From dark comedies to biographies, here are The National’s picks for the eight films you should ... Beggars by the Egyptian-French writer Albert Cossery, the film is set in Cairo during the ...

The curse that set Imhotep on his murderous path in ... Pyramids were built over tombs," he said. The 2010 movie "Gods of Egypt" received criticism because the actors playing Egyptian gods ...

The Mummy reboot could offer a fresh portrayal of Egypt, reflecting the country’s mythology and history with more cultural ...

Often, films set in antiquity are epics, which lend them a power and a gravitas that matches the weightiness of their subject, so it is worth looking at the best the genre has to offer.

They pointed to the numerous examples of stereotypical portrayals of Arabs in the movie, particularly the scenes set in Egypt. WW84 is that type of white feminist movie where a white man from Jim ...

Egytpologist Anthony Browder rates eight ancient Egypt scenes from movies and television for realism. He analyzes the accuracy of the mummification process depicted in "The Mummy" (1999), with ...