Cate Blanchett Sends Message of Support During Symbolic Opening of Beirut’s New Metropolis Cinema Following Months of Air Strikes

Cate Blanchett & Nadine Labaki Send Messages Of Support To Beirut’s Metropolis Cinema As It Opens New Venue Against The Odds

Cate Blanchett and Nadine Labaki were among the stars sending messages of support for Beirut’s landmark arthouse Metropolis Cinema as it officially opened its new venue in the city’s port area of Mar Mikhael on Saturday. The launch marks a new chapter in the cinema’s 18-year journey after being homeless for some four years, following […]

Cate Blanchett Sends Message of Support During Symbolic Opening of Beirut’s New Metropolis Cinema Following Months of Air Strikes

Beirut’s beloved Metropolis Cinema – championed by Lebanese filmmakers as an indie cinema beacon amid bombings, despair and dysfunction – came back to life on Saturday with the inauguration of a new venue in a highly symbolic opening graced by messages of support from Nadine Labaki and Cate Blanchett. The inauguration came amid Israel’s ceasefire […]

From war to crisis and to war again, the adventure of the Metropolis association is parallel to that of Lebanon. Created in 2006, it was launched in a small theater in Hamra on 11...