Caramel might be Lebanon’s answer to Steel Magnolias, but with less schmaltz and a far better script. Nadine Labaki directed and stars in the film — her first as an actress — which centers around the ...

“Caramel,” the funny, sharp-eyed import about a beauty shop that opens in theaters today, set tongues a-flapping in Cannes last year as well as in 40 countries so far–by far the largest release a ...

BEIRUT — IN a nation shaken by war, divided by religious strife and paralyzed by political feuds, Lebanese actor-director Nadine Labaki found the perfect subject for her first film: a hair salon ...

Looking at the opening titles and images behind them, you'd guess "Caramel" is about confectioners. Hardly. It's a touching story about the emotional rises and falls in the daily lives of a group of ...

The Toronto International Film Festival kicked off its TIFF Visionaries talks, one-on-one discussions with leading figures in international cinema, with Nadine Labaki, the acclaimed Lebanese director ...

As the Arab world’s premier music video helmer, Nadine Labaki made a name for herself as one of the first artists to push forward the image of the modern Arab woman thanks to her frequent ...

"Caramel" is the flavor of the month in France. The female-skewing Lebanese comedy last week drew 160,000 admissions in its first week of release and could be on course to become the biggest ...

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Reporting from Cannes, France — — For many filmmakers, the moment of inspiration can be difficult to pin down. Lebanese writer-director Nadine Labaki, however, has exceptional reasons for ...

As the Arab world’s premier music video helmer, Nadine Labaki made a name for herself as one of the first artists to push forward the image of the modern Arab woman thanks to her frequent ...