The Culturist Film Club
The Culturist Film Club was launched in August 2022, curated, hosted and presented by me in conjunction with my blog The Culturist at various venues in Dubai. It is open to the public.
Please get in touch if you’d like to be added to the mailing list, or host a screening at your venue.
The Blazing Sun (Youssef Chahine, 1954) -- Jameel’s Summer Cinema, in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club on August 15, 2026
Do You Love Me (Lana Daher, 2025) -- Jameel’s Summer Cinema, in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club on August 1, 2026
Afterlives (Kevin B. Lee, 2025) -- Jameel’s Summer Cinema, in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club on July 18
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office (Michael Almereyda & Courtney Stephens, 2025) -- Jameel’s Summer Cinema, in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club on July 4, 2026
Memory of Princess Mumbi (Damien Hauser, 2025) -- Jameel’s Summer Cinema, in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club on June 20, 2026
L'Argent de Poche / Small Change (François Truffaut, 1975) on May 17, 2026
Why is My Grandfather’s Bed in Our Living Room? (Sarah Alhashimi, 2021) + Practical Dreams (Yulia Piskuliyska, 2019) + The Tobacconist (Keifer Nyron Taylor, 2024) + Tender Loving Care (Kalina Pulit, 2023) -- Jameel’s Summer Cinema, in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club on August 2, 2025
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing (Theo Panagopoulos, 2024) + Scenes of Extraction (Sanaz Sohrabi, 2023) -- Jameel’s Summer Cinema, in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club on July 19, 2025
In Memory of David Lynch -- Jameel’s Summer Cinema, in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club on July 5, 2025
Behind the Sun (Bentley Brown, 2023) + Cairo, As Told By Chahine (Youssef Chahine, 1991) -- Jameel’s Summer Cinema, in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club on June 21, 2025
Les Félins / Joy House (René Clément, 1964) on April 13, 2025
Terra Femme (Courtney Stephens, 2021) + Three Centuries of Travel Writing by Muslim Women (Edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Daniel Majchrowicz, Sunil Sharma) on March 8, 2025
Terra Femme (Courtney Stephens, 2021) + Three Centuries of Travel Writing by Muslim Women (Edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Daniel Majchrowicz, Sunil Sharma) on November 9, 2024
The Witches of the Orient (Julien Faraut, 2021) on June 11, 2024
The Super 8 Years (David Ernaux-Briot and Annie Ernaux, 2022) on February 6, 2024
Geographies of Solitude (Jacquelyn Mills, 2022) on July 15, 2023
India Song (Marguerite Duras, 1975) on March 21, 2023
Mandate (Ousmane Sembene, 1968) on January 17, 2023
Lost Illusions (Xavier Giannoli, 2021) on November 22, 2022
Zero F*cks Given (Julie Lecoustre & Emmanuel Marre, 2021) on September 16, 2022
The Culturist Film Club - Online Edition
April - June 2020
During COVID-19 lockdown, I started an online film club, suggesting titles that were streaming online and scheduled online sessions to discuss the films.
ATLANTIQUE (APRIL 19) + EXTERIOR / NIGHT (APRIL 21)
DIVINES (APRIL 26) + THE SILENCES OF THE PALACE (APRIL 28)
TIGERTAIL (MAY 5)
THE ASSISTANT (MAY 7)
SHORT FILMS ABOUT WORK AND LABOUR (MAY 10)
AMERICAN FACTORY (MAY 17)
QUEEN & SLIM (JUNE 7)
A CIVILISED PEOPLE / CIVILISÉES (JUNE 14)
LES MISERABLES (JUNE 21)
BURNING AN ILLUSION + BORN IN FLAMES (JUNE 28)