Lukasz Al-Darawsheh

Lukasz Al-Darawsheh is a part-time film critic based in Warsaw, Poland. His interests are a bit of a mixed bag, ranging from Arab cinema(s), queer and camp cinema, and documentaries to cinema as a social phenomenon. He also has an unhealthy obsession with multilingualism and code-switching, stemming from his background in linguistics. His work has been published in Filmweb, Filmawka, Ekrany and Easternkicks.

Latest Film Reviews

Flesh And Fuel (2026)

Review preview for Flesh And Fuel

The unassuming love story serves a second purpose, employing a personal lens to explore the European Union’s troubling status quo.

Lukasz Al-Darawsheh · 4 out of 5

Étienne is a lorry driver. Fastened to the road, his love life is reduced to fleeting, nameless encounters in parking lots. When he meets Bartosz, a Polish lorry driver, his loneliness is turned upside down.
Dice-Ching-O-Mat (2026)

Review preview for Dice-Ching-O-Mat

Science fiction acts mostly as a prosthetic, reduced to a stylised metaphor of psychological limitations.

Lukasz Al-Darawsheh · 2.5 out of 5

A middle-aged sinologist from Latvia goes out to save his family through the doors of a charming Soviet elevator.
Goodbye Cruel World (2026)

Review preview for Goodbye Cruel World

De Givry’s love of ambiguity often approaches the danger zone of unwillingness to commit.

Lukasz Al-Darawsheh · 2.5 out of 5

Otto Vidal, 14, disappears after writing a farewell letter to his classmates. While everyone believes he is dead, Léna, a girl from his high school, spots him one night roaming the streets of the city.