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 ...

More stories by Nigel M. Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki is back this Friday with “Where Do We Go Now?,” her anticipated follow-up to her directorial debut, “Caramel,”a critical and international ...

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 ...

"Caramel" invites us to a Lebanese wedding shower. The future bride's friends dance around her, put a silly foil hat on her head and sing about how she is the most beautiful flower in the garden. This ...

Another beauty salon comedy? Yes and no. Caramel, an affecting ensemble piece from Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki, foams over with the scissor-sisters spirit of a Beauty Shop or Steel Magnolias, but ...

PARIS — Lebanese helmer Nadine Labaki is set to helm the dramedy “Where Do We Go Now?,” a follow-up to her critically acclaimed feature debut “Caramel.” The e4.5 million ($6.7 million) film is ...

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 ...

Nadine Labaki's "Caramel," left, Nic Balthazar's "Ben X" and Jake Paltrow's "The Good Night" are among the films that will compete for the Black Pearl at the inaugural Middle East International Film ...