Articles by Sherif M. Awad: Film Critic-Since 1990

Le Tout Nouveau Testament

by Sherif Awad  Screenwriter Thomas Gunzig and director Jaco Van Dormael are two Belgian-born filmmakers who collaborated in the philosophical yet funny script of The All New Testament, a fantasy...

Ant-Man

by Sherif Awad Being familiar with Marvel Superheroes, I wasn’t sure I heard before about Ant-Man until news started to flow that a film adaptation is happening. Paul Rudd, who was a regular star of...

Karlovy Vary Film Festival, KVIFF 2015

by Sherif Awad The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) celebrated its 50th anniversary this year with the attendance of many American and international stars and filmmakers. The edition...

FID Marseille 2015

by Sherif Awad The 26th edition of FID Marseille (Marseille International Festival) was organized from June 30 until July 7 at the Mediterranean French city Marseille, the largest French city after...

Yeşilçam Cinema

by Sherif Awad The art of cinematography has fascinated many great  directors  since  their  youth,  exactly  as  we  have  seen  in  the ...

Diary of Chambermaid

by Sherif Awad  Last week, Deauville Film Festival announced that French director Benoît Jacquot will be jury president for its 41st edition that will take place from the 4th till the 13th of...

Jurassic World

by Sherif Awad I cannot believe that 22 years have already passed since I first saw Jurassic Park in a midnight advance screening at one of Cairo theaters. In that year, 1993, everybody was so...

Avengers: Age of Ultron

by Sherif Awad Since its release six weeks ago, Avengers: Age of Ultron has succeeded to gross around 1.35 billion dollars worldwide by attracting the fans of comic books and action films alike...

Poltergeist Revisited

by Sherif Awad It is no secret that Hollywood is keeping on remaking and rebooting its classic library of films and that the period between the original and the re-imagined is becoming more and more...
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