Hiam Abbass

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Bye Bye Tiberias review – heartfelt memoir of Palestinian family reunion in Galilee
Hiam Abbass, AKA Marcia Roy from Succession, returns to the village she left 30 years ago to become an actor, with her daughter Lina Soualem behind the camera

Peter Bradshaw

25, Jun, 2024 @12:00 PM

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‘It wasn’t easy to be on camera’: Succession’s Hiam Abbass on reliving her departure from Palestine
The actor takes on an unfamiliar role – as herself – in her daughter Lina Soualem’s film documenting four generations of Palestinian women

Isabella Hammad

10, Jun, 2024 @11:00 AM

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Succession’s 20 greatest characters – ranked
How did the highly punchable Swede do? What about Ger-bear? Or Tom the corporate kiss-ass? The media drama features some of TV’s finest ever characters – and here are the best

Michael Hogan

02, May, 2023 @2:33 PM

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Hellraiser review – stylish goth horror remake is as sadistic as it is silly
An opulently designed, if indulgently overlong, remix of the gory 1987 chiller offers up some effectively gnarly violence

Benjamin Lee

07, Oct, 2022 @7:13 AM

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The Old Man review – Jeff Bridges shines in serviceable action series
The 72-year-old actor plays a fugitive of the past in a watchable drama that also works as a fantasy of hyper-competence in the sunset years

Adrian Horton

16, Jun, 2022 @1:14 PM

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‘The women are cannon fodder’: how Succession shows the horrors of misogyny
Season three of the daddy issues drama speaks volumes about the monstrous Man Club that rules society – and even billionaire’s daughter Shiv Roy can’t escape its sadistic clutches

Flannery Dean

30, Nov, 2021 @3:41 PM

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'People want imperfection': Hiam Abbass on Succession, Ramy and playing complex women
She is all calm as enigmatic Marcia Roy in the media-dynasty saga, but as the Egyptian-American mother in the award-winning comedy, she’s a hoot. The Palestinian actor examines her many-layered roles

Hannah J Davies

16, Feb, 2021 @3:39 PM

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Ramy: culture-clash comedy with a deeper message
Its protagonist might be hapless, but Ramy Youssef’s series about Muslim-American life – now airing in the UK – offers a smart portrait of immigrant families, Islam and disability

Iman Amrani

05, Feb, 2021 @2:45 PM

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Anatomy of an Artwork: Larissa Sansour’s In Vitro, 2019
The London-based Palestinian artist explores the metaphorical questions facing her homeland in this black-and-white sci-fi film

Skye Sherwin

22, May, 2020 @9:00 AM

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Succession review – brilliant dissection of a dysfunctional dynasty
With machiavellian characters and sharp dialogue, this show from The Thick of It writer Jesse Armstrong has everything you hope to see in a mega-rich family

Tim Dowling

02, Aug, 2018 @9:15 PM

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Insyriated review – claustrophobic drama from the heart of the Syrian war
This brutally tough but absorbing film is set in a Damascus apartment in which a family with a tragic secret have barricaded themselves

Peter Bradshaw

07, Sep, 2017 @10:00 AM

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Cannes 2012: festival jurors announced
Ewan McGregor and Andrea Arnold provide British presence on nine-strong panel tasked with selecting Palme d'Or winner

Andrew Pulver

25, Apr, 2012 @5:10 PM

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