“Joyland,” for its part ... intricately shaded images. It’s here that the movie’s attention meaningfully shifts from the men to the women, from Haider to Mumtaz, as she’s forced to ...

Last year, a small independent movie by a debut director premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Called “Joyland,” it was ... a B-grade form of art, but it still runs to packed houses.

By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Pakistan’s Oscar hopeful Joyland, which has been banned from cinemas in its home country, will get a theatrical run in France, meaning it can still ...

Despite being banned from release in Pakistan, “Joyland” could still qualify in this category ... transphobic” and a violation of the movie producers’ right to freedom of expression.

The genre Queer drama is comparatively still in its very initial experimenting ... The grammar of Joyland shapes the movie in a way that you watch a certain character as the central part but ...

Haider has a complicated and somewhat cold yet still respectful relationship ... Despite the situation with Haider's marriage, "Joyland" avoids one very important trope in queer cinema: the destroyer.

Well, for all that you’ll have to watch ‘Joyland’. What Ali Junejo has done ... city like Lahore but show a part of the city that still is bogged down by societal and patriarchal norms.

The ban was later lifted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government, but the filmmakers are still ... city, Joyland tackled the subject of transgender rights in Pakistan. The movie features ...

"I've never seen the crowd get this hyped, laugh and cry together for a movie before," explained the Twitter user. still can't get over the experience of watching Joyland on big screen. I've never ...