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‘The Apprentice’ director shrugs off threat of Trump lawsuit over explosive Cannes biopic

Filmmaker Ali Abbasi has played down the threat of legal action over his Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice”, which caused a stir at the Cannes Film Festival this week but may struggle to secure a US theatrical release in the run-up to the November 5 presidential election.

France 24

Hear her roar

The image of a girl taking off her hijab is wrought with cinematic symbolism. Kamila Andini shows it in her Indonesian film Yuni (2021); Hesome Chemamah in his Thai short I'm Not Your F*cking Stereotype (2019); Ana Lily Amirpour in the Iranian vampire film A Girl Walks Home Alone At…

Bangkok Post

Sympathy for the monster

Great filmmakers cling to their obsessions, fine-tuning them, polishing them, and returning to them over and over as if they were breathing the only air that keeps them alive. Hirokazu Kore-eda keeps telling the story of broken families and their casualties, especially children, often cast adrift and always looking for…

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False Eden, real hell

Sometimes Cannes pulls a poker face and smacks a big surprise down on its famous red carpet, all without a blink or a wink. This year, it comes in the form of a three-and-a-half-hour documentary about Chinese sweatshop workers, shot entirely in a crummy garment district on the mainland's eastern…

Bangkok Post

Iran bails actor Taraneh Alidoosti after three weeks in custody

Paris (AFP) - Iranian authorities on Wednesday released on bail star actor Taraneh Alidoosti after holding her for almost three weeks over her support for the protest movement, her lawyer said.

AFP

The next step in evolution

The maestro is teasing us, with his favourite instrument: the scalpel. Mechanical, electrified scalpels that split open the flesh -- often, the belly -- like a bulging purse being unzipped. This time, what comes out of the belly is a menagerie of grotesque organs -- organs with neither names nor…

Bangkok Post

Stars at Noon review – languid tale of sex, lies and intrigue in the Nicaraguan heat

Benny Safdie stands out among a strangely lethargic cast in Claire Denis’ erotic and intimate political drama

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Deep in the paradox

In Cairo, a religious student at the prestigious Al-Azhar Islamic University is recruited by secret police to infiltrate a Muslim Brotherhood cell. In Mashad, a holy city in Iran, a serial killer prowls a seedy suburb and strangles head-scarfed prostitutes. In the first film, bloodlust officials torture dissidents with abandon.…

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Cannes war films delve into France’s painful colonial legacies

The Cannes Film Festival explored the devastating human cost of war and colonisation in Philippe Faucon’s Algerian War film “Les Harkis” and the Omar Sy-starring “Father and Soldier”, whose director Mathieu Vadepied sat down for an interview with FRANCE 24.

France 24

Cannes 2022 official selection: Heavyweights Cronenberg, Kore-eda in competition

The Cannes Film Festival has announced the official selection for its 75th edition, which kicks off on May 17. FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear flags up some of the familiar faces who’ll be competing for this year's Palme d'Or, as well as some of the celebrities who will be gracing the…

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