Tag Archives: Ali Abbasi

Review: The Apprentice

Posted on January 18, 2025 by philipbrasor

The Japanese distributor of Ali Abassi’s origin story of Donald Trump The Monster probably thinks they’ve scored a coup by releasing it the weekend before Trump’s second term as POTUS begins (it opened in the U.S. about a month before … Continue reading →

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Review: Holy Spider

Posted on April 12, 2023 by philipbrasor

More serendipitous timing: This film about a man who murders female prostitutes in Iran’s holy city of Mashhad is being released internationally as Iranian women ramp up their resistance to the fundamentalist regime that has long kept them down. Not … Continue reading →

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