Section: Film and TV
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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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Fawzia Mirza on The Queen of My Dreams: ‘Love and joy are revolutionary’
The writer-director speaks to Hyphen about her first feature film, now in cinemas, drawing on her own experience as a queer Pakistani Muslim
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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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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
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan finds beauty in the most desolate place in his poetic epic About Dry Grasses
The Turkish director has stayed away from the mainstream in 30 years of filmmaking, always showcasing his true artistry. His new film is no exception
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The Mummy is back from the dead and here to provide much-needed escapism
25 years since its first release, The Mummy remains a classic despite the problematic casting of white actors in Egyptian roles
