The Middle East suffers from a lot. But not, surely, from any shortage of drama. Yet that's precisely what ails The Syrian Bride, a film that digs into the genuine tumult of the region and manages to ...

An intimate look at a private, insular culture by an outsider is always a risky prospect, but with The Syrian Bride, Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis manages to create a quietly powerful film that ...

Apart from the obligatory rigmarole surrounding passports and visas, crossing a border is not, for most of us, a major event. But what if, once you crossed, you could never go back home? That, in ...

Some films are so compelling as reportage that one can forgive their aesthetic sins; The Syrian Bride is one of them. At first, its tale of an Israeli Druze woman about to marry a Syrian sitcom star ...

Starring Hiam Abbass and Clara Khoury. In Arabic, Hebrew, Russian, and French with English subtitles. Rating unavailable. For showtimes, please see page 89 Although tensions in The Syrian Bride aren't ...

Comedian Andy Dick, 59, was reportedly found unconscious and unresponsive in downtown Los Angeles, according to bystanders who alerted emergency services. Golden Globe nominations announced - see the ...