{"id":5050,"date":"2012-06-12T15:07:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T19:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=3243"},"modified":"2012-06-12T15:07:14","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T19:07:14","slug":"lebanese-film-in-toronto-ok-enough-goodbye-tayeb-khalas-yalla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5050","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Film in Toronto: OK, Enough, Goodbye \/ Tayeb, Khalas, Yalla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/OkEnoughGoodbye_poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3244\" title=\"OkEnoughGoodbye_poster\" src=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/OkEnoughGoodbye_poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a>Postwar Lebanese film is showcased at the TIFF Bell Lightbox  this week from Thursday June 14 \u2013 Sunday June 17 via 8 feature films and 7  shorts, spanning dramas and comedies from a country whose films are sparsely  represented on home video.<\/p>\n<p>Just uploaded is a review of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/dvd_reviews\/n2o\/3981_OkEnoughGoodbye.htm\"><strong>OK, Enough, Goodbye<\/strong> \/ <strong>Tayeb,  Khalas, Yalla<\/strong><\/a> [<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5043\">M<\/a>] (2010), described as a dry coming-of-age comedy in the  publicity materials. More pale dry and absurd (the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=29jWMG74REs\" >trailer<\/a> takes minimalism to  its extemes), it\u2019s a peculiar film that might leave a few baffled by its  strange mix of humour, drama, and minimal conflict, but it has a strange tone  that\u2019s weirdly hypnotic at times.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly in western media, Lebanese culture is generally  reduced to grim news reports, making the TBL\u2019s short series <a href=\"http:\/\/tiff.net\/filmsandschedules\/tiffbelllightbox\/2012\/2440001679\" >Once  Upon a Time, Lebanon: Visions of Postwar in New Lebanese Cinema<\/a> a treat for  its rare glimpses into the humour and drama as expressed by native filmmakers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>,  Editor<br \/>\n<strong>KQEK.com <\/strong>(  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/Main_Index_Page.htm\">Main Site<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php\">Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review of OK, Enough, Goodbye \/ Tayeb, Khalas, Yalla (2010), part of Once Upon a Time, Lebanon: Visions of Postwar in New Lebanese Cinema running this week at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1359,4212],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-1js","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}