Section: Film and TV
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Rewriting the rules: the history of Indian cinema shows the many faces of a changing nation
From the country’s first known queer film to feminist documentaries, Indian Parallel Cinema is finally getting the international recognition it deserves
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‘My intention is to provoke’: why director Laila Abbas made a film about Islamic inheritance laws
The Palestinian director on her feature debut Thank You for Banking With Us!, which traces two sisters who contend with patriarchal inheritance traditions after the death of their father
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The Apprentice: Ali Abbasi’s Trump origin story unveils a grotesque truth
The Iranian-Danish director returns with another grim tale — this time tracing a younger Donald Trump, whom he makes odious without becoming an inhuman caricature
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Venice film festival: a slim but exceptional selection of films from the Swana region
Our film critic reflects on her top picks by Muslim film-makers who screened their work at the 81st festival in Italy
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Review: In Camera satirises the film industry, but also shows how its future can be brighter
The debut feature from Naqqash Khalid, with its terrific lead Nabhaan Rizwan, proves that a far more interesting story lies away from the prototypical white protagonist
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Muslim reality TV stars: where are they now?
From Bake Off to Love Island, UK Muslims have become some of the nation’s favourite overnight celebrities
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Slow Horses review: an anomaly in a media landscape that has for decades reinforced Islamophobic stereotypes
Series four of the celebrated Apple TV+ show is back, reshaping the cultural picture of what terrorism looks like
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Moin Hussain Q&A: ‘Sky Peals is a story about alienation and this feeling that I was partly from somewhere else’
The director on his debut feature and why science fiction was the right genre for a film about mixed-race identity
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Sky Peals reminds us that even if you feel alienated from the community around you, you are not alone
Moin Hussain’s debut film elegantly explores mixed heritage in a time of unnerving identity politics
