The global “Sesame Street” family is getting three new Muppet members: Basma, Jad and Ma’zooza. The characters are creative and adventurous, speak Arabic and are set to tackle yet another difficult subject: the trauma facing refugee children in the Middle East. They will lead a new Arabic-language, locally produced... Read more

JERUSALEM — It was the extraordinary coldbloodedness of the murder that made it true-crime movie material in the first place: a Palestinian teenager snatched off a Jerusalem street by Orthodox Jews, choked, bludgeoned and burned to death in a forest at dawn. But “Our Boys,” a 10-part series that... Read more

Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival, held from August 7 to 17, will be screening several Arab movies such as “Terminal Sud” by Algerian director Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche. Other offerings will include “Douma Taht al Ard” by Syrian filmmaker Tim Alsiofi. Read more

Tom Cruise was a surprise guest at Comic-Con where he unveiled a trailer for the sequel to his movie Top Gun, released more than 30 years ago. Top Gun: Maverick sees him revisit brilliant but reckless pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, still flying but unable to to let go of... Read more

The drama is set in modern-day Lebanon and stars Lebanese film veteran Adel Karam — who starred in “The Insult,” which was nominated for an Oscar in 2018 — and Algerian-Lebanese actor Amal Bouchoucha. The fast-paced series tells the story of advertising mastermind, Tarek (Adel Karam), who is tasked... Read more

The Red Sea Film Foundation has introduced the Tamheed Fund, a one-time competition to financially support two production-stage Saudi feature films with up to $500,000 each. The initiative aims to produce the two films and premiere them at the first edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival in... Read more

It seems that the Lebanese series “Al Hayba” (The Prestige) has got the interest of Israelis who want to discover the hidden details about arms trafficking and drugs gangs in the region as portrayed in the series. The series was the most searched on the Internet in “Israel” after it started screening on Netflix and... Read more