I just got a Filmstruck account so I can watch all of those Criterion movies streaming. I've been nerding out about that.

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• Hiro Murai:

  In a lot of comedy shows, there's a safety net where you don't assume anything of real consequence

• Hiro Murai:

  As an Asian guy, I would love to see a big blockbuster with Asian lead characters.

• Hiro Murai:

  I usually work in music videos, where we shoot, like, 10 to 12 setups and 60 shots or something.

• Hisham Matar:

  My parents left Libya in 1979, escaping political repression, and settled in Cairo. I was nine.

• Hisham Matar:

  In 2006, I published my first novel, 'In the Country of Men.' The publication of the book gave me a

• Hisham Matar:

  In the same way that Egypt and Libya conspired to 'disappear' my father and silence writers such as

• Hisham Matar:

  The Arab Spring is a powerful and compelling response not only to an age of tyranny but also to the

• Hisham Matar:

  A revolution is not a painless march to the gates of freedom and justice. It is a struggle between

• Hisham Matar:

  Dreams have consequences.

• Hisham Matar:

  My earliest memory of books is not of reading but of being read to. I spent hours listening, watchi