Cinema Roundup - June 2026: “People Are Starved For The Truth”
FAVOURITE NEW RELEASES:
Disclosure Day (Steven Spielberg)
VOX Cinemas (IMAX), Festival City, Dubai
Cinema Lumiere (70mm), Bologna
“People are starved for the truth!"
The Death of Robin Hood (Michael Sarnoski)
Cinemacity, Dubai
“I think if balance did not have some say, we would not be here. This world would not be here. And we would not be sharing these words. Do you ever consider that? The incredible precision of balance over such an expanse of time? The balance it takes to create a word? Any specific word that can pass between lips and be understood by two minds?
Power Ballad (John Carney)
VOX Cinemas, Festival City, Dubai
“How to write a song without you
When every song I ever wrote
In my life is about you”
The Stories (Abu Bakr Shawky)
Cinemacity, Dubai
Second viewing of favourites from last month:
Backrooms (Kane Parsons)
VOX Cinemas, Wafi Mall, Dubai
The Drama (Kristoffer Borgli)
VOX Cinemas, Mirdif City Centre, Dubai
Obsession (Curry Barker)
VOX Cinemas, Wafi Mall, Dubai
FAVOURITE REP SCREENINGS:
Ken Russell’s The Devils (Director’s Cut) (1971, 35mm)
Cinema Modernissimo, Bologna
“You have seduced the people in order to destroy them.”
La Dérive / The Drifting (Paula Delsol, 1964)
Cinema Arlecchino, Bologna
Eight Girls in a Boat (Richard Wallace, 1934, 35mm)
Cinema Arlecchino, Bologna
