Nicholas Blincoe is an author and screenwriter living between London and the Palestinian city of Bethlehem. He writes regularly for the <em>Guardian</em> and the <em>Telegraph</em>.

Inside the Iron Lady

[caption id="attachment_55228931" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady"][/caption] No one walks quite like…

Cinema After 9/11

[caption id="attachment_55229322" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2012)"][/caption] How’s this for a…

Once Upon a Lost Time in Turkey

[caption id="attachment_55230135" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Ceylan references Sergio Leone the film&#039;s title, and more."][/caption…

The Dictator of Laughs

[caption id="attachment_55231942" align="alignnone" width="620" caption="Sacha Baron Cohen dressed as Admiral General Aladeen"][/caption] Admiral…

Informal Iranians

[caption id="attachment_55232857" align="alignnone" width="620"] This Is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (2011)[/caption] White…

Citizen Journalist

[caption id="attachment_55234548" align="alignnone" width="620"] Screenshot from 5 Broken Cameras, Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi[/caption] The tiny…

A Hollywood Rescue Mission

[caption id="attachment_55235553" align="alignnone" width="555"] Ben Affleck in a still from Argo (2012)[/caption]A recurring joke in Argo is that no…

The Lebanese Method

[caption id="attachment_55237508" align="alignnone" width="620"] Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Source: David Levenson/Getty Images[/caption] [inset_left…

A Thousand Words

[caption id="attachment_55238477" align="alignnone" width="620"] “Execution Squares,” 2008. Source: Hrair Sarkissian[/caption] There is a quality to…

The Arab Arts Season

[caption id="attachment_55239526" align="alignnone" width="620"] A visitor looks at a piece of art called "Children of Iraq" by Lebanese artist…