Tag: Fares Fares
Eagles of the Republic | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review
One Flew Over the Coup’s Nest: Saleh Muddles Through Propaganda Politics
“Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible....
2023 ARTE France Cinéma: Tarik Saleh’s “Les Aigles de la République” & Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “Secret Agents” on Dock!
ARTE France Cinéma are throwing their support behind the new projects (which will drop in 2025) from Albert Serra, Hafsia Herzi, Kleber Mendonça Filho...
Cairo Conspiracy | Review
You Gotta Have Faith: Saleh Explores Corruption of Institutions in Procedural Thriller
“Power is a double edged sword. Sometimes it cuts the hand that wields...
The Contractor | Review
Harper Does It Better: Saleh Taps Pine for Pluralistic Espionage
“It’s much easier to kill, but it’s harder to survive,” is the most useful line...
The Nile Hilton Incident | Review
Cairo Crime: A Murder Mystery Simmers Against the Backdrop of a Revolution
After an animated feature about a dystopian nightmare (2009’s Metropia), a Swedish heist...
The Department Q Trilogy | Review
The continued reverence for the pulpy wave of crime thrillers popularized as Nordic Noir continues with the imported The Department Q Trilogy, a series...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #45. Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune
The Commune
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Writers: Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg
With a career resurgence following his 2012 The Hunt (earning Mads Mikkelsen a Best Actor Award at...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #71. Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune
The Commune
Director: Thomas Vinterberg // Writer: Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg
After the payoff of the successful reception of 2012’s The Hunt, looks like we’re going...
