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.
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
The Lock, Stock director stamps down on a lot of his usual flourishes for an earnest war movie about brotherhood and honour
The first entry since 2018 is one of the worst studio films in recent memory, a towering anti-blockbuster that's rotten to the core
The cult director's 1988 film brings his trademark subversiveness into the mainstream through its deft exploration of music history
With its haphazard structure and dull framing device, Annette Apon's biography of Leonie Brandt is made unnecessarily confusing
Adam Solomons talks to the Ukrainian director about his Cannes hit and how even a non-political film can be bastardised by war
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
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
