Video introduction for the film Si Moh, pas de chance (Si Moh, the Unlucky Man, 1971) directed by Moumen Smihi. For the program Alula, Tania, and Talitha, curated by Léa Morin at Le 18 Derb al-Ferrane, Marrakech, 19 December 2020. (In French)
Read more "Introduction to Si Moh, pas de chance (Moumen Smihi)"Happy to be speaking about Arab Modernism as World Cinema with Tarek El-Ariss on November 10, 2020 at 12pm PST as part of our new Center for the Middle East and North Africa at UCSC. Here’s a link for more information and to RSVP: https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/peter-limbrick-arab-modernism-as-world-cinema/ (If you’re a US citizen: VOTE first, then come to […]
Read more "Book talk, Center for the Middle East and North Africa"Khalid Lyamlahy reviews Arab Modernism as World Cinema in the journal Critical Inquiry. “Weaving together close film analysis, studies of cinematic techniques, and scholarly engagement with a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary material, Limbrick offers an unprecedented window into Smihi’s “multifaceted and polyphonic” (p. 105) filmography. At the same time, he demonstrates that Arab film culture, […]
Read more "Review in Critical Inquiry"I’m delighted that the online journal Jadaliyya interviewed me for its “New Texts Out Now (NEWTON)” section. You can find the interview here.
Read more "Jadaliyya interview out now"Tarek Elhaik from UC Davis interviewed me about Arab Modernism as World Cinema: The Films of Moumen Smihi for his “Cogitations” radio series. You can find the interview (and other interviews) here: http://www.antimagelab.com/cogitations-imagelab-radio/
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