Hany Abu-Assad

Exclaim!'s 26 Most Underrated and Underseen Movies of 2021

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2021

Online tribalism, jaded critics and movie studios that own half of Hollywood create the perfect storm: the largest spectacles, the most cro...

The Best (and Worst) Films We Saw at TIFF 2021

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2021

After 2020's severely stripped-down version, this year's Toronto International Film Festival was almost back to its old self. In-person aud...

TIFF Review: 'Huda's Salon' Lays Bare the Absurdity of War

Directed by Hany Abu-Assad

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2021

The first ten minutes of Huda's Salon are a revelation. This movie works through a simultaneously sympathetic and satirical lens to subtly...

Omar

Hany Abu-Assad

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2014

A young man named Omar plans and executes a murder in cold blood with his pals. Omar is caught, beaten, and then flipped by police before b...

Omar

Hany Abu-Assad

PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad (who was nominated for an Oscar for suicide bomber drama Paradise Now) is no stranger to tackling the I...

Paradise Now

Hany Abu-Assad

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Said and Khaled are two Palestinian mechanics who've been friends since childhood; they're also committed to the resistance, meaning they g...

Paradise Now

Hany Abu-Assad

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

Said and Khaled are two Palestinian mechanics who've been friends since childhood; they're also committed to the resistance, meaning they g...