The past 12 months have seen the theatrical releases of three extraordinary dramas powered by nonactors: Chloé Zhao’s lyrical contemporary western The Rider, starring horse trainer Brady Jandreau as a ...

Capernaüm ("Chaos") tells the story of Zain (Zain al-Rafeea), a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the "crime" of giving him life. The film follows Zain as he journeys from gutsy, streetwise child ...

In a year of exceptionally fine foreign-language films (Roma, Burning, Cold War, Shoplifters), Capernaum has a way to go to earn a spot in that major league. But the film has an undeniable emotional ...

Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum” is a poverty saga with a heart-in-your-throat urgency, a grueling tale of child endangerment and youthful resilience on Beirut’s sorriest streets that ...

Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, whose "Capernaum" is the highest-grossing Arabic and Middle Eastern film of all time with over $68 million worldwide, spoke about "how difficult it is" to make cinema ...

The kid is angry. Zain is his name, and at the start of “Capernaum” he’s suing his parents for having brought him into the world. In court, in handcuffs, in Beirut, he’s charged with stabbing a man.

We’re still more than a month out from the Academy Awards, but Lebanese director Nadine Labaki has already made Oscars history. She’s the first Arab woman to be shortlisted for an Academy Award. Her ...