Jordan Mintzer

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | David Rooney |Lovia Gyarkye |Jordan Mintzer |Jon Frosch |Sheri Linden

Eagles of the RepublicTarik Saleh follows The Nile Hilton Incident and Cairo Conspiracy with a darkly funny thriller about a famous actor forced to play Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in a biopic. Reteaming with star Fares Fares, who headlined the first two movies, Saleh tackles the dirty dealings between the regime and the film industry, showing how artists are co-opted — or rather coerced — into making propaganda in a country leaving them few other options.

2 weeks ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Jordan Mintzer

One of the most audacious young auteurs working today, 35-year-old Chinese director Bi Gan makes movies that don’t pull you in as much as they slowly wash over you. Marked by a graceful melancholia and filled with daunting technical feats, especially the director’s signature, logistics-defying long takes, his films are beautifully realized meditations on nostalgia and loss in which the cinema tends to be a character itself.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jordan Mintzer

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysOne of the most audacious young auteurs working today, 35-year-old Chinese director Bi Gan makes movies that don’t pull you in as much as they slowly wash over you.

2 weeks ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Jordan Mintzer

With four features under his belt, three of them ambitious and sprawling ensemble pieces, 35-year-old Iranian wunderkind Saeed Roustaee is the kind of director who takes a big swing for the fences with each new film. His 2019 drug thriller, Law of Tehran, was like The French Connection meets The Wire in contemporary Iran.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jordan Mintzer

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysWith four features under his belt, three of them ambitious and sprawling ensemble pieces, 35-year-old Iranian wunderkind Saeed Roustaee is the kind of director who takes a big swing for the fences with each new film.