On the first day back after the summer holidays, the grand imam collapses and dies in front of his students in a prestigious university in Cairo. This marks the start of a ruthless battle for influence to take his place.
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It’s a proper throwback to the sorts of lo-fi paranoid thrillers that Hollywood used to do so well, a genre that is sorely missed but given a new lease of life in this film’s deadly Cairo underbelly.| Read in full: Cairo Conspiracy film review We Love Cinema
It’s a movie that is boldly anti-clerical, juxtaposing the spectacle of faith with a hidden reality of corruption and hypocrisyThe Guardian
Involving and provocative enough, but never lands any knockout punches.Little White Lies
Saleh takes aim at power and politics, without denegrating Islam.IndieWire
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With none of the saving graces of Tetris, Air, or Barbie, this ambition-free look at the Beanie Baby craze is pure mediocrity
Celine Deveaux's French-Portuguese debut can be too quirky for its own good, but a fantastically written lead character keeps it afloat
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring documentaries to box office bombs
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
