films with a worldwide box office of over half $1 billion, critical acclaim and oscar talk, christopher nolan has once again proved himself to be a filmmaker that can deliver big ideas in big films to big audiences. oppenheimer and buddy have been huge hits in north america and europe and one hollywood studio executive posted perhaps a little arrogantly but with barbie the film has been working well everywhere. not quite because in some parts of the world, barbie and oppenheimer have met with quite a lot of resistance, as noah cattell has been finding out. barbie has garnered significant controversy in the middle east where it s feminist and lgbt themes have made it a target of government sensors. the film has been pulled from cinemas in algeria and banned outright in kuwait after playing there for a month. in lebanon, the minister of culture recommended a ban of barbie, claiming it