Director Miguel Gomes cameos in his own massive three-part film, Arabian Nights, as a director who cannot handle the pressure of making a movie while his country of Portugal is enduring a massive ...

We’ve been coming to Arabian Nights for years. And, frankly, I loved the almost Disneyland- ish interior, like something out of, well, “Aladdin.” Sitting beneath the painted murals of deep-blue night ...

The latest film from acclaimed Portuguese auteur Miguel Gomes (“Our Beloved Month of August,” “Tabu”) is his most ambitious work by far. Divided into three feature-length “volumes” — “The Restless One ...

The Opa-locka Company Administration Building in approximately 1926. Courtesy of Alex Van Mecl It has been far more than 1,001 nights since Opa-locka held its marquee Arabian Nights parade and ...

Miguel Gomes’ three-part Directors’ Fortnight entry uses tall tales to offer allegorical commentary on the challenges facing his country. By Scott Roxborough Arabian Nights Film Still - H 2015 Miguel ...

How many of the “1001 Nights” were Jewish ones? Last month marked the bicentenary of the birth of Richard F. Burton, the Victorian translator of “The Arabian Nights,” or “1001 Nights,” the medieval ...