

Music & On-stageFebruary 05, 2024
Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox performed during the in memoriam montage at the Grammys. AFP
Annie Lennox calls for Gaza ceasefire at Grammys

The Artists for Ceasefire movement began at the end of last year, in response to the Israel-Gaza war

Music & On-stageFebruary 05, 2024
Philip Seymour Hoffman steadily built his reputation in supporting roles before cementing himself as one of Hollywood's most capable leading men. AP
Philip Seymour Hoffman's 10 best movies, 10 years after his death

The Oscar winner's untimely death cut short a prolific stage and screen career. Here are the performances that cemented his legacy

Film & TVFebruary 02, 2024
Chez Wam, where French classics meet Asian favourites, is open at St Regis Gardens, Dubai. Photo: Rikas
Restaurant of the week: Pure Paris, but with a personal touch

French chef Hadrien Villedieu leads the Dubai restaurant, which is an ode to his most treasured life experiences

WeekendFebruary 02, 2024
Inas Halabi's debut feature captures many aspects of the Druze experience. Photo: Reel Palestine
New film highlights crisis within Palestine's Druze community

Screening at Reel Palestine 2024, the debut feature documentary of Inas Halabi explores the current predicament of an ethnic minority

Arts & CultureJanuary 29, 2024
Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie starred in this year's Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig. AP
Barbie fans are wrong – Margot Robbie wasn't snubbed

Criticisms of Oscar nominations for leaving out film's two leading women is just another case of fan entitlement

Film & TVJanuary 24, 2024
Director Kaouther Ben Hania's Four Daughters has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2024 Academy Awards. Getty
Kaouther Ben Hania becomes first Arab woman with two Oscar nods

The Tunisian director's latest movie Four Daughters scored a 2024 nomination for Best Documentary Feature Film

Film & TVJanuary 23, 2024
Director Christopher Nolan with actors Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy on the set of Oppenheimer. AP
Oscar nominations 2024: Oppenheimer leads with 13 nods

Christopher Nolan-directed film scored most nominations since The Shape of Water

Film & TVJanuary 23, 2024
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